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    Manet's Olympia

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    idea‚ who is willing to pursue it despite ridicule‚ to change the world. When it comes to the concept of modernism in the 19th century art world‚ Edouard Manet did just that. The concept of modernity‚ or seeing the conditions of the physical world as they are‚ along with the rejection of traditional ideas‚ was the term that led to the exploration of modernism art in the 19th century. Up until this point‚ traditional‚ idealistic‚ Academic art was the epitome of true‚ talented artwork. Edouard Manet challenged

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    Drama Spring Awakening

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    professional way the story was presented. “Spring Awakening” is a musical concerning teenagers who explore their individual sexuality while living in an oppressive culture. The setting takes place in a religious‚ rural town in Germany during the late 19th century. It contains issues of sexuality‚ religion‚ and education‚ but also exposes the barriers between adults and children. Parents are supposedly religious; however‚ they mistreat their children. In addition‚ they make puberty more confusing by forbidding

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    Women

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    Women ’s Roles Then and Now Katrina D. Pratt Professor Naomi Sanderovsky World Cultures II (HUM -112) Strayer University 25 August 2013 1. Biographical information for each woman. Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscom to Samuel Griscom and the former Rebecca James in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ on January 1‚ 1752‚ the eighth of seventeen children. She grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the Society of Friends dominated her life. She learned to sew from

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    dominated by man. “The Awakening” addressed the social‚ scientific‚ and cultural landscape of the country and the undergoing of radical changes. Each of these stories addresses the issue of women’s rights and how they were treated in the late 19th century. “The Awakening” explores one woman’s desire to find and live fully within her true self. Her devotion to that purpose caused friction between her friends and family‚ and also conflicts with the dominant values of her time. Upper and middle-class

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    19th Century American Art America in the 19th century was constantly changing. Industry had its first main beginnings‚ slavery was an important issue‚ a war was imminent... many things were going on. As all of this was occurring‚ artists from all over started painting about it. The paintings are great representations of the era‚ as they truly show what everything was like during the time‚ albeit with beautiful landscapes and different viewpoints of the time. The art of the 19th century in America

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    UNSW CHILDHOOD ESSAY Copy

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    definition of what the idea of childhood is‚ and that ideology has become harder to distinguish with adult like behaviour of many young children today it is become increasingly difficult to justify the boundaries between adulthood and childhood. In the 19th century education held no significant value in most homes and was often sacrificed for children to work‚ toys were fabricated out of what little resources could be found‚ compared to the modern era‚ the idea of childhood has changed along with the changing

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    story which Zora displays the outrageous relationship between a young fantasist African American girl named Isis and her domineering grandmother in the early 19th century. “Their Eyes Were Watching God” begins with a similar concept‚ a young‚ aspiring African American girl who was raised by a protective and nurturing grandmother in the 19th century. The settings of the stories both take place in the south‚ and In Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora changes the role of a grandmother who wants less of her

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    Finney- the greatest of the revival preachers of the 1830s who eventually became the president of Oberlin College. Burned-over district- the religious scene in Upstate New York‚ particularly the western and central regions of the state‚ in the early 19th century‚ which was repeatedly "burned over" by religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening Joseph Smith- the founder of the Mormon Church. Mormon Church- members of the Church of Latter Day Saints created by Joseph Smith and led later by Brigham

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    British Education in India

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    HY1101E Article: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On Empire and Education http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.asp In the early 19th century‚ India was colonised by the British and many social and political reforms were made during this period. These reforms brought about both positive and negative effects. One of the greatest reforms during this period was the implementation of the western education system in 1835. On the surface it seems like the western education system

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    Role of Men and Women

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    Women‚ considered as dependent‚ played only a limited role in the 238 joumal of social history fall 2004 colonization movement. In turn‚ the political position of women abolitionists became more radical. They opposed colonization and demanded equality among the taces. Most importantly‚ they presented "slavery as a prohlem that affected the domestic realm that women could claim as their own‚ thus making antislavery activism an expression of a woman’s familial concerns and influence". By doing

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