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    HUM 228 Reflection Paper Unit 1 Girl with the Pearl Earring There could be many different interpretations of the ending scene when the pearl earrings are returned to Griet. The look on Griet’s face is a look of shock‚ some anger‚ and recollection. Catharina gave Griet the pearl earrings because she cannot bear to wear them‚ nor stand the sight of them since the day she saw the painting. Vermeer betrayed Catharina and the earrings are the biggest reminder of the betrayal‚ so to move on from

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    In the novel Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier‚ Griet faces many challenges which causes her identity to change. Though Griet starts out as an innocent maid who has to follow orders‚ she starts developing her own opinion and the ability to make decisions. Griet changes from an household servant to having the courage to share her opinion to a mature lady‚ capable of making her own decisions. Many factors contribute to the change in Griet’s identity‚ but the main factor is Vermeer‚ her

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    After watching the film Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)‚ I was curious about the painting that this film was inspired. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer is one of my favorite works of art because it arouses a lot of emotions in me: curious‚ amazed‚ and obsessed. Her eye contact and her lips are about to say something. It draws me in her gaze to guess what she wants to say. Because of its huge impression on me‚ I decide to choose this artwork as the topic for my Photo Self Portrait Paper

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    The last book I have read is “The girl with the Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier. It is written in a narrative form revolving around the intricacies of Vermeer’s genius at its best. Meeting Vermeer through this book was quite a fascinating experience. His solitary ways and forlorn clumsiness in real life speaks volumes of how crowded and passion-filled his brain must have been. The rush of passions‚ the hurried compassions‚ stolen moments of guilty love and meekness of human vulnerability seems

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    Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is an exhilarating novel about art‚ passion‚ and life. This novel can give a reader an insight on artistic views and prove just how harsh life was in the seventeenth-century. A young sixteen-year-old girl is forced to work as a maid for famous painter Johannes Vermeer due to the fact that her father lost his eyes in a kiln explosion and can no longer work to support the whole family. As a maid‚ she must do housework‚ take care of Vermeer’s children‚ do

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    Name: Maria Cerdio Title: Girl With a Pearl Earring Author: Tracy Chevalier Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance This engaging book tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting “Girl With a Pearl Earring” by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Chevalier presents a fictional account of the artist‚ the model‚ and the story behind the painting. It follows the experiences of young Griet over the two years she serves in the Vermeer household and slowly grows apart

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    Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer’s‚ “Girl with a Pearl Earring” was painted in 1665-66. It is oil on canvas painting of an ordinary girl that is turned sideways and appears that she is glancing over her left shoulder. Not too much is known about the girl‚ but there are speculations that it could be one of three people. Some think it is his daughter Maria; while others are torn between the daughter of Vermeer’s benefactor‚ Magdalena and a maiden he hired to help with his

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    VCE English: Unit 1 Text Response: Girl With a Pearl Earring "Take care to remain yourself" This text shows that remaining true to oneself must be balanced with family obligations. Discuss ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ Tracy Chevalier’s novel Girl With a Pearl Earring explores the notion of ‘self’ thorough the main character Griet and her journey from innocence to experience. Firstly‚ we see throughout the novel Griet is aware she has much to learn about the world. Furthermore‚ under Vermeer’s roof‚ Griet’s

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    Over the years‚ house hold up keeping has changed greatly from maids to moms and dads picking up after their children and them selfs and not woring about someone being in your house and having to pay them. In the book Girl with a Perl Earring written by Tracey Chevalier‚ It is a book staged in 1664 about a young women named greit in a small town called Delft in New Holland. She has to accomplish some difficult tasks and has to work through her aking and tired body to make money for family after

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    Micro:  Floor: govt imposed limit or minimum price that can be charged for a good or service  Price floor holds no weight unless the price equilibrium falls below it              Production possibilities and Trade offs  a. PPC defined   b. Economic model that provides the opportunity cost  c. PPC examples  d.                         Resources are not equally suited to both items  Comparative advantage­condition in which a nation state is capable of producing some  product at a lower opportunity cost 

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