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    painting is stunning and very perplexing in real life. Of all of the pictures‚ I chose to do my paper on it because of the details and wondered why so much evil was surrounding him. The brochure from Kimbell Art Museum I read over says The Torment of Saint Anthony is now a permanent collection piece to hang in the museum for now on. The brochure also stated it went from art brokers to different art brokers and ended up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York‚ and it finally ended up in Kimbell

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    Saints‚ Scholars‚ and Schizophrenics: Mental Illness in Rural Ireland. Nancy Scheper-Hughes 28 November 2011 Anthropology 1103- 001 Scheper-Hughes‚ Nancy 1979 Saints‚ Scholars and Schizophrenics: University of California Press “It is generally accepted that schizophrenia is a condition in which the person alters his representation of reality in order to escape or withdraw from seemingly unresolvable conflicts and from social interactions that are painful.”(Nancy quotes Hill‚ Lewis B 1955)

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    Valentines Day

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    wrote a letter to an unknown women he himself had strong feelings for. The letter was signed “from your Valentine.” February 14th came and it has been said‚ that’s the day he died. After he died‚ the church made him saint for upholding the divine right of marriage and made him the patron saint of lovers and made February 14th St. Valentine’s Day. Some people believe that Valentine’s Day was invented by the chocolate to make more money and others believe it is another holiday to show even more love to

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    Art Analysis Title- Saint George and the Dragon Year- 1506 Made up of- Oil paint Artist- Raphael St. George was an English knight‚ who went on the crusades to the “Holy Land”. As the legend states‚ he rescued a princess by killing the evil dragon who had captured her. Being grateful for her knight on a white horse and in shining armor‚ her village and kingdom all converted to Christianity. Saint George was the patron saint of England and also of that country’s

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    Analysis of Saint Judas

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    The analysis of James Wright’s Saint Judas Saint Judas was written by James Wright at the end of the 60s. Considering the format this poem can be regarded as a traditional Petrarchan sonnet with a rhyme of ababcdcdefgefg; however‚ the content of this poem and the way it was written is different. In this poem James Wright tried to mix the dramatic monologue with the Petrarchan sonnet‚ which is usually written in poet’s tone. Instead in this poem‚ the speaker is Judas: this enables the revealing

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    Saint Augustine of Hippo

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    As one of the most prominent figures of the early church‚ Saint Augustine is not only recognized for his leadership but also for his knowledge and influence on the thinking and doctrine of the Christian Church. As a priest‚ he was an important leader of the early African Church; as a philosopher‚ he brought a new approach to Church Doctrine through the ideas of pagan philosophy (TeSelle 892). These accomplishments put him among the ranks of Thomas Aquinas and other great Church philosophers whose

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    Doc 2: The Handcart Pioneer Monument‚ Temple Square in Salt Lake City‚ Utah. The original 1926 bronze by Torleif Soviren Knaphus was reproduced life-size in 1945 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by

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    Saint Joan Preface

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    can be all of the above descriptions plus more. In addition to Shaw’s opinion of her looks and mental well-being‚ he includes comparisons of her with various other people such as Socrates and Napoleon. Within Bernard Shaw’s preface in the play‚ Saint Joan‚ there are many assumptions but also valid descriptions of how Joan is irritating‚ self-absorbed‚ cocky‚ and physically unattractive which he further proves in events and characters of the play. Shaw describes Joan mostly as being unattractive

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    Evita: Saint or Sinner?

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    Evita: Saint or Sinner? The story of Eva Peron is a fascinating one . Evita‚ as she is known‚ enjoyed a rise to power like no other. The details of this ascension are often disputed‚ making Santa Evita’s tale all the more intriguing. . . Maria Eva Duarte was born on May 7‚ 1919‚1 the fifth and youngest illegitimate child of Juan Duarte and his mistress‚ Juan Ibarguen. The week of her birth was known as Tragic Week‚ when the army massacred striking workers‚ perhaps a foreshadow of what

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    life of saint marina

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    Life of Saint Marina Marina was born in Qlamoun North Lebanon sometime in the fifth century. Her father was a pious man. Her mother died while Marina was very young. This has made her father renounce the world and leave for the Monastery of Qannoubine in the Holy Valley; accompanying him was his daughter‚ whom he dressed like a man. It is said that her parents names were Ibrahim and Baddoura or and Eugene and Theodora. It is also said that when her father became a monk he left her in the care of

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