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In class, there was a performance done by the Proteus Quartet today. The Proteus Quartet are from Rhode Island College and consists of two violinists, John Sumerlin (violin 1) and Sam Breene (violin2), a violist, Sue Culpo, and cellist, Steve Laven. On this day, this group played Beethoven's Op.18 No.6 “Scherzo: Allegro Con Brio” and Op.127 “Allegro Maestoso” , one of Dvorak’s waltzes, and Star Wars as the mystery piece. One of the pieces that was excellently performed was Beethoven's Op.18…

How were long range weapons used in Medieval times? Long range weapons were used for hunting and for battle, sometimes even for recreational purposes. Spears, recurve bows and rock slings were the most common hunting weapons. Sometimes a lord or a royal would have a crossbow for hunting. Smaller less powerful bows were given to children for shooting targets. Slingshots were also given to them for hunting smaller animals like birds and rabbits. When in battle long range weapons were used…

This compressed when the bow was drawn, while the sapwood on the other side stretched. The combination provided immense power. The biggest bows had a draw-weight of up to 150lbs or more, twice that of a modern hunting-bow. The bow needed to be drawn right back to the ear to obtain full power. It was hardened and cured for 4 years for best results. The curing helped protect it…

1.Definition of Ambiguity Ambiguity, as is defines in the Webster’s Third International Dictionary, is”the condition of admitting of two or more meanings, of being understood in more than one way, or of referring to two of more things at the same time.” In ordinary books on linguistics, the term is generally defined roughly as a linguistic phenomenon that a word, phrase or clause can have more than one possible interpretation. It is thus an attribute of any idea or statement whose intended…

When examining the text of Sophocles’ Philoctetes, it demonstrates the conflict of individuals and society during the Greek period. The relationship between the individual and their society is a topic of constant interest not only to philosophers and religious thinkers, but for each of us. Every person has plans, hopes, expectations, and needs. Their society has its own, in the form of laws, traditions, and needs for the greater good. Not to mention, often times the needs and demands of the…

Bipedalism was another important factor in the ability for humans to kill at a distance. According to Robert S. Corruccini and Henry H. McHenry in “Knuckle Walking Hominids Ancestors,” “Humans still retain features from a probable knuckle walking ancestor.” However, and some point in human history early humans began to walk upright as modern humans do. According to "Evolution of hominid bipedalism and prehensile capabilities" by Russell H. Tuttle, “The earliest hominids would be recognized as…

warm in my camo attire with my bow hugging the tree behind me. I watch as sky comes to life and leaves crunch as the dew falls on them. My father sitting at my right side, dozing, his head bobbing every once in awhile. I hear the faint noise of something crunching and look above me to see a squirrel perched on a small branch. I smile and nod my head letting out a faint chuckle. I take a look at my beautiful surroundings for any movement that would catch the arrow of my bow. I try my best to wait…

happened in the clip when Dre realized the emotional tension that his wife, Bow, was displaying. She felt like the work she did was a lot and it was under appreciated and went unnoticed by everyone; especially Dre. Dre called himself stepping up to the plate and offered to help is wife. He took on her responsibilities in efforts to no how she was feeling firsthand. Thus, he was stimulating or began to represent the same emotion that Bow exhibited. Andre lacked to different styles…

A choice has been made to pick this delicate instrument, a weapon of my choice—the violin. Carefully, one removes the seals from the case it has been resting in—it made a soft clicking sound like the locks from a prisoner’s cage. The case opens slowly revealing what was inside of it. The instrument patiently waits for its master as it lays on its furry navy blue bed. Silence filled the room as each one stare at each other and talk with their amazed eyes. The violin was glistening with beauty;…

whoever using Odysseus’s bow shout through the axes will marry and will take all her belonging. The suitors tried to string the bow many times but all of them fail in the attempts. However, Odysseus was the only one who had the strength to string the bow “Holding it on either side, pulls the strongly twisted cord of Sheep’s gut … so, without any strain, Odysseus strung the great bow” (Book 21 407-409). In this case, for Odysseus it was natural easy to perform the string of the bow. It…