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Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain and died in 1973. He first started studying art in 1897 in Madrid, and later continued his art studies in 1899 in Barcelona. In Barcelona, he met a group of modernist … Continue reading →

René Magritte was born on November 21, 1898 in Belgium. He studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts and went on to become one of the most famous Surrealist painters and an important figure during the Belgian Surrealist movement. … Continue reading →

This artwork is called Yorkshire Village and is by Edward Alexander Wadsworth. He was an English artist who lived from 1889-1949. He attended Fettes College. He knew the area of Yorkshire village from his childhood, which was what inspired him to make … Continue reading →

Question Due: Friday, Nov. 26th (submit electronically via email to [email protected]) Paper Due: Wednesday, Dec. 15th.  Please submit your essay by sharing it with [email protected] as a Google Doc or by emailing it to me at [email protected].  Give your file … Continue reading →

Hedda Gabler What does Lovborg’s death mean to Hedda? The way in which Lovborg died in the story was not how Hedda expected him to die, and for that reason, she felt that he did not follow her instructions in … Continue reading →

The Death of Ivan Ilyich Page number 749. “He tried to ignore his wife’s disagreeable moods, continued to live in his usual easy and pleasant way, invited friends to his house for a game of cards, and also tried going … Continue reading →

1. Who do you think Jacobs envisions as the audience for her autobiography? How can you tell? 2. What does Jacobs add to the understanding of the experience of slavery we gleaned from Frederick Douglass? 3. How does Jacobs attempt … Continue reading →

1. What is the significance of the information Douglass provides about the early years of his life? What aspect(s) of his childhood made a strong impression on you? Why? 2. What does he mean, on p.238, when he describes the … Continue reading →

Choose one of the seventeen items in De Gouges’ “Declaration of the Rights of Woman” that seems particularly interesting to you and explain its meaning. Look up any unfamiliar words or terms. In Stanza one, “Woman is born free and … Continue reading →

In my understanding, innocence and experience are two different issues in life, but what I think William Blake mean by saying they are contrary states of the human soul is that all humans are innocent and new to every situation … Continue reading →