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    Diego Velázquez and Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn are two of the forefront artists of the Baroque period‚ Velazquez a catholic and Rembrandt a protestant. Looking at Velazquez’s Self Portrait (c 1640) and Rembrandt’s Self Portrait at the Age of 34 (1640) you can see their similarities in honesty‚ chiaroscuro‚ and naturalism. Both works have such an honesty sincerity in the expression of brushwork and detail. Each has a masterful execution of chiaroscuro‚ but Velazquez’s Self Portrait takes it a

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    ‘There can be no knowledge without emotion…’ (Arnold Bennett). Discuss the relationship between knowledge and emotion. Compare emotion with one other way of knowing. However‚ emotion can be an obstancle as a way of knowing. If a person only relies on emotion as a way of knowing‚ the knowledge he/she gains will be very limited as his/her feelings are different every moment. It is because when that person is in a good mood i.e. happy‚ he/she will be more mentally conscious and willing to gain knowledge

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    Montresor and Fortunato.  It is told from the perspective of Montresor‚ a two-faced expert in wine.  The story starts with our narrator informing us of his plan for revenge against Fortunato‚ the man who wronged him.  He studied his opponent‚ learned his ways and found his weak spots‚ such as his expertise in wine.  The story may start there‚ but it doesn’t truly begin until one evening during carnival season.  Montresor goes and meets up with Fortunato‚ whom he pretends to be friends with even though he

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    McCarthyism called the crucible. His play was to show that a ton of people were being accused of communism just like they were for witchcraft in Salem. So now the pattern continues but in a whole different way. Yes‚ these things differ from each other in many ways‚ but they are also similar in ways too. For example‚ sexual assault crimes tend to be true more often than someone being a witch but‚ just like in Salem‚ the accused people’s lives will most likely be ruined; The trials

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    Many people respected her and thought she was influential‚ while she looked up to John Cotton and his true Puritan ways of preaching (Anne Hutchinson P2.). William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania ("City of Brotherly Love — Philadelphia.")‚ where Benjamin Franklin came to live‚ making the discovery of electricity and working towards better developing the colony

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    a child. It should have something to do with what he has done wrong. Discipline helps a child feel good about himself. It gives him the chance to correct his mistakes. It puts him in charge of his actions. Punishment only tells a child that she is bad. It does not tell a child what she should do instead. So punishment may not make sense to the child. Punishment usually has nothing to do with what the child did wrong. Here are some examples of what a child can do wrong. Some types of punishment

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    other kids. The teachers expectations differed for these students due to their higher IQ. Meaning they would be given different criteria to learn‚ expected more of them grade wise‚ and taught them in a more difficult way. The kids also then had to change their behavior in response to what was expected

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    Bullying and the Holocaust: Competition versus Cooperation When an animal is faced with starvation it often turns to cannibalism and may attack and kill a weaker animal of the same species. The German Nazis followed this system of competition versus cooperation. The Nazis felt they had no other choice to survive than to kill millions of Jews‚ Gypsies‚ and disabled people. After the Holocaust‚ researchers uncovered many journals kept by those who were persecuted. Here is a short

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    Service Reform Act in 1883 brought a lot of change through eradicating the spoilt system and adoption of rationalization and professionalism in the federal system administration. The progressives impressed the majority of the Americans in different ways‚ through their activism income tax was imposed on the federal employees‚ they catered for women suffrage‚ implemented antitrust laws‚ and the industries were regulated to enhance

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    Billy were Dean “Dino” Martin whose father was actor and singer Dean Martin‚ Desi Arnaz‚ Jr. who had a double lucky charm his mom and dad were Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and their friend Billy Hinshe. They formed a singing group which performed between 1964 and 1969. Both Desi and Billy later went on to separate careers. Tragedy struck Dino when he became an officer in the California Air National Guard in 1981. Flying a National Guard F-4 Phantom jet fighter in 1987 he crashed in the San Bernardino

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