Winged Essays

  • Winged Victory: The Nike of Samothrace

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    Winged Victory: The Nike of Samothrace The Nike of Samothrace (fig. 1) Charles Champoiseau uncovered pieces of masterfully worked Parian marble in April of 1863.1 On Samothraki, the island from which Poseidon is said to have watched the fall of Troy, these segments of stone came together to form four main sections: a torso, a headless bust, a section of drapery, and a wing.2 The sections were shaped to be assembled though the use of cantilevering and metal dowels, allowing

  • Winged Victory Of Samothrace Essay

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    English 216 10-23-2017 The Winged Victory of Samothrace In the 19th century, an amateur archaeologist named Charles Champoiseau came across one part of a sanctuary that was hidden under ruble, while on that day he did not find the sanctuary; he did find a niche on the mountainside. In this niche was something that would create frenzy with archeologists everywhere. In this niche, Charles found a timeless tribute to the goddess Nike; it was a Sculpture by the name of The Winged Victory of Samothrace. In

  • Winged Victory Of Samothrace Analysis

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    These 2 figures of art both demonstrate elegance of human action as they both have characteristics that put emphasis on body parts and movement of the human body. “The Winged Victory of Samothrace” is a sculpture crafted from Parian marble in Gree during Circa 220-185 BC by Charles Champoiseau, and is also known as the “Nike of Samothrace”. “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” is also a sculpture, but it’s crafted from bronze in 1913 by Umberto Boccioni. The Nike sculpture represents the goddess

  • Bats

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    their lives to share food with the less fortunate. 3. The African Heart-Nosed bat can hear the footsteps of a beetle walking on sand from a distance of over six feet! 4. The giant Flying Fox bat from Indonesia has a wing span of six feet! 5. Disk-winged bats of Latin America have adhesive disks on both feet that enable them to live in unfurling banana leaves (or even walk up a window pane). 6. Nearly 1,000 kinds of bats account for almost a quarter of all mammal species, and most are highly beneficial

  • Iago the villain

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    he personifies the devil (pg. 244) this accusation comes to life as you read the play and discover for yourself that in each scene in which Iago speaks one can point out his deception. It is not clear whether Iago has a master plan or if he is just winged it moment by moment with his ultimate gain in mind. However, what is clear, and what we will point out in the following, is that Iago has the ability to use word play to say the right thing at the right time. He is quick witted and that is what makes

  • Reading Poetry by the Morning Moon

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    a teakettle. Looking up, I see the silver belly of a red-tailed hawk as it glides in circles below the moon. “I fly those flights of a fluid and swallowing soul,” writes Whitman. He, too, must have witnessed the swooping undulations of a ruddy-winged bird. His heart, like mine, unburdened. From my rough but solid seat in the hickory tree, I hear, at first, the sounds of Annville’s busy thoroughfare - the drone of engines, squealing brakes, the chime of a church bell. Soon, however, other noises

  • Ariosto's Orlando Furioso

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    outrageous to keep his reader’s attention. Ariosto, in his Orlando Furioso, does so with winged horses and curses placed upon high ranking officials. The main character in cantos 33-35 is Astolfo, and he starts his journey by riding upon a hippogryph. A hippogryph, in mythology, is a flying animal having the wings, claws, and head of a griffin and the body and hindquarters of a horse. Astolfo rides this winged horse for quite awhile, journey through many different lands. During this time, the hippogryph

  • The Fate of Prometheus

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    call once again on the “cruel King” (I, 50), who has sentenced him to his fate, after begging the natural world to hear his cries and not punish him, no longer to injure his bones by “burning cold” (I, 33) the chains that bind him or let “Heaven’s winged hound” (I, 33) feed upon him. His words echo his earlier sentiment, found in Aeschylus’ work, where he mourns himself, as a “spectacle of pity” (14) who must suffer the “disease of tyranny (13) . In his quest and the earlier part of his imprisonment

  • Flight of the Frisbee

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    involved behind the spinning edge of the Frisbee and the similar forces it shares with other heavier winged objects. Lastly, how major improvements in the redesign of the Frisbee contributed to its increased stability and precision in its flight in the air. The Flight of the Frisbee Objects that fly are designed to push air down. The momentum of the air going down is what causes Frisbees or winged objects to travel skyward. This type of force acting on a flying disk is typically known as the

  • Formalistic Approach To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

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    The formalistic approach to an open text allows the reader to devour the poem or story and break down all the characteristics that make it unique. The reader is able to hear the text rather than read it, and can eventually derive a general understanding or gist of the text. "According to the Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature "when all the words, phrases, metaphors, images, and symbols are examined in terms of each other and of the whole, any literary text worth our efforts will display

  • Analysis of Shelley's Ode To the West Wind

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    Analysis of Shelley's Ode To the West Wind In "Ode to the West Wind," Percy Bysshe Shelley tries to gain transcendence, for he shows that his thoughts, like the "winged seeds" (7) are trapped.  The West Wind acts as a driving force for change and rejuvenation in the human and natural world.  Shelley views winter not just as last phase of vegetation but as the last phase of life in the individual, the imagination, civilization and religion.  Being set in Autumn, Shelley observes the changing

  • Religious and Artistic Sites of Venice

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    Doge Giustiniano Particiaco. Mosaics in the basilica depict this event as bones being hidden under barrels of pork to keep Muslims away. Mark was patron saint of Alexandria and then became patron saint of Venice. The emblem of the patron saint is the winged lion with a sword and a book with the words Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus, Peace to You, Oh Mark, My Evangelist. The church was built with eastern inspiration with its oriental domes and lustrous mosaics. This is an example of the connection between

  • The Brandenburg Gate

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    five roadways through the gate, although originally ordinary citizens were only allowed to use the outer two and the central one was reserved for carriages of royalty only. Above the gate is the Quadriga, consisting of the goddess of peace, Eirene, a winged woman driving a four horse chariot in triumph. This Quadriga is a casting made of bronze. The most important sculptor in Berlin during this period was chosen to carry out the necessary sculpting work. His work Personifies virtues like friendship and

  • Sargon Winged Bull

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    The human-headed winged bull, or lamassu, of Khorsabad, a northern city of Iraq, is a colossal sculpture. The sculpture guarded the entrance to king Sargon II throne room. King Sargon II considered his city and palace to be an expression of his greatness, and rightfully so. Sargon’s royal citadel reveals his ambition and the confidence of his all-conquering might. The human-headed winged bulls were a great representation of his ambition and confidence as they warded off his enemies. Sargon may not

  • Disney's Fantasia

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    types of shapes were designed in the flames of the fire. Suddenly, a loud, crashing bell constantly rings and this kills and flees them away. They all begin to fly away into a small dark town. Everyone disappears and the only one left is the large winged monster. His body gets sucked in by the mountain and he vanishes. This scene represents hell or evil. The music and animation is perfectly connected to this and it puts a great picture into your mind. The loud and suspenseful music brings a scarce

  • Hermes: Winged Messenger

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    other occurrances (Greek Mythology...). The foremost way that this was done was by attributing such occurrances to either the wrath or pleasure of gods created to lord over various dominions. One of these gods revered by the Greeks was Hermes, the winged messenger of the gods. Hermes, known to the Romans as Mercury, was originally a fertility god, and then became the god of roads and travel (Forty 286,288). He was also known as Hermes Psychopompos, because he escorted souls to Hades(Carlyon 172

  • To His Coy Mistress Essay: An Act of Persuasion

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    is also emphasised further in the middle of the poem,  as well as right at the end.  At first he mentions that she shall not live for ever,  and the day will come where she will die,  and then they can no longer enjoy each others love. “Time’s winged chariot hur... ... middle of paper ... ...x lines of Andrew Marvell’s poem,  he brings across a certain image.  The imagine of time hurrying on,  and there being nothing he can change about it.  He tries to create an image of the two of them finding

  • Dracula

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    the times of first recorded history. Many different legends are known about them varying from the Chinese belief of the glowing red eyed monsters with green or pink hair to the Greek Lamia who has the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a winged serpent and the Japanese belief in the vampire foxes. The most commonly known legend which is widely used in filming is the blood drinking man who can transform into a bat or mist, wearing a black cape with a suit and with fangs in his mouth. This

  • Cinchona and its Product--Quinine

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    an annual rainfall of 1,500 cm.(9) The cinchonas flower in 3-4 years. The flowers form small fragrant yellow, white or pink clusters at the end of branches, and are similar to lilacs. The fruits are 1-3 cm oblong capsules with numerous small, flat, winged seeds. The bark of wild species may yield a quinine content of as high as 7%, whereas cultivated crops yield contents up to 15%.(l) HISTORY Malaria has been credited to bringing down whole civilizations. Alexander the Great, in 323 B.C., was

  • In Ozymandias the subject of the passing of time is different to

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    Noah's Ark and how a big storm came causing a flood and animals dying. These hyperboles also include phrases like 'an hundred years,' 'two hundred,' and 'thirty thousand,' so that he can exaggerate his feelings and emotions. Metaphors used like 'winged chariot' which means to describe time, death hurrying near. 'Vegetable love' helps to expand the meaning and clarify his feeling and emotions that he has for his mistress. The idea of 'vegetable love' denotes the meaning about the ancient division