feast and dancing. At the dance is a young squire‚ named Aurelius‚ who has long admired Dorigen from afar‚ in the approved "courtly love" tradition. He eventually gets his chance to talk to Dorigen and declare his love‚ which she rejects. However‚ she then tells him that she will return his love if he can get rid of all the horrible black rocks that she has been so concerned about. The dance soon ended and the guests went home‚ except for Aurelius‚ who fell to his knees‚ and prayed to Apollo‚ the sun
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Journal entries Chapter 9-14 Art 100 Chapter 9 1. Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. 2. Instruments used include graphite pencils‚ pen and ink‚ inked brushes‚ wax color pencils‚ crayons‚ charcoal‚ chalk‚ pastels‚ various kinds of erasers‚ markers‚ styluses‚ and various metals. 3. An artist who practices or works in drawing may be called a draftsman or draughtsman. 4. A small amount of material is released onto
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WHEN PIGS FLY!!! Throughout the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ participants of the pilgrimage tell stories to entertain one another. These stories‚ while amusing‚ tend to have an underlying message‚ one being the Franklin’s Tale. The Franklin’s Tale is the most moral tale that has been read. It is not told to make the other pilgrims laugh‚ rather to explain an extremely important lesson. Throughout life‚ people say many things that are meant to be taken with a grain of
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‘Describe the Political Life in Pompeii and Herculaneum’ Pompeii and Herculaneum‚ like all ancient Roman-styled towns‚ were self governing cities n local matters‚ but were subject to royal decrees from Rome by the Emperor. However‚ the ‘emperor’ rarely interfered except where the empires security or local order was at stake. After the revolt within the Amphitheatre between Pompeian’s and Nacerians in AD59‚ Emperor Nero dismissed and exiled the two chief magistrates‚ and had a law –governing prefect
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"The state is the highest achievement of man‚ a progressive and elaborate creation of his free will. The individual‚ the leader‚ the people‚ cooperate in maintaining it." This idea of state was put forth by Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince‚ which was in essence a ruler’s handbook to governing and maintaining his land. Machiavelli conjured his theories for government by basing his ideas in his belief that men‚ especially men in power‚ tend to follow the same directions‚ and therefore by looking
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In John Stuart Mill’s Essay On Liberty‚ Mill makes many arguments regarding the liberty of thought. The overall argument of this essay is centered on the question of what kind of power the society should be allowed to exercise over an individual. Mill discusses specific examples such as‚ the oppression of public opinion‚ or expression of one’s individual opinion‚ and beliefs. He then goes on to discuss the argument of whether or not an individual should have the right to act on those opinions‚ and
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was one of the most significant periods in the development of portrait art. The characteristics of Roman portraitures are more modest‚ realistic‚ idealized‚ and natural. Also‚ the body compositions‚ muscles and facial expressions of portraits and sculptures are more advanced. Many roman portraits are directly linked to specific individuals‚ such as gods and emperors. They were often used for propaganda purposes and included ideological messages in the pose‚ accoutrements‚ or costume of the figure.
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the further down the social pyramid you go. Social classes‚ and what class you were in‚ determined what clothes you wore‚ what food you ate‚ what jobs you had‚ and various other matters of life. Rome was divided into five classes: the senators‚ equestrians‚ commons‚ freed people‚ and slaves. The senators were men who served in the Senate. This class was dominated by the nobles which meant they had to have an ancestor who previously had political power. The senators would decide on the laws of the
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“Poverty is the mother of crime.” (Marcus Aurelius) Contrary to the chrome yellow of the boundless wheat fields is the darkness of poverty in which the hamlet of Acqua Traverse is wreathed. Niccolo Ammanity consummately describes the pervasive poverty of the place “forgotten by God and man” throughout this enthralling novel “I’m not scared”. The villagers do not only fall victim to poverty‚ but also to the subsequent fears with which they are afflicted after committing the crime – kidnapping a boy
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Review for Test 1 – Chapters 1 through 4 Chapter 1 – Beginnings of Civilization 1. What is the name of the place where the oldest paintings known to mankind are found? The neanderthal’s 2. What happened in the Neolithic period that allowed for communities and villages to develop?Agriculture 3. What two things (according to the book) happen together when civilization begins to develop?Hunting and gathering. 4. What is the name of the area where Sumerians settled? Fertile crescent
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