Architectural Marvels: From Colosseum to Pantheon
The Colosseum
The Colosseum is a monumental building designed to accommodate about 50,000 spectators. This involved incorporating some artificial structures, including one built by Nero in the Domus Aurea. As an act of propaganda, it was called the Coliseum because, beside an artificial lake that connected to the gate of the forums, stood a colossal statue of Nero (portrayed as the God Helio).
The Colosseum features an onion-shaped structure, with different sections of arches used to support the varying
Read MoreBless Our Show: A Joyful Anthem of Gratitude and Performance
BLESS OUR SHOW!
DELORIS:
Bless our show,
bless our music,
Bless the songs we’re gonna sing.
Bless the stage that we’ll stand on
when we stand and do our thing.
Bless each line, every number,
all the steps that we’ve rehearsed.
And allow us, somehow to be great,
at the worst.
Bless each note,
and each lyric,
help us try to stay on key.
Bless the lights
and the soundboard,
bless our choreography.
From the top of the downbeat
’till the final curtain call
Bless the day,
bless our show,
bless it all!
Well that’s our
Read MoreA Comprehensive Study of Religious Beliefs and Practices: Hinduism, Judaism, Rastafari, Indigenous Religions of North America, and Christianity
1.(a) List the Classes of hin
·Brahamians/Priests: highest social class, pure
·Kshatriya: warriors and noblemen
·Vaisya: artisans and peasants
·Shudras: servants
Untouchables : Blacks(b) Write
Brief notes on any ONE of the following concepts in Hinduism:
Karma:
= deeds/works; one’s thoughts, words, and actions have ethical consequence,
Explains problem of suffering and injustice; answer to India’s problems,
Famine, illnesses etc. Good acts produce good Consequence. Evil acts lead to
Evil consequences;
The Dark Side of Romanticism: Exploring the Gothic Genre
· It expresses the darker side of life: a world of pain and destruction, fear, and anxiety that shadows the daylight world of love and ethereality.
· It consists of a set of analyzable displacements about what it means to be human and gendered.
· It strains at the limits of mortality/immortality, morality/immorality, reason/emotion, order/disorder, mind/body, and masculine/feminine (Dracula).
· Gothic fictions are structured as case histories of types of insanity. As readers, we are asked to adjudicate
Read MoreArchitectural Marvels: From Colosseum to Pantheon
The Colosseum
The Colosseum is a monumental building designed to accommodate about 50,000 spectators. Its construction involved incorporating some artificial elements, including one built by Nero in the Domus Aurea. As an act of propaganda, it was called the Coliseum because, beside an artificial lake that connected to the gate of the forums, stood a colossal statue of Nero (portrayed as the God Helio).
The Colosseum features an onion-shaped structure, with different sections of arches used to support
Read MoreThe English Literature of Colonization and Puritanism in Early America
TEMA 1: The English Literature of Colonization
1. The Literature of Exploration
We can find the first written manifestations with the chronicles of travelers and early colonizers. Some prominent figures include:
- Thomas Harriot: A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1588)
- John Smith: A True Relation of Virginia (1608), A Map of Virginia (1612), and General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1624)
- Arthur Barlowe: First Voyage to Virginia (1584)
Characteristics:
Geographical
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