The Buffalo Maiden was about this woman who comes to the Sioux tribe to deliver messages to them. She starts telling them of the messages she brings them. First she speaks to the men‚ then the women‚ next come the children‚ and finally the chief. The maiden proceeds to take the pipe and use it as an offering to Wakan Tanka. She leaves the tent then turns into a white buffalo calf. In the buffalo maiden we are introduced to a God that they call Wakan Tanka. He seems to be transcendent from the tribe
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The Iron Maiden: Michael Graves and the Trap “Those who love too much lose everything; those who love with irony‚ last.” Hephaistion [The Persian Warrior]‚ Alexander (Oliver Stone‚ 2004) Post-modernism in the 1980s has‚ without any doubt‚ had a lasting impact on architecture today. It is a strand of architectural thought has continued to be expanded and developed even after it’s prominence in the 1980s. Definitions of the “post-modern” are often ephemeral‚ post-modernism
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are being evaluated here are no exception. Do Not Go Into That Good Night is cautious‚ The End and the Beginning has a wiser tone‚ Hate Poem‚ and Invictus has a surge of determination. However‚ while these poems are admirable‚ Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye should win due to it’s structure‚ and theme. Every poem is unique and one of the main factors to a poems individuality is it’s structure. Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep not only has a rhyme scheme‚ but it provides
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When war occurs‚ it not only affects the people involved in the war‚ such as the soldiers fighting for their country in the trenches; but it affects the people outside of the war‚ such as loved ones of soldiers‚ and citizens of the country involved. The poem “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane describes the effects of war on soldiers and civilians by depicting that for soldiers‚ war is an act that they were born to do‚ and after experiencing it‚ it is the only thing they will ever know; and for civilians
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“Only Children Weep” To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee Innocence can be described in a variety of ways‚ all depending on perspective. To some people‚ innocence may signify those who have not been tainted by immorality. To others‚ innocence may be defined as someone who has not been corrupted by the harsh truth of reality and their surroundings. In a more literal sense‚ innocence is being free of guilt in regards to legal matters and crime. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates
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Stephen Crane talks about death like it is a casual thing. He glorifies people dying and uses ironic emotions to show his opposing opinion to war. Crane puts the war in a different perspective than people expected to see it in. Crane opposes the war‚ in the poem “War is Kind” and short story “A Mystery Of Heroism” he uses irony to show this with surviving through bad times and the use of ironic emotions. Stephen Crane shows irony in surviving through bad times in both the short story and the poem
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to delve deeper in the human psyche and struggle. I often marvel at the fine line that separates humans from other animals that do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival. In Stephen Crane’s poem‚ War is Kind‚ he illustrates how war forces men to discard their humanity‚ and they effectively become dehumanized. The word “humble” is used in the poem to show how war diminishes the importance of
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The Cavalry Maiden Nadezhda Durova and Her Freedom The Cavalry Maiden‚ by: Nadezhda Durova and translated by Mary Fleming Zirin‚ is a journal about a Russian officer in the Napoleonic Wars. Nadezhda Durova is a woman who left home at age twenty-three to join a regiment. Every since a young age Durova was interested in nature and things that were young men interest. It is believed that this stemmed from not being loved by her mother. She was attached to her father‚ who was a captain
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The poem “War is Kind” was written by Stephen Crane in 1899. He was born after the civil war‚ but died before WWI. Crane wrote this poem about the civil war and the men who fought in it. The poem has three different themes: Warfare‚ The Home‚ and Patriotism. “War is Kind” does not mean that war is actually kind it is just saying that people are willing to go into battle and sacrifice their lives for their country. War is cruel‚ not kind‚ the exact opposite of what Crane repeats throughout the poem
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At the Montclair Art Museum‚ located in the Rand Gallery of Native American Art‚ there is a tall statue made of Bronze and Jetulong wood‚ standing tall behind a glass case‚ called Pueblo Maiden. The figure is long and lean‚ and towers over many of the other artifacts in the gallery. The bronze color of the figure is constant throughout the sculpture. The head is small and round. The hairstyle is short and square shaped. It is similar to a women’s “bob” hairstyle with bangs that covers the figures
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