Richard III

Prophecies Richard III was a play written by William Shakespeare and it focuses around Richard and his scheme to take the throne for himself by killing members of the royal family, his family, and others who would oppose him. The entire play has prophecies and curses through dreams foreshadowing future events. In this essay, I am going to analyze why there are so many prophetic dreams and curses and how all the prophecies impact our experience of the play. There are three times where dreams…

As of year 2015, there were 120 residents in Kamehameha Nursing Home who suffered physical injuries because of falls. This is an alarming rate as the number of falls tremendously increased. Because of the alarming increased rate of fall in Kamehameha Nursing Home, needs assessments were conducted to identify risk factors and ways to address it. The aims of the needs assessment were: a. Determining the causes of falls b. Determining the effects of falls to the residents of Kamehameha Nursing…

Burial practices in the Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings was the hidden burial ground of many Ancient Egyptians pharaohs who remain undisturbed in their afterlife for thousands of years. From the detailed examination of the archaeological remains of the Valley of the Kings, it can be revealed that archaeological evidence had several symbolic meanings to the pharaohs as it showcases Egyptian beliefs, revealed how materialistic pharaohs were in life and death and the significance of…

When Kamehameha was born in 1758, Halley's Comet appeared over the Hawaiian skies. Legend prophesied that a light in the sky with feathers like a bird would signal the birth of a great chief. Kamehameha would grow up to be a strong ruler who succeeds by eliminating all the rival chiefs. Warring clans saw him as a potential threat because Alapa´inui feared he would take away his throne, so Kamehameha had the equivalent of a price on his head from the day he was born. For this reason, the child…

this sculpture is granite and paint. This statue was one of a pair that stood on either....Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri. The pose, with both hands open and resting on the front of the kilt, is a devotional....Middle Kingdom pharaoh Senwosret III who lived some three hundred years before Hatshepsut. I think the subject of this piece is to show how powerful Hatshepsut is as the ruler of Egypt. This paper will employ a close analysis of the Ancient Egyptian Art sculpture, "Hatshepsut in…

The Assyrian kings, who governed many societies and realms, were leaders of inflexible publicity to enhance their lands, which they conveyed through drawings and in inscribing. The kings custom-built relief sculptures that praise the authority and leaders. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in section 401, there lies the Assyrian Reliefs, which reconstructs the palace rooms of Ashuranasirpal II at Nimrud. Initially radiantly dyed, they once beautified the vast palace of the great Assyrian kings…

When he died in c1.473 she became regent for his underage son Thutmose III born to one of his concubines” (Stokstad 68). Her control had to be found through the male influenced public sphere, still experiencing the chokehold of misogyny although her prized upbringing. Despite the commonality of cross gender sibling marriages…

married his son, Thothmes III, to a young harem girl. During this transition, Hatshepsut was named Dowager Queen Mother. This was not satisfactory for Hatshepsut and she formulated a plan to assume position of the throne.…

The film, as an entity, contains many elements, from the narrative to the mise-en-scène to the editing of the film. Robert Spadoni discusses many of the elements of film in his book A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films. One element he briefly examines is the utilization of the prop and how the prop becomes a motif. To further explore this concept, this essay will consider Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. In this film, Hitchcock subjects Marion Crane to the voyeur through his placement of the owl in…

Innumerable works of art found in any of the myriad ancient artistic eras have specific purposes and are created with methods common in their particular setting. Many works dated to the period of Assyrian art (1363-612 BCE) share similar patterns of stylistic execution and representative meaning. The Relief of a Winged Divinity, an Assyrian artwork found in the throne room of the Northwest Palace of King Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Iraq, presents a shallowly carved, highly detailed figure,…