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The Hope Athena is an ideal representation of the goddess of wisdom and war. All it takes is one glance at this statue to notice the subtle clues that undoubtedly pin the identity of this woman as Athena. The most blatant clue to her identity is the aegis placed directly in the middle of her garment, which is a trademark symbols worn by both Athena and Zeus and typically characterized by the Gorgon Medusa. Being the goddess of war, it is fitting that she is wearing a helmet topped with a sphinx…

Poetry Assignment – Critical Analysis Stress, Rhythm and Metre When poems have a detectable stress pattern and rhythm, it forms a metre. An example of this would be a poem with ten syllables on each line, where five of which are stressed, and five are unstressed. This would make the metre pentameter, which often consists of five-stress duplets. Carol Ann Duffy’s Shakespearean sonnet, Rapture, is a good example of a poem with an organised, detectable rhythm, which forms a metre. Most lines appear…

Though the idea of cremation was initially controversial and political in nature, it has increased in popularity as more people want to keep their loved ones close to them. Many people choose to do this by having an object created from their loved ones ashes. One of the first people to patent objects made with cremation ashes was Albert Vanderlaan. His main idea was that “men of genius” (Vanderlaan 1927:1) could be memorialized with plaques mixed with their own ashes and be remembered forever…

suits (this one was a matte black, it would be invisible in the night sky) appeared out of a panel in the wall and assembled itself around him as he stood holding Loki’s gaze, smiling slightly. “Stand behind me, put your arms around my neck,” Tony instructed. Loki did, and a moment later they were flying. Tony was flying slower than usual, since he had an unarmored companion on his back, but still they were whipping through the sky, almost silently around the mostly-quiet, mostly-dark…

memories and joy, his home burning Down to the ground the fire dancing to the winds, the Meadow where filled with beautiful flowers what were dancing in breeze with the raging fire behind a beautiful sadness indeed. Orchids and berry bushes: Heavens gemstones, glisten were shining brightly in the moonlight against the throned weeds.The boy plucked a humble handful berries as he made his way down, the overgrown path into the meadows: a hidden slice of Eden only him and his mother knew truly a…

“Eingang” opens the cycle Traumdunkel (Darkness of Dream), the fifth part of George’s Der siebente Ring, which counterbalances the growing emotional intensity that characterises the book up to the Maximin-cycle by sinking into the lingering darkness of dreams. The cycle consists of fourteen poems and was written between the spring of 1902 and the end of 1905, but mostly after Maximilian Kronberger’s death in April 1904. The heading “Traumdunkel” was first used as the title of a poem in autumn…

Importance of communication Understand your own needs, the more you know about yourself, it will be better to adapt life changes according to your needs, if you catch yourself saying something negative such as ‘the situation won’t improve ’change it to the situation will improve’ .There are many ways to improve a situation and “Replace negative thoughts with positive ones”. Just seek help not only for yourself but also for your parents. Right now your needs are mostly to be with people who…

In my Humanities essay 1 paper, I will be discussing how Christ was found in many Byzantine mosaics and icons. I will also discuss what these symbols represented and the many values that were and represented and not represented. To fully understand what these symbols meant you have to first under the full history behind Byzantine art meant. I am going to fully explain this concept in my essay, and give an understanding of how Mosaic were used and formed during this time and how many artworks…

The Feudal system was a system of obligations between lords and vassals. The level you were born in you would probably stay at that level for the rest of your life, as it was really hard to move up. There are four levels of the feudal system, Kings, Nobles, Knights, and Peasants. Feudalism started during the middle ages between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance. This time was when wealth was based on land, even higher than any currency. Basically all levels gave the levels lower than them…

Learn About Canadian Music and Music artists Sadly, the majority of us within the U.S. are completely not aware of entertainers that do not hail from among the 50 states. Request the average person in the pub when they are conscious of any Canadian music artists, and when you receive any response, you'll hear Celine Dion or Shania Twain, possibly even Bryan Adams or Neil Youthful. While they are certainly gifted music artists themselves, they actually don't represent the breadth and depth from…