are many similarities between A Vesta Was Descending by Thomas Weelkes and Flow My Tears by John Dowland. Both compositions were written around the beginning of 1600. Both works use colorful words to paint pictures. Ascending and descending scales are featured in both compositions. Each scale parallels the text in both works. As Vesta Was Descending is upbeat has a joyful rhythm. The song is from The Triumphs of Oriana‚ a collection of madrigals honoring Queen Elizabeth‚ who was also known as Oriana
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When the Europeans first arrived in the New World‚ other cultures were friendly‚ but as time went on tension increased and relationships between the people of different cultures decreased. An unnamed member of the Ojibwa people recounted a dream describing the Europeans. “Men of strange appearance have come across the great water…The men have long and sharp knives‚ and they have long black tubes which they point at birds and animals. The tubes make a smoke that rises into the air just like the
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The Spanish Inquisition was a time period that lasted roughly 700 years. When King Ferdinand used many torture tactics to establish religious unity. There were multiple gruesome tactics used to keep the citizens in the Catholic Church. It all started when a monk Martin Luther let out the many corruptions in the Catholic system. Following that many people started following Martin Luther. To stop the movement King Ferdinand the Second of Aragon and‚ Queen Isabella the First of Castile took action.
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A3 Compare two theories of first/second language acquisition. The process by which humans acquire the capacity to distinguish properly as well as produce and use words to understand and communicate with others is known as first language acquisition. It focuses mainly on how infants pick up their native language‚ including syntax and some extensive vocabulary items‚ having so little input. We can distinguish many theoretical approaches towards the first language learning process. Behaviourists‚
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The Erie Canal‚ or the Great Western Canal as it was initially known‚ was one of the most important state projects of the early years of the United States. It proved to be overwhelmingly succcessful and its success prompted other state economic development projects. Before the Erie Canal was built New York City was not the premier port of the United States that it became. Philadelphia was the largest‚ most prosperous city of the new United States. The Erie Canal provided the base for New York City’s
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rebirth. It was a time period in Europe from the 14th century to the 17th century. The renaissance is the period when educated men and woman wanted to bring back the classical age. It started when scholars saw the art and literature of the Middle Ages. People found passion in the painting and the writing. There are three main reasons why The Renaissance took place in Italy. The first reason is because that’s where ancient Rome left all its architecture and artwork in the dust. The second reason is
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To what extent was the Tsarist system of government modified between 1881-1914? By 1914‚ not much had really changed since 1881 and the rule of Alexander II. Autocratic rule was still well established. Very little reform had actually happened. The reactionary nature of the rule of Alexander III contrasted significantly with the almost liberal reign of his father‚ who emancipated the serfs‚ and stifled reform which led to the downfall of the Tsarist reign. However‚ occasional concessions were made
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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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sacred şeriat was not obeyed.” It also goes on to say that countries that are not governed by sharia cannot survive. While this statement would make one believe that the Ottomans were going to become more orthodox and more devoted to sharia this did not occur. In fact‚ as European powers modernized and grew in strength the Ottomans looked toward the West for inspiration and acceptance. This decree brought forth three key changes. First was the security of life of every subject. Second was a new tax system
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Measuring the Speed of Sound and Air using a Pulse-Echo Technique Purpose To determine the speed of sound in air using the pulse-echo experiment procedure‚ and comparing it to the predicted speed of sound in air using the measured air temperature of the classroom. Hypothesis I believe that the speed of sound it the air will be close to that of the predicted value. According to our predicted value‚ we should expect the speed of sound in the air to be at a speed of approximately 346 m/s. Materials
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