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    Interestingly, instead of four, only three sides of the Sarcophagus are filled with images. The long section illustrates two Greek heroes, presumably Herakles and Iolaos, battling evil centaurs. The two other sections show a centaur attacking a lioness and the other, the representation of peace in this work, two centaurs getting along. Herakles and Iolaos are highlighted by the artist’s careful attention to make them protrude the greatest, accentuating their impact and overall importance in this

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    the movie Born Free, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers play conservationists Joy and George Adamson, who become the surrogate parents of three lion cubs, later giving two to a zoo and keeping Elsa, the smallest of the bunch. As their time with the lioness continues, they are given orders to return her to the wild, where they realize they must return her to her roots among the African Savannah, touching on the theme of nature and the true meaning of freedom. Elsa's legacy within this film is her role

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    Lioness is about to tell the story of the women who were apart of such an important program in American history. This showed that women could handle the bloodiest, extreme, and hazardous battles alongside any man in their camp(“About The Film”). Although

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    Tamora Pierce Analysis

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    author for young adults who has written over twenty-eight novels all of which include her vivid depiction of magic, beautiful fictional lands and an overall message of young women empowerment. In the first series she ever wrote, called the Song of the Lioness Quartet, the third book completely exemplifies her overall tone and message, especially in the specific passage I chose for Writing I Love. Throughout the passage, which is mostly dialogue, Pierce demonstrates several key conflicts that further develop

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    like in Hatchet ,” Middle School Lioness: and “Dragon Wings”. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is an adventure about Brian being stranded in the canadian forest because of a plane crash .As stated “when the pilot had had been hit that way he couldn't bring himself to say the pilot was dead. Brian learns to adapt by hearing a weird sound but he knew what it was before the crash he would never know what it was. This shows how brian charged after this happen Middle School Lioness is a adventure about the main

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    In a move that many observers say underscores her commitment to the part, Beyoncé reportedly began a painful surgical transformation Thursday in preparation for her role as the lioness Nala in the live-action remake of The Lion King. The remake will include a variety of famous people, Seth Rogen, James Earl Jones, John Oliver and other people viewers will likely recognize. “It will take many intensive and frankly excruciating procedures before she gets to where she needs to be, but once the radical

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    Some of the greatest writers of all time actually found the start of their best ideas and works from other artists. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, for example, used the same archetype that the Greek writer Ovid used in his short story, “Pyramus and Thisbe.” In each story, two star-crossed lovers meet against the will of their parents, which soon leads to the pair’s demise. However, more than just the archetypical plot is shared between these two masterpieces. The tragedies of Romeo and Juliet

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    views; that he doesn’t trust the lioness, “…And suddenly…belongs to me!”” Which shows that Andrej is probably scared; like all of us has gotten at one point in time; of the lioness and is frenzied, showing that he is panicking. It also shows that Andrej has a sense of ownership toward Wilma, and a sense of responsibility, and doesn’t trust many other people with Wilma. His giving of the baby to the lioness shows that he has managed to trust the lioness; and the lioness not mauling or hurting Wilma makes

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    characters’ rationalisations and motives behind their decisions and its repercussions. Jason leaves Medea for fortune and prestige ultimately being the catalyst behind Medea’s determination to seek vengeance. In doing so, Jason describes her as “a lioness not a woman’, highlighting the potential forces that women are capable of unleashing, accentuating

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    The book Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, shows that true strength is achieved by fighting for what you believe in. Isabel looks up to the memory of her father when he showed true strength to protect his family. When Isabel tries to show true strength to prove to herself that she is a lion she fails. When Isabel believes that she can save Ruth, Isabel achieves true strength. Isabel is not born with the true strength she shows later in the book; it is through struggle that Isabel attains it, just

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