baobab is known as “monkey bread”‚ which is why the tree is commonly referred to as the monkey bread tree. Other trees found in the African savanna include the Jackal Berry tree (which is among the tallest trees in the ecosystem at 80 ft) and the candelabra tree‚ which is less common. Acacia (left) and Baobab Shrubs- Shrubs generally occur near sources of water and along the slopes of hills. One of the common shrubs is the Sickle Bush‚ which
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The Waste Land‚ a 434-line modernist poem by T.S. Eliot revolves around a world of what seems to be chaotic and dead‚ and led by a single protagonist. Throughout The Waste Land‚ there are many uses of symbolism with tarot cards‚ astrology‚ and especially the game of chess: The game of chess is such a meaningful symbol throughout the story‚ that metaphors are used to describe the situation and emotions of the characters throughout the poem by describing them as chess pieces and in check-mate situations
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A Walking Holiday in Costa Rica by Mary Novakovich – Answer Sheet (a) Why were the writer and her companions visiting Costa Rica? [1] The writer and her companions were visiting Costa Rica in order to write about their experiences of Costa Rica. (b) What two reasons does the writer give for the sense of panic she refers to in paragraph one? [2] The writer refers to the sense of panic by saying: “Scores of taxi drivers swarmed round us‚ making it difficult to find our gide who was to look after
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Luis Barragan states‚ “Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well-being.” This statement is more vividly conveyed through a cross-cultural analysis of two of the most well-known architectural structures of their era‚ Old Saint Peter’s Basilica‚ located in Rome‚ Italy‚ ca. 319‚ and Hagia Sophia‚ located in Constantinople‚ Turkey (Istanbul)‚ 532-537. The architectural style of Old St. Peter’s and Hagia
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The Arch provides one of the few contemporary depictions of Temple period artifacts.[6][7] The seven-branched menorah and trumpets are clearly depicted. It became a symbol of the Jewish diaspora. In a later era‚ Pope Paul IV made it the place of a yearly oath of submission. Jews refuse to walk under it.[citation needed] The menorah depicted on the Arch served as the model for the menorah used on the emblem of the state of Israel.[citation needed]However‚ when the existence of modern State of Israel
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---------- Task 1: Mathilde Loisel is a wholly unsympathetic character who brings about her downfall and deserves her fate. How far do you agree with this assessment of her character? Remember to comment on how language‚ view point and tone convey character and meaning in the story. In‘The Necklace’‚ Guy de Maupassant introduces a character full of faults. Indeed Mathilde Loisel comes across as a wholly unsympathetic protagonist for whom the reader feels nothing but contempt. She accepts neither
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Falaknuma Palace is one of the finest palaces in Hyderabad‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India. It belonged to Paigah Hyderabad State‚ and it was later owned by the Nizams.[1] It is on a 32-acre (13 ha) area in Falaknuma‚ 5 km from Charminar. It was built by Nawab Vikar-ul-Umra‚ the then-prime minister of Hyderabad and the uncle and brother-in-law of H.H. The Nizam VI‚ Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur.[2] Falak-numa means "Like the Sky" or "Mirror of the Sky" in Urdu. * | -------------------------------------------------
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Hollywood in known for making literary adaptations‚ and such adaptations will exploit context. Movies bring literary properties to the public that otherwise would not bother to read them. However the “marriage” of literature and film holds their own separate qualities. It is precisely the point that Hollywood distorts and corrupts serious literature for the entertainment pleasures of a mass audience. In the task of comparing and contrasting the novel of “Dracula” to film extracts of “Bram Stoker’s
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“Where did everything go wrong?” King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot whispered to himself in the dead of night as he lay in his bed. Alone. Fitting‚ since he felt more lonesome than ever these days. As expected‚ the only answer to his rhetorical inquiry was a deafening‚ painful silence. Staring up at the high ceiling of his bedchamber‚ his hands resting behind his head‚ the king thought back to earlier in the day when he’d picnicked with the attractive and vivacious Princess Mithian. Not only was
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Women Characters in The Waste Land Thomas Stearns Eliot’s The Waste land presents a galaxy of characters. Some women characters include a priestess‚ a princess‚ a fortune teller‚ a lady of the upper class‚ a lower middle class girl‚ a typist girl as well as the girls of the river Thames. None of them is happy in the true sense. In the Epigraph we come across the Sybil at Cumae who was hung in a cage. Children threw stones at her and asked‚ “What do you want?” In answer‚ she said‚ ‘I want to die
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