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    Their Eyes Were Watching God: An Epic Search In the novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston shows how the lives of American women changed in the early 20th century. Zora Neale Hurston creates a character in her own likeness in her masterpiece‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God. By presenting Janie’s search for identity‚ from her childbirth with Nanny to the death of Tea Cake‚ Hurston shows what a free southern black women might have experienced in the early decades of the century. To

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    * Janie falls in love with him after a session under the pear tree. * Nanny forces her to. * Logan is unbearably handsome. 9. What is a symbol of new opportunities in the novel? * The gate * The horizon * The porch * The pear tree 10. What is a symbol of Janie’s freedom in the novel? * The pulpit * Her hair * The Oak tree * The horizon 11. Which of the following sentences is an example of Hurston’s usage of opposition and serves as commentary

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    Architectural elements of hoysala period Mantapa Ornate lintel over mantapa entrance in Chennakeshava temple‚ Belur Ornate bay ceiling in mantapa in Saumyakeshava temple at Nagamangala‚ a common feature in Hoysala temples The mantapa is the hall where groups of people gather during prayers. The entrance to the mantapa normally has a highly ornate overhead lintel called a makaratorana (makara is an imaginary beast and torana is an overhead decoration).[16] The open mantapa which serves the purpose

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    136-137 the grandmother continue to speak and the more she spoke the more of her personality started to come to life. The grandmother told the children a story about when she was a maiden lady and about a good man name Mr. Edgar Atkins Teagarden from Jasper‚ Georgia. When the grandmother describe Mr. Teagarden as a good looking man who was also a gentleman. The grandmother explained to the children that Mr. Teagarden brought her watermelon

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    Chapter 5-Art of Ancient Greece The ancient Greeks are known as a self aware people. No other culture in western civilization history was quite as introspective as the Greeks. They prided themselves as the most civilized society in the world. In fact the term “barbarian” basically meant non Greek. The development of Greek civilization rises from the ashes of the ancient Mycenaean and Minion cultures. From After the decline and eventual fall of the Mycenaean culture in 1100 BCE‚ the Aegean

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    | Art History MidtermStudy online at quizlet.com/_8m0yq | 1. | A Classical colonnade around a building or courtyard is called a | | peristyle | 2. | A half-column attached to a wall is called a/an | | Engaged column | 3. | A plain or decorated slab on a Doric frieze which alternates with the triglyphs is called the | | Metopes | 4. | A series or row of columns usually spanned by lintels is called a/an: | | Colonnade

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    What ’s Hidden in Kate Chopin ’s "The Storm"? Kate Chopin ’s the storm is about a woman named Calixta who rekindles a lost romance with a former lover in the midst of a storm. This story centers on lost love and being stuck in relationships that are unwanted. There is a lot of hidden meaning in the story‚ told well behind the characters and their surroundings‚ and it also has a strong plot‚ and a lot of symbolism. The plot of a woman and a man rekindling a lost romance in the midst of a storm

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    The Myrtles Plantation was built in 1794 by a general called David Bradford‚ where it was a hide out for him and his family too (Taylor and Wiseheart). Everything was normal day to day life until David joined the Whiskey Rebellion in 1799 and some say that the George Washington sent people to hunt him down (Taylor Wiseheart). Knowing that his life was too precious he traveled to St. Francisville in 1796 buying him 600 acres of land to build a home (Taylor Wiseheart). The eight roomed home was named

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    Bengal and a former capital of British India. It currently serves as a museum and a tourist attraction Minerva Theatre‚ 6‚ Utpal Dutta Sarani Kolkata – 700006‚ was built at the place where stood the Great National Theatre in the yester years. The maiden play held on this stage was ’Macbeth’. This theatre was inaugurated on 28th January‚ 1893. Sri Girish Chandra Ghosh gave the last spectacular performance of his life in this theatre. "Minerva" was incinerated in 1922. However‚ it was thoroughly renovated

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    noted architect Charles A. Platt (1861–1933). It is an imposing structure‚ finished in stucco with powerful wooden detailing at the principal doorways‚ roof cornice and porch. It is a large rectangular mass‚ two full stories in height‚ seven bays long‚ with projecting wings. It features a simple pitched gable roof and a two story porch on the west wing with large Doric order piers.[2] The Mallows‚ also known as Alida Chanler Emmet and Christopher Temple Emmet Estate‚ is a historic home located at Head

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