September 21‚ 2011 The Outdated Statues "Ozymandias" is about a speaker learning from a traveler about a huge broken statue in the middle of the desert. The statue was of an Egyptian King Ramses II‚ also known as “Ozymandias.” The traveler explains to us the great work of the sculptor‚ who captured the king’s “passions” and gave meaning to a lifeless thing. Then towards the end of the poem there was an inscription that contradicted itself. Just as the statue in the poem “Ozymandias” has an
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Congress passed the Homestead Act‚ a law that gives 160 acres of federal land to any settler who could successfully farm.”(Reed) Emma Lazarus poem The New Colossus is describing America by using a figure that is well know around the world. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of what all America represents in one. Many immigrants coming over from Europe‚ see this historical figure and see a better future for them. Lazarus is contrasting America‚ a diverse and democratic nation of immigrants‚ with the Old
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what people gain from it. Also the image of The American dream is huge. For example in the poem “The New Colossus” the statue of liberty is this world famous symbol for hope‚ happiness‚ and freedom. The reason why this simple statue of a lady holding a torch is such a big deal is perfectly explained in the poem. I say this because in the poem Emma Lazarus says that Lady Liberty has another name and that is the “Mother of Exiles” which mean that America is open to all those who are in need of a new
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Galvanic Corrosion in the Statue of Liberty Introduction: The Statue of liberty built by Gustav Eiffel and Frederic Bartholdi in 1886 was made of materials that consisted of a wrought iron framework with an outer cladding of copper attached by saddles of copper. It was pretty much anticipated that galvanic corrosion would occur so both of the metals were separated by an insulation known as “asbestos and shellac” insulation (Shellac is a natural resin that was widely used in the Victorian
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New York City The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape‚ an Algonquin people who hunted‚ fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century--among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano‚ an Italian who sailed up and down the Atlantic coast in search of a route to Asia--but none settled there until 1624. That year‚ the Dutch West India Company sent some 30 families to live and work in a tiny settlement
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they have a lot of Christian traditions. For example‚ each year Panama has a Black Christ Festival. The Black Christ Festival is a festival that celebrates a statue of Christ that has been in Panama since 1658. This statue is an important part of the religious history in Panama. People from all parts of Panama go to Portobello to see the statue be carried out of the church into
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aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness. In fact‚ freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast” Logotherapy was created with the Greek word logos ("wisdom"). Frankl’s concept is based on the ideas that the primary motivation of a human being is to find a meaning in life. In the
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to respecting differences in a way that the Statue of Liberty symbolises freedom‚ hope and a land of opportunity. The Statue of Liberty welcomes anyone‚ no matter their differences. It welcomes people into her country providing safety and not intimidating or frightening like the Colossus of Rhodes. The octave opens with a direct point about the difference between the statue of Liberty and the Colossus of Rhodes. It explains that the statue of Liberty is a beacon of hope and freedom‚ a symbol of
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make it extraordinary and authoritative. If you build a monument that isn’t very cool to look at and doesn’t in a sense take authority compared to he things it is around it will not be successful. A good example if this is the Statue of Liberty. The reason the Statue of Liberty is such an incredible monument is because of how extraordinary and authoritative it is. Its size‚ color‚ look‚ and what it means to our country are all factors of why it is such a good memorial and is loved by so many people
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voice. Consider the sentence The French government commissioned sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to design the Statue of Liberty. The sentence is considered an active voice sentence because the subject‚ the French government‚ actively commissioned the object‚ Bartholdi‚ to design the statue. Consider the sentence Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design the Statue of Liberty by the French government. The sentence is a passive voice sentence because the subject‚ Bartholdi‚ is acted upon
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