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    emotions of fear and desperation. For instance, the way Iris (messenger of the gods who can be seen in the background of the sculpture next to Demeter) waves her drapes and the way her drapes are depicted in the relief sculpture. Iris is presented frantically waving her drapes at three goddesses (Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena) in desperation to stop Hades from abducting Persephone. The artist is able to show movement on the drapes that Iris is waving through the use of shade. Curved lines are…

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    “We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness” (152). These are the lines from The Natural written by Bernard Malamud, which Iris Lemon says to Roy Hobbs after he told her all the suffer he faced before he becomes a well-known baseball player. The author gives hopes to the readers that Roy will definitely find his happiness towards the end of the novel. However, Bernard Malamud ends the climactic game between…

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    Paris In The Iliad

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    Iris’ message is framed in a manner that expects Helen to be grateful for the war going on outside the city’s walls. Iris’ claims that the war is something marvelous directly contrasts with the somber images in Helen’s weaving, which Iris interrupts to bring Helen to the Skaian gates. Iris is essentially adopting the role that best supports one of the major themes of the Iliad: personal glory. As Iris indicates, Helen should be witness to all the great…

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    Structure Of Eye Essay

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    camera. Without using complex equipment to view all parts of the eye or dissecting it, one can see three structures of the eye: the sclera, the iris, and the pupil. The white part of the eye is known as the sclera which is the outer most part, that helps the eye maintain its shape and protects the eye from injury. The black dot one can see in the middle of the iris is known as the pupil. The pupil is in charge of letting light into the eye. Therefore if the eye needs more light to see the pupil…

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    such as your eyes. Your eyes can be used by being scanned and identified. They have two kinds of eye scans out, they are retinal scans and an iris scan. A retinal scan is when the blood vessels in the back of your eye is measured. A iris scan is when they scan the color of your eye itself. The eye scans are being used at airports for security reasons. The iris scan is being used more than the retinal scan. The retinal scan is being used, but it more high tech and used for more security reasons.…

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    Louise Gluck’s Considered to be “one of the purest and most accomplished lyric poets now writing”, said poet Robert Hass, Louise Gluck is one of America’s most talented contemporary poets. Although Louise Glück published numerous essays, she was primarily known for her poetry. Her style is so unique and wasn’t always so tragic. Glück’s earlier work included more about love, relationships and some death. Because seemingly all her writing comes from personal experiences, her readers can…

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    kind of peace. Travis cannot be called a hero for his sociopath action or at least be seen as heroic in the point of view of iris who he so called is doing this…

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    often more authentic; that is, they are similar to actual reading task” (Jennings, Caldwell & Lerner, p. 97). The core of this assessment is designed to help educators determine a student's reading instructional needs. The components of a typical IRI, according to the website consist of graded word lists and passages ranging from preprimer level to middle or high school levels. These leveled reading passage are both narrative and expository readings. Students are asked to response to oral…

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    and messed up. Travis also spends a lot of time training because of the twelve year old prostitute named Iris. While he was working as a taxi driver Iris was attempting to run away from a pimp nicknamed Sport and instead of helping her he drove off without a word. Travis never spent the money the pimp gave him to keep him from talking about what happened because of his doubt from abandoning Iris when she needed…

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