EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture
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are oppressed and inferior to their male counterparts; patriarchal norms take place in all aspects of life. It affects our idea of beauty and it supports inequality. Unfortunately‚ it is perceived as an acceptable societal norm (because it surrounds our everyday life) and it maintains gender inequality today. Patriarchal norms feel ‘normal’ because it has been around for thousands of years; however‚ our generation can put a stop to patriarchal norms and obtain equality for all. The idea
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allows the readers to find out the reasoning behind the pain and suffering that Gretel went through by the use of her superior language. The author of the poem‚ Louise Gluck uses the word ‘darkness’ to compare it to how the women are portrayed in a patriarchal society. In Louise Gluck’s poem‚ “Gretel in Darkness‚” the word ‘darkness’ has been used to convey many meanings throughout it. The word ‘darkness’ first appears in the title of the poem. ‘Darkness’ hides that which desires to hide‚ this term is
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01.15.2014 B.C.E. = C.E. B.C = A.D. Form - the visual aspects of art and architecture‚ line‚ shape‚ color‚ light‚ texture‚ space‚ math‚ volume‚ and composition. Style – the combination of form and composition that makes a work distinctive. Content – includes subject matter or meaning and a work of art. School of artists – a group of artist usually working at the same time and sharing similar style influences and ideas Iconography – identify and studying and subject matter and conventional
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from the 34th century BC down to the 2nd century AD. The cuneiform script proper developed from pictographic protowriting in the late 4th millennium BC. Mesopotamia’s "protoliterate" period spans roughly the 35th to 32nd centuries. The Code of Hammurabi was carved upon a black stone monument‚ eight feet high‚ and clearly intended to be reared in public view.t begins and ends with addresses to the gods. Even a law code was in those days regarded as a subject for prayer‚ though the prayers here are chiefly
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defend as it had no natural barriers. As a result the Samarians fell to the Akkadians. Later‚ the Babylonians invaded and expanded their own empire thus bringing civilization to other parts of the Middle East. The Babylonian King and military leader‚ Hammurabi ruled the former Akkadians and changed their code of law. Hammurabi’s new code‚ “An eye for an eye” stated that the punishment given should fit the crime that was committed. Although located on the same continent‚ this process of change in the political
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In both Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Iain Banks’ The Wasp Factory‚ gender constructions are explored and manipulated to show the harmful effects that social norms of a patriarchal society can have on an individual’s psyche. Gender is a social construct which dictates how men and women should act in different situations; therefore‚ since both authors create characters who transgress the boundaries of this construct‚ it is implied that there cannot be a clear line between genders. However‚ whilst Morrison
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language they spoke.China and Mesopotamia both used Barter Systems. Politics and laws in the Huang-He river valley and Mesopotamia had several similarities and differences. The law code from Mesopotamia was Hammurabi’s Code; made by its king‚ Hammurabi‚ meanwhile in China it was the Mandate of heaven. The Hammurabi’s Code helped keep order in the society‚ on the other hand‚ the mandate of heaven gave the king
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are immediately met with criticism and belittlement revealing the direct pressure of women to conform in a patriarchal society. Jennie‚ John’s sister‚ comes to run the house while Jane is unable. Jane writes in her narrative that Jeannie is a great housekeeper and has no other ambitions in life. Jennie is happy to fulfill her subservient role with no desire for more. Jennie is the patriarchal ideal of a woman‚ blissfully oppressed. Jane expresses the desire to write as an outlet for her imagination
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Feminine Self-Assertion in “The Story of an Hour” Xuding Wang 1 English Department‚ Tamkang University Abstract This essay attempts to prove that Kate Chopin explores feminine selfhood in a patriarchal society through the heroine’s spiritual journey to freedom in “The Story of an Hour.” In this story‚ Chopin presents us with a picture of a complicated and complex development of Louise Mallard’s spiritual awakening triggered by the false news of her husband’s death in a train accident. Louise
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