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    Plato's Heliocentric Model

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    More than four hundred years ago, Johannes Kepler declared to the world that Mars travels on an elliptical orbit in his magnum opus the Astronomia Nova. This new elliptical orbital model of Mars not only perfected the heliocentric model of Copernicus in terms of providing it with a sounder mathematical foundation, and rendering it more able to predict the motion of Mars better than any traditional geocentric model like that of described by Ptolemy in the Almagest, but also challenged the ancient…

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    Writing a eulogy speech, is a perfect chance to express oneself. A short time to show one's artistic and poetic prowess. Maybe even some time to get out some much needed anger or regret. Writing such a speech could even be fun, right? Wrong! Writing an assigned eulogy speech is like being told you have a thousand dollars to spend at your favorite store but all the items have been replaced with rotting cacti. You may say I'm being dramatic but have you ever been forced to write about a dead…

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    If I were to say that I am an all knowing expert in the field of art, I would be lying. Besides the many facets and genres of art that I have yet to explore, there are techniques and mediums that I have not even begun to think about attempting. However, in my mind, I am an artist; I have been for as long as I remember, to some degree. There were times, though, where I had no idea what I was doing and wanted to quit immediately. In high school, I was a bit of a whiz kid in the art department.…

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    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was acclaimed throughout Britain, as well as internationally. The gothic science fiction thriller about a scientist who brings the dead to life enthralled readers. While the novel on the surface is gripping, Shelley alludes to many other books and ideas that romantics discussed around the time Frankenstein was written. One of these ideas was alchemy, an ancient science that many deemed worthless. Although alchemy was scientifically incorrect, romantics were fascinated…

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    of the work makes the enjoyment of them all the better. In going the extra mile, I learned to respect them even more and hold up the genius minds of their creators. Formal Analysis: Deceivingly simple, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s residential magnum opus Farnsworth House is nothing short of a stroke of architectural genius and quite possibly the greatest work of his illustrious career. Designed and constructed between 1945 and 1951, the house was intended to be a weekend countryside getaway for…

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    Mutis explains the second rule in the following terms: ‘The second rule is that the effects of the same nature are produced by the same causes’ (III, 7, 1, 5, f. 284r). It is remarkable the lack of connection between Rule I and II, as they are explained by Mutis. Let us remember that Newton’s formulation of Rule II is presented as a consequence of the principle of simplicity established in Rule I: ‘Ideóque effectuum naturalium ejusdem generis eædem assignandæ sunt causæ, quâtenus fieri potest’…

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    Toba Teh Manto Analysis

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    Saadat Hasan Manto is one of the greatest short story writers in Urdu literature who has produced twenty two collections of short stories dealing with different subjects such as partition, human life, social taboos, communal violence, so on and so forth. His stories revolving round the subject of partition of the subcontinent after independence in 1947 are more famous and more known than his other stories. Toba Tek Singh is one such story, a masterpiece, which is interwoven with the theme of…

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    symbolising the firm link between the present and the past: the Great Tree of Groby whose cutting down is the last of all the imaginable blows and humiliations Christopher Tietjens is willing to endure from his wife, Sylvia, in Ford Madox Ford’s opus magnum, Parade’s End (1924-1928). The countryside, at least from the point of view of Edwardian, Georgian and Modernist fiction (Note 5), is associated firmly with the past, with roots, with Englishness, while people in the cities, all the crowds of…

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    The Devil's Backbone Essay

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    The Devil’s Backbone (2001) Devil's Backbone (2001) - source: Sony Pictures Classics The Devil's Backbone (2001) - source: Sony Pictures Classics Del Toro's next film is The Devil's Backbone, a dense and politically charged ghost story set during the Spanish Civil War, features one of the most haunting opening sequences in modern cinema: Fade in. The camera moves toward a darkened doorway. "What is a ghost?" a voice asks. "A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again?" We enter the…

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    In this world, there are many things that have a deeper meaning than what lies on the surface. These symbols have the ability to represent a topic or idea, steer away from literal interpretations, and can even help to enhance a writer’s work with richness. A plethora of novels and literature pieces utilize symbolism for these reasons, and it definitely makes for a better final product. Young Goodman Brown, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is well-known for its constant use of this writing…

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