One of Diego Velazquez’s last painting and maybe the greatest one‚ Las Meninas Spanish for “The Ladies in Waiting” is an oil on canvas baroque style painting which measures approximately 10’5”x 9’(318 x 276 cm)‚ currently displayed in The Museo del Prado in Madrid‚ Spain. Las Meninas was painted in 1656 in the Cuarto del Príncipe in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid‚ which is the room seen in the work. (Museo del Prado‚ Antonio Palomino.1724). The setting is one of the most credible spaces depicted
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Experiment 4 Guide Questions for Discussion Iron-Silver Equilibrium 1. Give the balanced net ionic equation for the reaction between Fe2+ and Ag+. What is the chemical formula of the gray precipitate? Answer: Fe2+(aq) + Ag+ (aq) Fe3+(aq) + Ag (s) The formula of the precipitate is Ag(s). 2. Give the balanced net ionic equation for the reaction of Fe2+ with Fe(CN)63-. a. What is the chemical formula of the Prussian blue precipitate? b. How does
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Character of Lady Macbeth In the course of this essay I will discuss the character of Lady Macbeth and the change in her character throughout the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. We see her as being ambitious and ruthless at the start. Looking at her and Macbeths character she is the dominant one in the relationship. After a while we start to see a change in her character as she lacks strength and ambition‚ isn’t in charge or control of her relationship with Macbeth. She is being kept out of
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this more dramatically than Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth in his play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth. Throughout the play‚ readers see Lady Macbeth’s slow‚ but continuous descent into feelings of guilt and a declining mental state. She is the spouse that maintains a braver face‚ but readers see much more deeply into her thoughts at certain parts of the play. The struggles combined with the morally questionable acts she her husband commit ultimately take their toll. Lady Macbeth becomes increasingly consumed with
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and Ladies were the highest class‚ but they to struggled. Lords and Ladies were above Townspeople‚ Peasants‚ and Serfs. The Lords and Ladies included Knights‚ and Nobles. Even with high position ladies still had jobs to do. They had to watch the work of the many servants. They taught all kinds of things to well-born boys who live at the castle. The Scholastic Inc. says “ The lady of the castle or chatelaine‚ had many duties. She inspected the work of her large staff.… She and her ladies also
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to define the character of Lady Macbeth‚ perhaps the most memorable character of Shakespeare’s legendary tale of murderous ambition‚ Macbeth. As the play opens and Lady Macbeth is introduced‚ her motives are not fully visible until her second appearance in Act II Scene 2. As her motivation is realized‚ it seems very detestable. As the play unfolds‚ it seems that Lady Macbeth is actually quite insane. In this essay I will attempt to delve into the character of Lady Macbeth and attempt to shed
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any other figure conceived by the playwright. The woman in question is Lady Macbeth‚ fallen queen of Scotland; of all the tragic characters portrayed in Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth is perhaps the single most tormented and increasingly unstable. Lady Macbeth fulfills her role among the nobility and is well respected like Macbeth. King Duncan calls her "our honored hostess." Macbeth’s wife‚ a deeply ambitious woman who
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Introducing Lady Macbeth into the Play and the Consequences of the Loss of Confidentiality of the Future It wasn’t until Scene number 5 of the first act of the play Macbeth that the crusial character of Lady Macbeth is introduced. In order to slow down the introduction of this character‚ and therefore create suspense and curiosity on the audience‚ the scene starts as she reads a letter from her husband. This letter informs her of the witches’ prophecy. After this the first blink into Lady Macbeth’s
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fatal flaw which is thoroughly exploited. Lady Macbeth takes advantage of gender-based conventions to influence and manipulate her spouse. Before Macbeth’s downfall arises‚ Lady Macbeth thinks of Macbeth as being too moral to commit any heinous offenses; moreover‚ when she first receives his letter describing the witches’ prophecy‚ she claims that "[Macbeth] is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way" (1.5.4). In stating this‚ Lady Macbeth is noting her husband’s kindness:
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during or after a war. Not surprisingly‚ aspects of propaganda can be found in both Churchill’s "Iron Curtain Speech" and Stalin’s "Response to Churchill". The speeches both contain elements of truth and distortions of that truth‚ and any dissection of them will reflect the author’s cultural and national background. Keeping this in mind will serve to rationalize any conclusions reached during analysis. Mr. Churchill’s speech can be broken down into 3 more or less distinct areas. First‚ he up-sells
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