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    At the Philadelphia Museum of Art‚ I have selected “The Last Drop.” The painting was painted by Judith Leyster on 1609. It is done in oil on canvas and the size of the painting is almost the same like any others that about a foot wide‚ length and width. The condition of the painting seems to be in a new condition‚ as if the painting was never touched at all. The texture of this painting have a smooth and rigid touch to it. The painting is consisted of one man is sitting on a chair binge drinking

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    many slaves were freed‚ unfortunately‚ many of them were treated as if they weren’t. In the excerpts from Twelve Years of a Slave and Betty Cofer‚ there is an opposition between how the slaves were treated along with the genesis of slavery‚ however‚ the dialect between the two pieces is similar. To begin‚ a difference between Twelve Years of a Slave and Betty Cofer was how the slaves were treated. In Twelve Years of a Slave‚ the narrator‚ who was Solomon Northup was revealed as a freed man‚ who was kidnapped

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    5.15 Pandora Type your translation below each Latin paragraph. Then answer the question about Prometheus. Pandora Forma feminae ab Vulcano* creabatur de terra. Ab Minerva ei (to her) vestes (clothes‚ nom. pl.) argenteae* donabantur. Etiam ei (to her) ab Vulcano corona aurea donabatur; Iuppiter ei (to her) ollam* donavit. Dei feminam pulchram amaverunt. Quod (Because) dei ei (to her) dona donaverunt‚ nomen (her name) erat Pandora. The form of the woman was created from earth by Vulcan. Clothes of

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    GEO 373 Latin American Geographies Essay One There are quite a few imaginative geographies that can be found from many authors completing travel writings relating to Latin America. To fully understand where these writings are coming from‚ one must first know what is meant by ‘imaginative geographies.’ According to the author‚ Gareth Jones‚ imaginative geographies can be categorized by connections of global cultural flows as ethnoscapes‚ mediascapes‚ technoscapes‚ finanscapes and ideoscapes

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    Male Myth

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    Eng107-U Draft-1 The Myth of the Male Machismo I have read in a book that The term Machismo first appeared in Latin American literature in the mid-twentieth century. The term was used by Latina feminists and scholars to criticize the patriarchal structure of gendered relations in Latino communities. Their goal was to describe a particular Latin American brand of patriarchy . There are lots of celebrities and famous people that

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    The coconut plant is found vastly across the tropic area and in time‚ it has proven its title as the “Tree of Life”. It is known for its great versatility as seen in the many domestic‚ commercial‚ and industrial uses of its different parts. The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration‚ as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses. Its versatility is even noted in its naming. In Sanskrit it is kalpa vriksha which means "the tree which provides all the necessities of life"

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    imagery of Judith Beveridge’s poetry. Discuss the significance by referring to three poems. Judith Beveridge poetry reveals an inherent tension between nature and the material world. She questions human’s ability to understand and be connected to nature‚ examines human’s destructive power over nature and demonstrates the changing nature of the world from natural to materialistic. This is represented in her poems‚ Mulla Bulla Beach‚ Fox in the Tree Stump and Streets of Chippendale. Judith Beveridge’s

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    Sindhuja Muppa November 21‚ 2013 Writing Workshop Mythology “Myths are common stories at the root of our universal existence” (Seger). In the essay written by Scott Russell Sanders‚ "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" discusses Sander’s perspective on men in comparison to the impression that women carry in their minds. The essay‚ “Creating the Myth” by Linda Seger shows on how stories are based on our own life experiences. Sander’s argument about how the impressions of men or women are based on

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    examine as well as explain two pieces of artwork that share identical themes within the culture of self-portraits in terms of appearance as well as personality. The first painting is a piece that is named simply Self-Portrait created by the artist Judith Leyster. The piece is dated to be created in the year of 1630. It was a painting of Ms. Leyster herself sitting at an easel painting. Self-portraits were created to depict one’s self in their natural habitat‚ whether that be an artist painting

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    The myth of Perseus and his slaying of the only mortal Gorgon‚ Medusa has its origins in Greek mythology which portray the ancient Greek societies social values‚ expectations and punishments. It denotes coming of age‚ and growing old; beauty and ugliness; the mystery of love and marriage; and indicates the use of alienation as a form of repentance or punishment. The myth of Medusa is a tale of Perseus‚ son of Danae‚ and grandson of Acrisius who was king of Argos. An oracle warned Acrisius that

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