Saint Agatha from 1635-45; the medium used to paint the portrait was oil and tempera on canvas. This devotional image shows the saint contemplating God while tenderly holding the pincers‚ the instruments of her sufferings through which she achieved her sanctity. The way in which the saint is modeled with soft sfumato (an almost invisible rendering of the transitions from light to shade) and emerges from a dark background is characteristic of Furini’s work. Francessco Furini’s piece Saint Agatha is a
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Lawrence John Wargrave‚ sane... or insane? Many people would think Wargrave‚ "the hanging judge." (Christie 262) as insane‚ but the truth is he was perfectly sane. His choices were made thinking they were logical‚ though some weren’t. His age and occupation was affecting his judgment and he thought of himself as the only one who could inflict justice to those outside laws reach. He chose his ten victims by talking to people‚ and asking the right questions to people he met or knew. He was so obsessed
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the prosperity‚ authorities of each country try not to disturb the economy. On the other hand‚ over recession‚ those authorities try different ways to strengthen the economy. Governor of New Jersey‚ seen through the eyes of Matt Bai‚ in “How Chris Christie Did His Homework”‚ and David Leonhardt in his article: “Union Contracts‚ Not Pay‚ Are States’ Problem” presents their “toolkits” how to fix the economy. As a United States citizen‚ who grew up in a different country and came to Land of Liberty with
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What techniques does the director‚ Danny DeVito use in the film to illustrate that the character‚ Miss Agatha Trunchbull‚ is malicious and evil (mean)? The film Matilda directed by Danny DeVito was released in 1996‚ on the second of August. The main character of this film are Agatha Trunchbull‚ Jennifer Honey and Matilda Wormwood. Ms Agatha Trunchbull is depicted as a malicious‚ evil character through the use of various film techniques; appearance‚ language‚ personality‚ lighting and camera angles
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Routine In the morning there’s a huge difference between 6:00 and 6:05. My phone’s alarm clock woke me up as normal‚ but I realized the time was 6:05. It was the new phone’s annoying menu setup‚ I must have slipped my finger through the minute dial choosing the wrong time settings. It also has the annoying habit of leaving applications open throughout the night and which is why the battery is low. So I put it to charge while showering‚ instead of putting it on my back pocket like I usually do
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the Star Ledger about Chris Christie and his race for becoming president. The political cartoon shows Christie and a man‚ who is probably his campaign manager. His manger is telling him that his run isn’t doing well‚ that he is low on money to continue to support his campaign‚ and that he should probably go back to New Jersey. He is saying this because Christie only got one percent support in the recent debate‚ and with his he was disqualified from this debate. Christie is replying to his manager’s
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Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is a well known murder mystery that led to the famous movie 10 Little Indians. Among these two works‚ many differences exist. Differences such as the title and many names are changed‚ the setting and plot‚ and the overall ending is significantly different. The title of the book is And Then There Were None and the title of the movie is 10 Little Indians. This is actually a clue to how they both end. The book’s title specifically suggests that they all die
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War is atrocious. People hear this everywhere they go and hear it in every class they have ever taken. Novelist Agatha Christie once said that "one is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." What she means by this is that war does not accomplish anything‚ rather‚ it exists as a settlement between two factions who think they can take control of the other. Merely‚ war is a conflict between nation’s governments‚ rather than anything
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Politics is equally inscrutable. In today’s political turmoil‚ Syldavia irresistibly reminds of another fictional land‚ "Herzoslovakia" Balkan homeland of hero‚ wicked Boris Anchukov from "Secret of Chimneys" written by Agatha Christie‚ the land which the author describes as a land of violence‚ banditry and mystery‚ a country where the national hobby is "killing kings and having revolutions ". Syldavia and Herzoslovakia are‚ therefore‚ some universal Balkan countries‚ complex
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In his “Conflicts As Property” Nils Christie introduces the concept of conflict as proprietary and asserts that modern dealings with conflict in concept and in practice‚ particularly from a legal standing‚ follow a social framework designed to create distance and to mitigate personal involvement. Christie describes “...a process where conflicts have been taken away from the parties directly involved and thereby have either disappeared or become other people’s property.” One could extrapolate that
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