As they took the iron mask off His hair was all over his face and couldn't really see his face. ... So for the next couple of days he was educated about how the king acts like what he wore, what rooms were his and how to act in front of his people. ... Athos and the other men sent the king The Iron Mask and a letter to his mother saying her son Philip was not dead. ... The king was confused he asks his lady if she saw the mask for he thought he was seeing things. ... Philip spoke up and told the king to kill him for he would rather be dead then to go back to the mask. ...

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Women also wore feathers on their heads or wrists for ornamentation. ... The more the make-up they wore, the richer the humour. ... Moreover, women who attended comedies and did not wish to risk an insult to their modesty usually wore the masks. ... In "The Country Wife-, masks were used greatly. ... No, I'll not use her to a mask, 'tis dangerous; for masks have made more c...

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Elizabeth I wore a mask while she was hunting and when she was riding in her carriage. Affluent women wore masks while walking and on special occasions, such as an outing to a theater. French women wore masks to be stylish and also because they believed that they preserved their skin. Men often wore masks to conceal their identities. ... She wore them...

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Mysterio always wore a brightly colored mask, which consisted of two long eagle wings turning into an eagle head and a large Aztec sign on the back. On the front of the mask was a large cross. ... His mask was part of him, and behind the mask lied the man now cherished as of one of wrestling's all-time greats. The man's mask in this painting is composed very similarly to Mysterio's mask. ... Is there meaning behind the mask? ...

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The floor of the hall would be of trodden earth or clay; and rushes would be thrown on the floor and strewn with sweet smelling herbs that would keep the air fresh and mask the whiffs of rotting food that had fallen from the tables (Sancha 34-38). ... Married women either wore their hair under a veil or covered by a wide band of white linen and young girls wore their hair loose. ... Knights only wore armor at the very end of the Medieval period; but by the 1470's every knight riding to battle would be covered in magnificent armor and only occasionally wore a cloak or cover (Sancha 204-20...

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Its humour masks its social satire. ... An espouser of the "truth of masks-, he constantly wore the mask of the dandy and the aesthete: And he wrote plays about the impenetrability of the very "society- that he had, in fact, successfully penetrated. ...

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One physical aspect that changed him was the face paint he wore. When Jack wore the paints and mask, he became an almost devil-like being. ... "Shorts, shirts, and different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it. ...

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King Tut usually wore his customary knee length kilt with a triangular loin cloth tied around his waist underneath it. Occasionally King Tutankhamen wore undershirts which were adorned with embroidery around the neckline. ... This suggested that he wore makeup along with a lot of other Egyptians. ...

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American Beauty American Beauty is a film that delves into your typical, middle-class suburban home and slowly uncovers all of the abnormalities that lie within. The family is portrayed as normal, but as the films tag line suggests "look closer." It is possible to fully...

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I was scared to go to the hospital sometimes because some of the people who worked there wore blue masks over their faces like Skeletor. ... They wore white gowns too and had wings on their backs. ... At the funeral grandma had the same white gown on that she wore in the dream. ...

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Crafted with simplicity that masks complexity, this American Gothic sends chills into the daydreams of the young and old. ... /Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,/By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance, it wore" (Poe 13). ...

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The story of A Clockwork Orange takes place in the future of the director's invention, complete with a repressive government, violent street gangs, and a deadening mass culture. The narrator is the young . Alex, at the start of the movie, is a happy 15-year-old hoodlum who delights in rape, violence...

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Comparison between Romeo & Juliet of Old and New (1968 and 1996 films) After viewing the two Romeo and Juliet films, one of which was directed by Frank Zeffereli in 1968 and the other by Baz Luhrman in 1996, I was able to come up with quite a few comparisons to Shakespeare's origin...

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According to literary researcher Patrick Galloway, one must be "initiated to her trademarks when reading Flannery O'Connor's novels or short stories." In many of her works, O'Conner paradoxically uses styles that are both grotesque and brutal to illustrate various themes of grace and self-actualizat...

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The actors - all men - wore theatricalized versions of everyday dress, but, most important, they wore larger-than-life masks, which aided visibility and indicated the nature of the character to the audience. ...

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Attired in robes or sheets and wearing masks topped with pointed hoods, the Klansmen terrorized public officials in effort to drive them from office and blacks in general to prevent them from voting, holding office, and otherwise exercising their newly acquird political rights. ...

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