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Native American Art
Words: 496 - Pages: 2.... were drawn with controlled and modulating lines, and were often found on the exterior of their cedar dwellings, as well as blankets and skirts. The Northwest people made masks for their ceremonies, many of which had moveable facial features. They also made wooden effigy helmets and clan hats that represented the groups crest animal.
In California, basketry was a distinguishing feature. The baskets had natural and geometric designs, and frequently incorporated feathers and abalone in them. The Chumash cave paintings are unique to California. Some were painted only in red, and others included white black and yellow. The paintings were .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Romeo
Words: 332 - Pages: 2.... topsβ" on
page 511, line 110. When Romeo says things like this, it shows how well he
can put words together. When Romeo says "I have a night's cloak to fide me
from their sight." On page 510, line 80. He meant that he will hide from
everyone, just to see Juliet.
People say many good and bad things about Romeo. For instance on
page 500, line 67, when Capulet says "Verona brags of him." When Lord
Capulet said that it shows that he is well respected by Verona and its
people. People say bad things about Romeo, when Tybalt says "It fits when
suck a villian is a guest, I'll not endure him" on page 500, line 75.
Tybalt calls him a vil .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Symbols
Words: 529 - Pages: 2.... in Willy's life throug h the advancement
of technology. It also represents the end of Willy's career. This is brought
about when Howard, Willy's boss and godson, shows the tape recorder to Willy and
appe ars to be more interested in the sound and technology of the machine
instead of Willy, who i s fighting for his job. Howard no longer need s Willy's
services and without concern fires him. This , to Willy, was like, "eating the
orange and throwing away the peel". However, Willy is partly to blame, as he
does not accept change and wants to remain in the pas t. This is foreshadowed in
the scene where Willy is left alone with the tape record .....
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Barney Vs. Sesame Street
Words: 486 - Pages: 2.... You get more out of the show than if it was about many topics like Sesame
Street. The one we saw had many topics like eating healthy, dental hygiene, the
airport and more. The child can have an overload of ideas for one day and get
all mixed up.
Both Barney and Sesame Street have songs in them. I found that Barney
had many more songs than Sesame Street. The songs are used as jolts and they
work well in getting the attention of the child. I found that the Barney songs
were much catchier than the Sesame Street songs. They were slower, and other
than the dancing, there was not much else happening. On Sesame Street, the
backgroun .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Society's Alienation Of Willy Loman
Words: 888 - Pages: 4.... his confidence in
himself and was ready to take control of his life at a very crucial time.
However, Howard crushed all of that by firing Willy, simply because he
thought Willy, "needed some rest." Actually, Howard never intended to give
Willy his job back. He was merely trying to take Willy's position because
he didn't believe Willy could hack it anymore. This is a reflection of
society's present day treatment of the elderly. Younger generations now,
move older people into rest homes and try to keep them out of public view,
for risk of embarassment. This is reflected by Howard's statement, "I
don't want you to represent us anymore." .....
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An Analysis Of Much Ado About Nothing
Words: 2142 - Pages: 8.... to stay with Leonato for a month. Shakespeare's antagonist Don John, bears much resemblance to Don John of Austria, the illegitimate son of Charles V, half-brother to the King of Aragon who defeated the Turks at Lepanto and returned to Messina after his victory in October of 1571 (Richmond 51). Don John of Austria had many of the qualities that Shakespeare's Don John did, he was not on good terms with his brother, and although he tried with much effort to gain status, he was frequently humiliated in attempts to bring himself fame. Shakespeare was known to draw parallels between his characters and actual historical figures, in an a .....
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Shakespeare In Love: A Great Movie
Words: 1245 - Pages: 5.... comedy that appeals to all
generations. The story is set in Elizabethan England with present day
concerns like doing what makes us happy despite what others think is
morally acceptable. The use of the Globe Theatre expresses the difference
in times, but the importance of entertainment. The film demonstrates the
way plays were acted out solely by men. This illustrated the lack of
belief that a woman could put on an act as well as a man. However, in
this movie, the part of Juliet winds up being acted out by a woman much to
the surprise of the audience. In response to this the people are appalled
and feel that she should be pu .....
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A Character Analysis Of Macbeth In Shakespeare's Macbeth
Words: 842 - Pages: 4.... The sergeant also tells
us:
As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks;
So they doubly redoubled strokes upon the
foe:
(I,ii,37-39)
From this we can tell that he was a relentless and courageous fighter and
would not stop until he had won. He is such a fearless fighter that the
day would be remembered for centuries to come the sergeant says: "Or
memorize another Golgotha," this tells us that Macbeth would have gone
down in the books as Scotland's heroic warrior. Macbeth had two glorious
battles both of which he had won. from these battles and the sergeants
words we can truly say that .....
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Macbeth: The Three Witches
Words: 923 - Pages: 4.... and the madness these
emotions bring to a person. (Shakespeare, pg. v)
In any work of literature or drama there is usually foreshadowing.
Foreshadow can be defined to be, "a sign of something to come: indicate or
suggest beforehand; prefigure; presage." (Compton's Interactive
Encyclopedia) Playwrights use this technique to give the audience a sense
of what is to come or what exactly is going to happen to a character.
Foreshadowing can be easily detected or it cannot be noticed at all until
the end of the play or story. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Shakespeare uses
the prophecies of the witches and thoughts of Macbeth himself to foreshad .....
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Hippolytus
Words: 1755 - Pages: 7.... because it sets in
motion the actions of the play when Aphrodite decides to get revenge on
Hippolytus. The divine relationship between the gods is a bit different,
however. Over the course of the play, Artemis does not interfere in the
actions of Aphrodite, which shows that the gods, while divine, do have
restrictions; in this case, it shows the gods cannot interfere with each
other. The gods are sometimes evil and revengeful, though, as can be seen
by what Artemis has to say about Aphrodite: "I'll wait till she loves a
mortal next time, and with this hand - with these unerring arrows I'll
punish him. "
The relationship of mankind .....
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