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The Transition in Societal Power During the Early 19th Century Portrayed in the Paintings, Virginian Luxuries and Amalgamation Waltz (1255 words, 5 pages)

During the 19th century, the United States was going through atransition of change concerning politics and society. It was a newlydeveloping country that was trying to establish itself internally, throughsystematic laws and policies, and externally, among other great powers ofthe time. In particular, the country was trying to settle its ... Read More

The Themes of Violence, Religion, and Social Status in A Good Man is Hard to Find and Parker’s Back by Flannery O’Connor (527 words, 2 pages)

Works of Flannery OConnorAfter indulging in a bit of light research on Flannery OConnor, I learned that to understand OConnors short stories is to understand the rural South that she was familiar with before 1970. She inserts her readers into the settings by capturing thought process. OConnor likes to write ... Read More

Sant Ocean Hall as the Best Example of Attachment in the Museum of Natural History (747 words, 3 pages)

The exhibit I chose at the Museum of Natural History that I felt related to attachment is known as the Sant Ocean Hall. It is known for its huge blue space and a giant whale located in the middle. In this exhibit, they showed off the beauty of ocean creatures ... Read More

The Fundamental Lessons of Acting Through the Journey of Kostya Nazvanov in An Actor Prepares, a Book by Constantin Stanislavski (583 words, 2 pages)

Reading 1Constantin Stanislavskis narrative, An Actor Prepares, teaches the fundamental lessons of acting in the form of a fictional account. As someone who is just beginning to learn acting, I was able to relate to the main character, Kostya Nazvanov, who finds himself battling stage fright and learning the ins ... Read More

Black Culture vs. White Culture in Sinclair’s Coffee Will Make You Black and an Essay by Hill Collins (1492 words, 4 pages)

With Sinclairs Coffee Will Make You Black and Hill Collins essay, one can see that black culture vs. white culture each had its own form of normativity, yet, prejudice was brought forth, because of what was considered culturally, socially, and publicly acceptable. We can take away from this that lead ... Read More

The Theme of Fear and the Characterization of the Wife in Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer (517 words, 3 pages)

Fear can often hurt you more than the object you are in fear of. The hurt is not necessary physical but also mental. When you fear something you are most likely to psych yourself out unreasonably, think of the worst things possible when the chance of those things happening are ... Read More

A Report on the Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Autism, a Psychological Disorder (817 words, 2 pages)

AutismAutism (also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder) is a psychological disorder that affects thousands of children and adults across the world. Autism has become increasingly common among many people affecting mostly males and some females. Autism is a disease caused by brain abnormalities. The effects of autism include withdrawal from ... Read More

Othello Compare and ContrastIn William Shakespeare's 1604 play, Othello, there are many characters that have compare and contrast, however, Desdemona and Emilia in particular collide with their strong beliefs on love, marriage, and sin. Desdemona, the wife of Othello exudes characteristics of assertiveness, chaste, and romanticism, while Emilia, Iagos wife, ... Read More

The Film Thirteen: An Analysis of Tracy’s Character from a Family Psychologist’s Perspective (1635 words, 6 pages)

In this paper, Tracy will be discussed from a family psychologists perspective. Information about Tracy has been gathered through watching the film Thirteen, and by observing her behavior and environment. Tracy is an adolescent female who exhibited some experimental and rebellious behavior as she began seventh grade. In this paper ... Read More

Analysing a Film Character from a Family Psychologist’s Perspective: Telly from the Film Kids (1639 words, 5 pages)

In this paper, Telly will be discussed from a family psychologists perspective. Information about Telly has been gathered through watching the film Kids, and by observing his behavior and environment. Telly is an adolescent male who exhibited some delinquent and risky behavior with his peers. In this paper I will ... Read More

The Truth behind the Genetically Modified Organisms of Monsanto (1408 words, 6 pages)

The Truth behind MonsantoGenetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are a result of a gene being taken out of one species and forced into another. They were originally invented over 20 years ago by Monsanto and are now used in 70 of food today (Monsanto 1). Much like tobacco, GMOs were ... Read More

A Research on the Core Formed Vase Displayed at the Corning Museum of Glass (572 words, 2 pages)

The glass piece that I chose, has been chosen from the Corning Museum of Glass and it is simply titled Core Formed Vase. This vase exhibits light blue, dark blue, yellow and white colors. This vase was clearly made by hand, which you can tell from the imperfect roundness of ... Read More

The Ethical Implications of Experimenting on Animals (788 words, 3 pages)

Animal Rights Experimenting for ScienceThere are debates among humans whether animals have a certain amount of rights or not. Should they, or should they not? There is actually an act called the Animal Welfare Act which protects animals from mistreatment. However, not all animals are included. Excluded are birds, rats, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Flat, Dynamic, and Static Nature of Characters in The Story of an Hour, a Short Story by Kate Chopin (1000 words, 4 pages)

Character analysis In this story, the story of an hour by Kate Chopin, we are introduced to one round and or dynamic character and a few flat and or static characters. I will exhibit traits from each character to show what type of character is depicted by either being round ... Read More

A Report on Untitled Number 8, an Anthropomorphic Ceramic Vessel by Magdalene Odundo (861 words, 4 pages)

Magdalene Odundo Ceramic VesselMagdalene Odundo is a potter who was born in Kenya in 1950. Odundo studied in India and England but picked up the majority of her techniques through studying the way indigenous women made ceramics in Kenya and Nigeria. The piece that will be discussed in this paper ... Read More

A Study of Greek and Egyptian Artifacts in the Kimbell Museum (1493 words, 6 pages)

While I was in intermediate school, I was given the opportunity to perform the part of the goddess Isis of Egypt in my sixth grade play, and I have been fascinated with ancient Egyptian culture ever since. Over the years I have gathered random snippets of general knowledge on subject ... Read More

The Ability of the Dogs Rico and Chaser to Understand Human Language in Keminski et al. and Pilley’s Experiment (705 words, 3 pages)

Although the dogs Rico and Chaser, the testing subjects of Kaminski et al. and Pilleys experiments respectively, do strongly demonstrate the ability to attach specific names with objects, their performances are still inadequate in proving that they have fully grasped human language. Rico and Chaser cannot be said to truly ... Read More

The Natural Order in Denmark in the Famous Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2574 words, 8 pages)

The Role of Roles in HamletEverything has an order. When this order is disrupted, things fall apart, chaos ensuesa changing world means changing people and, sometimes, individuals get left out. After all, life is a game of fitting in. Society offers us roles, and we fill them, because who we ... Read More

The Theme of Love in the March of the Penguins, a Film by Luc Jacquet (741 words, 3 pages)

March of the Penguins Love The word love is a familiar term to all, defined as an intense feeling of deep affection. Can the emotion of love be encompassed in a film about tuxedo ridden birds? March of the Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet, is an elegant and enlightening display ... Read More

A Video Critique on the Conduction of Gustavo Dudamel of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (673 words, 2 pages)

For this video critique, I chose to watch Gustavo Dudamel conduct Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. As I watch Dudamel throughout this performance he really looks the part that the music is portraying. He also uses techniques from class such as starting the motion from within and letting it spread ... Read More

Negative Effects of the Cold War in the Short Stories Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler (2012 words, 7 pages)

Octavia Butler, an African American female writer in the twentieth century, composed a science fiction short story titled Speech Sounds. The story demonstrated the negative effects of the Cold War, a war between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, on its citizens. Speech Sounds draws this comparison ... Read More

A Valuable Learning Experience of the Importance of the New Jersey State Police (509 words, 2 pages)

I visited the New Jersey State Police Museum, located at the New Jersey State Police Headquarters in Trenton, NJ, on Friday, November 14th, 2014. This site is maintained by the state government funds. There is no cost of admission to the museum. This site does not carry an official designation ... Read More

The History of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus (858 words, 3 pages)

No other form of American entertainment has been as deeply ingrained in the heart as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey Circus has succeeded in doing to generations of Americans. P. T. Barnum said that his idea for the beginnings of his circus were "Greater than anything he had ever ... Read More

A Satirical Interpretation of the Victorian Standards in the Novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (851 words, 3 pages)

Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations features a boy named Pip during his journey to become a gentleman in Victorian-era England. The story offers a satirical interpretation of many Victorian standards, such as what constitutes a gentleman, how women should act, and how the justice system functions. However, the main focus ... Read More

The Emotionless Banter and Labor of Christ’s Soldiers in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1124 words, 3 pages)

The suffering of Jesus Christ is not the central focus of this passage as with usual renditions of the crucifixion. The focus of the passage is the emotionless banter and labor of the soldiers who are performing seemingly mundane tasks. The second line of the passage, Then must he bide ... Read More

An Experience of Visiting the Foster Gallery at the Haas Fine Arts Center (1039 words, 3 pages)

On February 18, 2015, I visited the Foster Gallery at the Haas Fine Arts Center on campus. I chose the gallery on campus because it was a convenient location and I had never been in the gallery before and wanted to see what was inside. The gallery had an open ... Read More

A Reaction Paper to Dr. Cooke’s Article “The Louvre” (369 words, 2 pages)

Reaction Paper "The Louvre" In my opinion, this commendable article honestly depicts the appealand history of the Louvre as art in itself. The author, Doctor HerewardLester Cooke Jr., recognizes the monument as a national treasure and goeson about its perpetual responsibility to its patrons. He expresses that themuseum is owned ... Read More

The Path to Insanity in The Metamorphosis, a Novella by Franz Kafka (1984 words, 6 pages)

The subhuman treatment of others, even in the slightest aggression, when repeated will break a persons humanity to make them less than human. The choice, however, to fight against this treatment before it succeeds is what saves humanity. When you give in from back breaking abuse from work, and receive ... Read More

An Exploration of the Effectiveness Between Contemporary Sculpture and Exhibition Design (1575 words, 5 pages)

Contemporary artist, Andy Goldsworthy, worked with the National Museum of Scotland in 1998 to create contemporary sculptures that aimed to improve the visitors experience, by encouraging a new kind of engagement with the ancient artefacts on display. The Early People exhibition design hosts a dialogue between contemporary art and ancient ... Read More

A Review of an Exhibit of Islamic Items (377 words, 2 pages)

When I first walked into the exhibit, I was surrounded by various Islamic items, but there was one specific item that caught my attention. The mens agbada robe. Having it by in its own little showcase, this robe grabbed my attention by how native looking it was. This exhibit is ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013