Author: Makenna Prince

After reading the news article, I believe that it is time to put away the Mona Lisa. According to the article, the majority of the visitors are only there to see the Mona Lisa and the majority of them don’t feel pleased after doing so. The Mona Lisa seems to be causing more bad than good. The exhibit where it’s held is overcrowded and it’s also tanking the attention away for another artwork. I know the money that the museum is getting from tourism is a big reason to keep the painting but safety should be held above that. The writing of the article had a great suggestion, which is that they should give the Mona Lisa a Place of her own away from the rest of the museum.

  This was my plate for thanksgivings, I have many family members so I had to try some of each dish. Some of the food on my plate is Jerk Chicken, rice, stuffed pasta, saltfish roll  (looks like an empanada), corn bread and mash potato.

After viewing the Images for fixing the Notre Dame, I believe they should bring a modern flair to the church. I understand that there’s a lot of history behind the church but I think the fire marks a new page in this church for the future. Rebuilding it the old fashion Gothic way feels like an erase of the fire to make it the way it used to be. Changing the design to be more modern highlights that we recognize that this happened and we are starting a new page in history. Overall, I believe that they should add a modern flair to the reconstruction of the Notre Dame because history is now.

Commodus was a very evil man, and according to the text, it seems as though he enjoyed torturing and killing people. Commodus seems to be obsessed with becoming a god or as powerful and as strong as one, it is visible in his statue with the lion over his head and a bat in his hand. This is evident when he started allowing statues of him dressed as Hercules to be put up and worshiped. He then started worshiping Isis and forced devotees of her to harm themselves even to the point of death at times. He also renamed one of the months Hercules and appointed someone to the priesthood of the Rural Hercules, which was a private cult he was in.

To be perceived as powerful, Commodus would torture, killing and embarrass others. Commodus cast anyone who spoke against him to be eaten by a beast (most likely lion). He also killed a man because he read a book that was written by some who had the same birthday as him. He also put birds on a greying man’s head so that the birds would peck at it thinking it was worms. The text also states that it is claimed that he mixed human feces with lavish foods and ate it. lastly, he made his praetor Julianus dance naked in front of his mistresses while clashing cymbals.