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What do you see when you look at abstract art? Does it make sense to you? Does it look like anything? Abstract art became popular in the early 20th century. Artists did not want to paint, draw, or sculpt things like they looked. They didn't want their art to be realistic . They were more interested in basic shapes and colours. Picasso is probably the most famous of these artists. He painted and drew in many, many styles. Sometimes he used a lot of blue colours (his "blue period"). Later, he used more red and pink colours (his "rose period"). Many of his other paintings are called "cubist " because they are made of painted squares. After a long time, Picasso's paintings became more and more abstract. He painted people and things using strange shapes. His work was so original, many his fellow artists didn't understand it. Kindinsky, another famous artist, used lines, shapes, and patterns to paint his subjects. His paintings also used strong colours to express feelings. Other artists like the surrealists , they were interested in the subconscious . Painters like Breton and Magritte used many symbols in their work. The meaning or subject of their work wasn't always clear. Dai, another artist, painted pictures that looked like dreams. There are still many abstract artists around the world. It's often hard to say what their art is about. That's the way many artists like better. They want each person to look at art and find their own meaning in it.
1. what does abstract art look like
2. when did they become popular
3. What do they want their art to be like
4. Who was the most famous
5. What was one of his famous periods
6. Did he have any other famous periods
7. What work Cubist
8. What did he paint and squares
9. Were there any other famous artist mentioned
10. Can you name one

Numbered answers:
1. strange shapes
2. the early 20th century
3. They didn't want their art to be realistic
4. Picasso
5. his "blue period"
6. "cubist "
7. because they are made of painted squares
8. paintings
9. yes
10. Kindinsky

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Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror is frequently supernatural, though it can be non-supernatural. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society.

The genre of horror has ancient origins with roots in folklore and religious traditions, focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. These were manifested in stories of beings such as witchcraft, vampires, werewolves and ghosts. European horror fiction became established through works by the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. In Greek mythology, Prometheus was a Titan who was the inspiration for the title of "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus". Prometheus' earliest known appearance is in Hesiod's "Theogony". However, the story of Frankenstein was influenced far greater on the story of Hippolytus. Asclepius revived Hippolytus from death. Euripides wrote plays based on the story, "Hippolytos Kalyptomenos" and "Hippolytus (play)." Plutarch's "The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Cimon" describes the spirit of the murderer,Damon , who himself was murdered in a bathhouse in Chaeronea. Pliny the Younger describes Athenodorus Cananites who bought a haunted house in Athens. Athenodorus was cautious since the house was inexpensive. As Athenodorus writes a book a philosophy, he is visited by an aberration bound in chains. The figure disappears in the courtyard; the following day, the magistrates dig up the courtyard to find an unmarked grave.
1. What can a horror story be a metaphor for?
2. Where does the horror genre have its roots?
3. Name one of the beings in old stories?
4. What was Prometheus?
5. Did he inspire the modern book?
6. What was the name of that book?
7. In which work did Prometheus first appear?
8. Who wrote that?
9. What story was an even greater influence on Frankenstein?
10. What happened to him?
11. Who talked about the murderer Damon?
12. What happened to Damon?
13. Where?
14. Who wrote about Atheodorus?
15. What did Athenodorus do?
16. Did someone visit him?
17. Who?
18. What was Athenodorus doing when this happened?
19. Is horror a fiction genre?
20. Does it produce joy in its readers?

Numbered answers:
1. the larger fears of a society.
2. folklore and religious traditions
3. Frankenstein
4. a Titan
5. yes
6. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus
7. "Theogony".
8. Hesiod
9. Hippolytus.
10. Asclepius revived Hippolytus from death
11. Plutarch
12. he was murdered
13. in a bathhouse in Chaeronea
14. Pliny the Younger
15. bought a haunted house
16. yes
17. an aberration
18. writing a book
19. yes
20. no

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CHAPTER III

The brig sailed on a Monday morning in spring; but Joanna did not witness its departure. She could not bear the sight that she had been the means of bringing about. Knowing this, her husband told her overnight that they were to sail some time before noon next day hence when, awakening at five the next morning, she heard them bustling about downstairs, she did not hasten to descend, but lay trying to nerve herself for the parting, imagining they would leave about nine, as her husband had done on his previous voyage. When she did descend she beheld words chalked upon the sloping face of the bureau; but no husband or sons. In the hastily-scrawled lines Shadrach said they had gone off thus not to pain her by a leave-taking; and the sons had chalked under his words: 'Good- bye, mother!'

She rushed to the quay, and looked down the harbour towards the blue rim of the sea, but she could only see the masts and bulging sails of the _Joanna_; no human figures. ''Tis I have sent them!' she said wildly, and burst into tears. In the house the chalked 'Good-bye' nearly broke her heart. But when she had re-entered the front room, and looked across at Emily's, a gleam of triumph lit her thin face at her anticipated release from the thraldom of subservience.

To do Emily Lester justice, her assumption of superiority was mainly a figment of Joanna's brain. That the circumstances of the merchant's wife were more luxurious than Joanna's, the former could not conceal; though whenever the two met, which was not very often now, Emily endeavoured to subdue the difference by every means in her power.
1. Did Jane see the departure?
2. What was departing?
3. Was the brig on water?
4. Who was leaving?
5. When did she awake?
6. Did she get up when she awoke?
7. Why?
8. Did she expect to see them before they left?
9. Was she wrong?
10. What did she see instead?
11. Who wrote them?
12. What did they say?
13. Was she happy or sad about this?
14. Who was Emily?
15. Why was she triumphant?
16. What was Emily's last name?
17. Did Joanna feel inferior?
18. To whom?
19. What it reality?
20. What type of wife was Emily?
Numbered answers:
1. no
2. The brig
3. yes
4. the husband or sons
5. five in the morning
6. no
7. her nerves
8. yes
9. yes
10. words chalked
11. the sons
12. 'Good- bye, mother!'
13. sad
14. her neighbor
15. from anticipation
16. Lester
17. yes
18. Emily Lester
19. no
20. a merchant's wife