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Was Hamlet insane? Scholars have debated this question ever since Shakespeare presented this play to the public. Although I am not a scholar, I believe that there is enough evidence in the play to suggest Hamlet had been sane. He may have been depressed and angry however this was due to the treachery and betrayal…

George Orwells, The Animal Farm, depicts how power can corrupt society. If one person receives too much power, one will most likely lead up to dictatorship. To exemplify this idea, Orwell uses a farm to represent a society and the animals inside to portray the people. Orwells use of the pigs and animals are also…

The Maitreya Altarpiece and the Standing Buddha represent two of the most magnificent pieces of art that have come out of China (Dept. of Asian Art). They exude a radiance and power that evoke awe and reverence for the imagination of the artists that conceived them. These two sculptures both find their origins in the…

An analysis of Pieter Bruegel’s Landscape and the Fall of Icarus. W. H. Auden’s Musee des Beaux Arts” Pieter Brueghel was a 16th-century Dutch Renaissance painter whose paintings have allegorical meanings. Compared to his contemporaries, who usually depicted religious images, Brueghel is well known for his depictions of landscape images. According to Della Fish (1998),…

Jean-Honore Fragonard presents a theme of raw passion that reaches extreme highs in his 1766 Oil on Canvas painting, The Swing. Similarly, Gian Lorenzo Bernini describes a loving relationship between two entities through his 1647-1652 sculpture, Ecstasy of Saint Theresa. However, the two artists’ works differ significantly in various aspects. For example, the kinds of…

The Egyptians and Greeks were both influential civilizations in history, making significant contributions to art. While there are similarities between Greek and Egyptian art, there are also noticeable differences. The main contrast lies in their artistic principles and freedoms. Egyptian art was mainly influenced by religion, with pharaohs commissioning symbolic or ceremonial artwork that adhered…

The future of the United States, according to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novel. Is filled with bleak, rigid and never-ending misery. In other words Suzanne Collins picked a world in the future. Formally North America but now called Panem that has many dystopian properties. Dystopia can be best defined as a society or world. As…

Film photography has always been an integral part of my life. Capturing angles and details that are always overlooked by others gives me the sense of uniqueness, given that I can see things that others can’t. Not to mention the vintage and ancient aspects of film photography is something that I feel has become of…

Here in Canada, we do not have the death penalty as punishment. Our judicial system shows mercy even to the worst of criminals by sparing their lives. Yet even to this day, in some countries like the USA, the death penalty still exists for some cases. It is truly shocking that we still do not…

Giles’ original translation of The Art of War serves as this paper’s reference point due to the fact that Griffith’s rendition only adds insightful commentary and minor revisions regarding the choice of words used in Giles’ work. This paper will briefly discuss The Art of War’s significance regarding the meanings and effects that the document…