Boccaccio’s the Decameron is a collection of stories written during the time of the Black Plague in Europe during the 1340’s. There are many themes and motifs used in the Decameron. The most interesting motif is the fact that the story is closely bound around people escaping the plague‚ but none of the stories take any kind of solid religious or political stance. He however‚ specifically does not take what would be called a Christian point of view on the plague‚ in fact‚ he provides a negative
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Machiavelli & The Common Good In Discourses on Livy‚ Machiavelli argues that the purpose of politics is to promote a “common good.” This statement holds true in Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ albeit differently than one might expect. It is evident in The Prince that Machiavelli believes ensuring the common good of the community should hold high priority; therefore a primary duty of the Prince to fulfill. Machiavelli’s view on how this should be obtained‚ however‚ drastically opposes the opinions
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Japanese Buddhist Statuary‚ explains the complexities of Japanese and Korean iconography with consumate skill. Figure J.2 is a modern votive card. We thus have records of ACE world linksfrom GtNWT to Japan and round the Pacific by sea‚ as shown by Codex maps and indexed by language‚ culture and maritime trade. Land connections lie along an early Silk Road with similar art and agglutinative language indices (Polat Kaya‚ Nyland etc ). And the prime clue is GÖBEKLITEPE
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Introduction to Quality in Health Care Introduction Quality of care is just one of those issues that have become front and center in health care today. Regardless of recent attention‚ quality of care as a goal of the health care professional has been around for centuries. A thorough understanding of quality in health care will provide an overview and introduction to this concept as a whole; define what quality is and how it relates to health care; explore some of the challenges to implementing
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realized she just was not getting what she wanted. Tamiris took the next year off to develop her own style of concert dancing. On October 9‚ 1927‚ Tamiris made her concert debut in New York City at the Little Theatre. She performed solos‚ including Florentine‚ Portrait of a Lady‚ Impressions of the Bullring‚ and Circus Sketches. From 1927 to 1944‚ Tamiris’s concert career persevered. During this time‚ she choreographed many works for herself and others‚ such as Martha Graham‚ Doris Humphrey‚ and members
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Pier Della Vigne was an accomplished poet‚ part of the "Sicilian School" of poetry‚ he wrote sonnets and a victim of his own faithful service to the state” (Texas). The second resident that Virgil and Dante then speak to is a bush-soul that was a Florentine man in life who hanged himself. The bush-soul gives the readers some interesting information about the history of Florence while speaking to Virgil and Dante. He speaks about the suffering that has happened to Florence from being Christianized by
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini to renovate it. But when the Pope died‚ the project was abandoned. In 1730‚ Pope Clement XII organized a contest in which Nicola Salvi initially lost to Alessandro Galilei. But due to the outcry in Rome over the fact that a Florentine won‚ Salvi was awarded the commission anyway. The work began in 1732‚ and the fountain was completed in 1762. It cost almost 20 years. Salvi died in 1751‚ with his work half-finished. The Trevi Fountain was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Panini.
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Homework- Othello; Lucy Holman Find quotes which provide information about the following key areas of the play. Attempt to identify material that reveals how these aspects are a source of conflict: |Aspect of the Play |Quotes |How these aspects create conflict | |Patriarchy |-“How got she out?” |-This aspect is highlight
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Can William Shakespeare’s text Othello ever be transformed? Transformation is changing a text‚ in this instance‚ a play so it can be adapted to a modern day setting to better suit the new context. With the change in context‚ comes a shift in values. Composers are conscious of the fact that they need to entertain an audience which has a different outlook on the world. I believe that William Shakespeare’s text ‘Othello’ performed in 1603 can be transformed to suit the modern day audience. Davies transformed
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Sarah Coughlin Mr. Murphy Crim Honors 16 May 2014 Autopsy There are many different types of evidence that can be found at a crime scene‚ but few provide as much evidence as the victim’s body. An autopsy is a medical examination of a body that is performed to determine the cause of death. Forensic autopsies are conducted by forensic pathologists when a death appears to be suspicious or linked to criminal activity. The autopsy should reveal three main things: the cause of death‚ mechanism of
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