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    Eliot explores a myriad of interpretations of the meaning of logos in the Four Quartets through Einstein’s theory of Relativity, by examining it through the bending of space and time, ultimately using this lens to arrive at the conclusion of the Incarnation. This curvature of spacetime opened the doors to the reality of a new method of understanding the world: non-Euclidean Geometry. Non-Euclidean Geometry differs from several key postulates of traditional Euclidean Geometry. These reworked postulates allow for strange distortions of familiar shapes, such as a triangle with two right angles, or curved lines that are in actuality straight. Non-Euclidean Geometry provides Eliot a unique opportunity. One of the three key functions of literature is that it acts as a mirror. It reflects the story back upon the reader, forcing her to grapple with her own character in light of the experiences of the characters. Eliot seizes this opportunity to question the…

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    Rlg 101 Week 7 Checkpoint

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    A content area standard for the 9th grade in Arizona is A-REL-10. It refers to the graphing of a linear equation with two variables. It involves plotting solutions usually dealing with time versus distance progression. As time progresses distance increases, decreases or stays still. It can have variations of using elevation instead of distance. The presentation of the lesson is made on the white board with markers creating a story of skydiving. Having the students help me remember every…

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    Buried Treasure Ashford University MAT 221 Buried Treasure For this week’s Assignment we are given a word problem involving buried treasure and the use of the Pythagorean Theorem. We will use many different ways to attempt to factor down the three quadratic expressions which is in this problem. The problem is as, ““Ahmed has half of a treasure map, which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert 2x + 6 paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of…

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    Our own actions however, determine if we participate with an individual religion. If one has an atheistic view on religion it might seem as though they would be non-religious, and would not have any effects of being religious in any way. Agnosticism defined as “... doctrine or tenets with regard to the existence of anything beyond and behind material phenomena or to knowledge of a First Cause or God.”(Agnosticism) religion is often similarly defined as “doctrine or tenets” however with a purely…

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    December 11th, roughly. Five years and one month ago was the date that not only my life and surroundings changed and not to sound cliché, so did I as a person. I remember it vividly it was summer in South Africa, as our seasons are flipped to those in the states. Nevertheless it being summer I had a winter coat on because I knew it was winter in the U.S. but I didn't know how cold it would be so I dressed accordingly to how I felt it would be in a place where it snows. I remember going to get my…

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    3.1.1.1.1. Properties Rests symbols plays a fundamental role in the symbolic time axis, and they could be inserted between notes or at the end of a musical passage. For this reason, the total symtime duration of a theme is not always equal to the sum of the note duration, so the total symtime duration is an additional property associated to a theme. Other important property associated to a theme is the total number of elements (i.e., rows). Properties of a theme are denoted using the dot symbol,…

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    Implied lines are lines disguised through the use strokes, colors, values or shapes that usually help direct the eye when looking at an artwork. Directional lines are a type of implied lines that draws attention or point to the focus of a painting, there many types of directional lines that represent different meanings. In The Death of Socrates, implied lines are apparent throughout the whole painting, the outlines that separates the figures (the people) from the background can be considered…

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    Hope In The Book Thief

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    Literature uses the solitude to create strength and society follows with that prophecy as people believe it takes strength that loneliness brings. The belly of the whale only emphasizes the commitment they attach to themselves at this point since the old world has become out of reach and they must focus on finding the exit of this predicament in which they find themselves and when they do it obviously, they will find a new world that leads to the continuation of the journey and get around the…

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    Patrick Luongo Mr. Maloney Art 11 November 2017 7 Elements of Art The 7 elements of art are Line, Shape, Form, Space, Value, Color, and Texture. Line- Lines are very important in art. They can be used in many ways, such as outlining things, make hashes with them and even shade things with them. An example of lines is when I was drawing my Van Gogh drawing, and I needed to use lines to make the hashes. There are many types of lines. Lines can be straight, curvy, thick, thin, they can dark…

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    1) According to the author of A World of Art line is important in an artist since it plays a major role in human history, delineating city limits, county lines, and state and national borders. 2) In Matthew Richie’s quote I think he is trying to talk about the structures of line and properties of how line can be structured. Then, Ritchie’s is trying to use it as a symbol when it comes to using a straight line since it can represent the direction and the curve can mean to join things. I also see…

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