Ornament

The civilization of Ancient Egypt dominated the northeastern corner of the African continent for over 3000 years. They were located in an area that would have been a total desert were it not for the river Nile, which stills runs north from central Africa for thousands of miles before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea . The particular geographic location of the Egyptian empire meant that they were protected from invasion and in some sense from a strong foreign influence. In figure 1, the map…

Narrative Essay: Savanah Do you believe the following quote is true? “Love between true friends knows no distance”. At age 11, my best friends moved out of state. I was told in the summer that they would be moving that fall and I didn’t know what was going to happen. But looking back, I learned that even though friends may be far away, they will always be in my heart. Before this ever happen we knew each other for years. We did everything together. How it all started is my Mom needed a…

Feeling dirty. I laid out a jogging suit, took a shower and shaved. Getting dressed, I kept looking at that room. A sense of joy filled my heart. I was revived. At 11:30pm, I proceeded towards finishing my mission. I commenced to scrub, cleaned, and organized every square inch of the rest of the house. Uniquely decorating each room as I went. Big red bows on the walls and windows. Christmas towels in the bathroom. A reindeer in a corral with white cotton poop on the back of the toilet. While I…

Gold Ever since I was a child I have been fond of gold. The way it sparkled and caught your eye. The essence of how it makes an outfit glamorous, just by one single piece. A child found a shiny rock in a creek, thousands of years ago, and the human race is introduced to Gold for the first time. It was first found as shiny yellow nuggets. Gold became a part of every human culture. Its brilliance, natural beauty, and lustre, as well as its workable texture and resistance to tarnish, made it…

proceed with the prophecy, calling him a coward to try and convince him to do what she wants. By doing this she knows she will get Macbeth to prove her that he is prideful, thus getting what she wants. “Wouldst thou have that which esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem”(Act I.vii.44-48). This quote shows how Lady Macbeth shames Macbeth, calling him a coward for not wanting to kill the king and fulfill his prophecy. This shows how Lady Macbeth is accusing Macbeth…

Henrik Ibsen was a major 19-century playwright, theater, director and poet. Often referred as “The father of realism” and founder of modernism in the theater. People called him the “next” Shakespeare. He was born on March 20, 1828 in Skein, Norway. His parents’ were Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. Shortly after his birth the financial situation in the family collapsed. Ibsen’s father went in depression, and his mother searched for spirituality guidance. At the age of fifteen he was forced to…

Sometimes, your worst enemy- the cause of your own defeat, can be yourself. When someone has a reputation for being a jerk, those same actions will come back to bite you, perhaps worse than the previous problems that they created, or even kill them. This applies to Tybalt Capulet, a side antagonist in the play Romeo and Juliet, whose temperamental and aggressive nature, antagonization and instigation of others, and direct insubordination of the law is what led to his demise. The first point why…

The Break Up is a movie whom its two main characters are Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn and it is about these two persons who meet on a baseball game on a regular day. They were sitting in the same row, but in distant seats from each other. He went with his best friend and she went with a friend. It all began when he turned his head and saw her; the hot dog guy was there and to call her attention, he loudly called the hot dog guy and ordered 6 hot dogs. He immediately offered her a hot dog,…

A main reason why women produce fewer patents than men is because there are more men that work in the science and engineering fields. These are mostly the fields where the patents are designed and developed. You don’t tend to see a lot of women in these fields even though it has improved a lot over the years. Because there are many men in these fields they design more inventions and end up with patents. Some would say it is because men are smarter, but in reality it is because women tend to shy…

Name: Professor’s name: Course: Date of submission: The Life of the Greek Artist Phidias Artist’s Life and Times Phidias was a sculptor, painter, and architect from Athens who lived between 490-430 B.C. He rose to prominence when Pericles ascended to power in 449 B.C., and he was given the mantle to lead all artistic undertakings in Athens. After the victory over Persia, Pericles commissioned his close friend and adviser, Phidias, to build major statues for the city in order to beautify it.…