Les Antiquités de Rome: no 29 Aisling Fawaz Joachim Du Bellay 30/10/08 Poem number twenty-nine of Les Antiquités de Rome was written by Joachim Du Bellay to celebrate the ancient city of Rome. In it‚ Du Bellay writes of Africa‚ Asia and Greece‚ suggesting that everything great they produced could have easily been found in ancient Rome. The poem explores how Du Bellay feels about Rome‚ referring specifically to its design‚ its “ornamentation”‚ and compares it to impressive
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Narrative Report On the-job-Training In Subic International Hotel Submitted By: Febbelyn Puno Bs-hrm II Submitted To: Mrs. Maribel Tolentino Acknowledgement I want to express a profound gratitude and sincere appreciations to the following people who‚ in one way or another‚ contributed a lot or a little in taking my On the-Job-Training successfully. To the HRM Coordinator of Bataan Peninsula State University Dinalupihan Campus‚ Mrs. Maribel Tolentino‚ for preparing and giving the
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These women were Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Catalina de Erauso. These noblewomen became catholic nuns. One sought an education from of the church. The other attended a university‚ Sor Juana stayed a nun. Catalina defied gender norms‚ cross-dressed and left the convent. In this way Sor Juana did more to influence public opinion regulating patriarchy and the treatment of gender
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Alain de Botton claimed that humorists entertain‚ but can also say things without punishment. I agree with him because we have freedom of speech in America. Even though‚ everyone might not agree with what’s being said‚ it is good to voice your own opinion and not just follow the crowd. Humorists can sometimes say some bad jokes. It is best to ignore these jokes if you don’t agree with them. For example‚ Saturday Night Live gets away with saying stuff about our government or our media. The humor on
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Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara was most definitely an interesting man. Born in a time where war was common in the world and influenced by the unhappy circumstances of his own people he grew up to live a very fascinating life. He lived during Mexico’s revolutionary times and he prospered more so than his fellow kin. He was a very smart man; very astute which is in essence what got him to the position as plenipotentiary to the United States. Of course it is important to note that he himself presented the
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Narrative Essay The essay "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris tells about an educational experience of the author. He moves from New York city to France to learn French at the age of forty-one. Unfortunately‚ he is in a hostile situation which was being in a high pressure class with an intimidating and cruel teacher. Even though he spends time in Normandy‚ he is not able to fully understand what is being said by the teacher. He is quite nervous and upset because he has a prior background
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and repay greater ones with ingratitude." Like Mr. Franklin said a favor returned without ingratitude is not worth the time. Ingratitude can run the the whole purpose of doing or achieving something. For example‚ in the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant Madame Loisel is portrayed as an ungrateful woman because of how greedy and inconsiderate she is. To begin with‚ Madame Loisel was a very greedy woman. She feels unsatisfied with what she has and wants more. The narrator’s thoughts "She
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The setting of the science fictional world which I’ll be referencing comes from the short story “Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard. It seems to take place in the future after a war of great magnitude. Within the story‚ it does reference Old Earth‚ to insinuate the characters resemble earthlings of human form. Was it believable? Yes‚ I would say‚ I believe it would be highly possible for mankind to seek out living amongst the stars in spaceships the size of cities. With the current rave about a manned
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was born in 1090. He was given the nickname "El Cid"‚ which is derived from the Arabic word sayyid or “sir”. El Cid inspired the writing of “Cantar Del Mio Cid” or The Poem of The Cid. There are many speculations as to who the real writer of the Poem of the Cid‚ however the real author or authors are unknown. The Poem of The Cid is the oldest Spanish epic and is one of the four most important Spanish books of all time. Although it is inspired by the the real Cid‚ who was a
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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