Lorenzo de' Medici

She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as if by an error of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of becoming known, understood, loved or wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and so she let herself be married to a minor official at the Ministry of Education. She dressed plainly because she had never been able to afford anything better, but she was as unhappy as if she had once been wealthy. Women don't belong to a caste or class;…

"The Godfather" - a crime drama in 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie turned out to be a true masterpiece for all time and for any generation. This film can be reviewed and revised over time. The movie was shot gorgeously: believable, original, clean, interesting, in places its history is simply shocking. This drama reveals to us the criminal world of the mafia and remains the favorite and best film related to this topic. We see the godfather - Vito Corleone. He is the head of the…

Lantin was utterly astonished when he learned that the necklace was worth 18,000 francs. This is far more than he and his late wife made in a year. Also, it is quoted in the book that,“...this necklace was sent to the address of Madame Lantin, 16 Rue des Martyrs, on July 20th, 1876” (Maupassant 70). This implies that she received the necklace, and the other jewelry, from somebody other than M. Lantin. All of jewelry was real and of the highest quality. This series of complications leads…

Keitel) places his hand above open flames over and again, as if by tormenting himself with the roaring inferno he can achieve some spiritual salvation. The same masochistic tendency can be found in Raging Bull (1980), when Jake La Motta (played by Robert De Niro) submissively takes relentless beating from his opponent yet still self-destructively remains standing in the ring. In The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Jesus (Willem Dafoe) takes Judas Iscariot (Harvey Keitel) in his arms and begs…

The tradition of honoring 25-, 50-, 65- and 75-year Kappas is captured in four pieces of ritual available for this occasion. The service for the presentation of the 25-year pin award is found on Page 21 of the Ritual Book for Alumnae Associations. The service for presenting 50-year award and the alternate service for presenting the 50-year award are found on Pages 23 and 24. The service for the presentation of the 65- and 75-year awards is found on Page 26. All of these services are also…

Cutler says that Shakespeare could not have known so many languages because he hardly ever left England and he did not have much education. There is also many other possible candidates, the most popular being Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon and Edward de Vere. In conclusion, Cutler believes that Shakespeare did not have enough education and experience to have been writing the way he…

Martin Scorsese is amongst the most recognizable names in Hollywood. His success as a director can be attributed to many things, such as his postmodernist style and his amazing cinematography skills, but what his success as a director truly hinges on is the development of characters, and relationships amongst them, within his movies. Like any great director, Scorsese pulls inspiration for his movies from his own life experience, and as an Italian-American growing up in 1940s and 50s New York,…

need to use any type of drugs to win events at the Olympic Games. It's frequently used today by most winners. Lance Armstrong is one of those people who was doping and got 7 gold medals at the Tour De France. In the article, Ian Steadman makes a good point about how “Nearly every recent winner of the Tour de France has been implicated in doping”(Steadman). Its really hard to find someone now that isn't using drugs, it's almost become a lifestyle for athletes. Another example is that some…

Civilization Badge Session One 2016-2017 Signatures: MS:___________________________________ MS:___________________________________ LP/Guide:_______________________________ Badge Requirements Earning a Civilization Badge For each Civilization Badge: Lead at least one Socratic Civilization Discussion where your group agrees you were well prepared and submit the Launch, Socratic Questions and Close you prepared. For each discussion you don't lead: Post your answers to the research question plus…

Often in literary works, authors choose a physical object which takes on a special significance in the work and becomes a symbol of something beyond itself. In the stories, The gift of the magi by O. Henry and Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez, the objects they possessed represented the choice they made and that represents who they are. In The gift of the magi, Jim and Della have their most prized possessions a watch and some hair and In Lather and nothing else, The barber has his…