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    The Victorian Era is understood to have existed during the rule of Queen Victoria during 1837 to 1901 and it was realized to be an exciting period that saw various literary schools, artistic styles, along with, social and political movements. Notably, the period was described to have led to swift developments and changes from observed advances in scientific, technological, and medical knowledge to changes in population growth. It was reckoned as an era of prosperity, great political reforms, and…

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    What kind of woman wouldn’t fit in the Elizabethan society? A woman like Lady Macbeth from the “The tragedy of Macbeth” by Shakespeare. Shakespeare lived in England during the Elizabethan Era: where the ruler of the kingdom was a woman: Queen Elizabeth. You would think “since the queen is a woman, then women should be considered the same as men and have the same rights”. But, even if it’s hard to believe, women had a really limited role in the Elizabethan society. Lady Macbeth was written to go…

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    I was a girl that lived in the era of Star Wars. In simpler wording, a girl that lived at the time that the Star Wars movies where coming out. I remember being absolutely obsessed with Star Wars at the time. I dreamed of becoming a Sith, using a lightsaber, and I wanted to control the Force. The Force is the energy that binds all things together. The Sith where people from the dark side, and I liked the evil better than good, I always wanted to join the Sith lord. It was the night of Christmas,…

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    Air Pump Painting

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    Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump). The painting’s dimensions are 183 centimeters tall and 244 centimeters wide (An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump). This paper’s purpose will be to analyze and interpret not only Wright’s art, but his life and era as well in an effort to determine if this painting is a reference towards governmental/monarchist power. When one looks at An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump one is almost immediately drawn to the man in the center; this man is the…

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    six main poets represent the Romantic-era, among which is William Wordsworth and William Blake. They were the oldest pioneering figures who were leading the literary movement. The younger pioneering figures of poets include Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. During the early nineteenth century, Lord Byron was a so popular poet who had a distinguishing style in writing his poems that were mainly connected to the concept of Romanticism in this era; consequently, he was a prominent…

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    his art making practises through the creation of the new artist movement recognised as fauvism. By creating mood and abstraction within his artwork, Matisse successfully communicated his personal expression of the modern era and technological movement. Matisse states that “good art work should be like an armchair in which you could relax at the end of the day”, meaning that artwork should be presented as something new and change perception, where an individual is able to successfully use their…

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    Shahzadi Aimen Descent into the Darkness "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman set in 1892 embodies the caprice of narrator about the existence and entity of the real world around her. The thin line between reality and fantasy is blurred as she descends into the deep abyss of the twisted realm of her mind. She becomes the victim of her own imaginations and fabrications by letting her artistry win over the truth. She becomes a victim by losing her touch with reality but by escaping…

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    Henry Chang Literary themes 10/11/15 The Big Era of Writing During the 1970’s, writing was so popular that it was the main priority for people around the world. By the time the 21st century was reached, writing became a recessive priority due to the fact that new technologies are developed for people to use. Explanations why the writing was so popular back then is that they were so many events that happened around the world, people wanted to talk about it. Another factor that occurred was that…

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    The British already thought themselves superior to the Indians an example of that is located in Gardiner’s English History, which is an English history textbook edited for use in American high schools in 1881, “[t]here was…much suspicion and angry feeling among the native soldiers, [during the Indian Rebellion which was from 1857 until 1858] and when ignorant men are suspicious and angry they are apt to break out into deeds of unreasoning fury.” It’s…

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    Racism and ethnic discrimination in the United States has been an issue since the colonial era and the slave era. Legal or social privileges and rights were given to White Americans and were not granted to African Americans. We as a country are very non open minded even though we have a lot of diversity in our nation and we are still not accepting them. There has been many shootings lately such as Charleston and Ferguson. These shootings have hurt our nation's progress a lot and it needs to stop…

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