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The Maltese Falcon is the first movie directed by John Huston who in his illustrious career was nominated for 15 Oscars. The beauty of the film is that there is not a single waste line nor a single waste shot nor a single waste performance. Everything is so perfect & each character is very well developed. I felt Huston has filtered the movie like water, over & over, until it became so perfect. The performances in the movie were of the highest order. Brigid O'Shaughnessy is not your typical…

purpose did this item once serve? What things that we have now in the twenty first century were made after this item? Those are the exact thoughts theta when through my mind when I encountered this ancient artifact while walking through the streets of Istanbul, I found myself gazing over this huge object in the window of a small museum. The museums name was La Morue and it was quite famous for its artifacts from early western civilization. After staring for ten minutes, I finally decided to go…

The ancient city of Constantinople was once one of the wealthiest places on earth. The Byzantine Empire started in the fifth century C.E and continued until the tenth century. The center of this was Constantinople, currently known as Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople thrived as not only a political center, but also as the heart of trade and culture in the Byzantine Empire. The short distance that this city had to many of the other worldly powers at the time was the cause for the city becoming a…

When I was a teenager I wanted to have my own decisions without asking my family and sometimes did lie to them. My story happened when I was a refresh college student. It was summer time and the swimming at the beach time already started. I lived in Istanbul that has many islands near it. Islands have sandy beaches and very clean sea. It was first days of a new summer season. Sea was getting warmer and I desired to go the beach. I always love June’s. It is the harbinger of my best season…

Thesis Statement: The novel “Lullabies for little criminals," written by Heather O’ Neill, examines the effect of social determinants which are poverty and homelessness on the main character Baby’s life. Poverty interwinds with homelessness in Baby’s life, building an insecure childhood for her to grow up with. Introduction: According to my thesis statement, I will explain how poverty restricts baby’s living expectation at first and the relationship between limited living expectation and…

students for the entrance examination of universities. This allowed the middle class citizens to get admission into such universities where only the elites could get admission in the past. In 1982, the movement opened its first two schools, one in Istanbul and the other in Izmir. In the next two…

Religious Diversity in the Islamic Empires The Islamic Empires reside in history as some of the most influential and powerful empires of their time. Also regarded to as the Gunpowder empires for their innovative weaponry, the 3 different groups of the Islamic Empires were the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals. Known for their form large empires in a short period of time, they are also seen as some of the most diverse communities. However, some their cultural identities were massively affected due…

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, which is additionally called The Great Wave or The Wave for short, is a wood block print made in japan by the artist Hokusai. It was created by Hokusai sometime between 1830 and 1833 as the very first print in Hokusai's series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. It is one of Hokusai's most famous work. Also considered in the art world as one of the most recognizable pieces of Japanese art in the world. The image is essentially, a massive wave threatening boats off the coast of…

Intelligence is a word that can mean vastly different things to different people in the world. Intelligence can range from the classic definition of smart to knowing how to successfully forge priceless pieces of art. A person’s perspective of something, such as a word, comes from their personal experiences and upbringing. This parallels why someone might excel in something and fail in something else, thus giving them different levels of intelligence in one subject over another. According to…

many studies prior to putting paint on paper. This contributed to the strong sense of realism that is present in the painting. Gerome painted a series of six slave market scenes that appear to take place in either ancient Rome or nineteenth-century Istanbul. During slave market events, men would advertise female slaves and auction them off to the highest bidding male. A Roman Slave Market literally depicts the buying and selling of a woman’s naked body, reinforcing the notion that women are…