Ayden's IB Survival Guide

Art Analysis This artifact is called the "Reliquary Pendant with Queen Margaret of Sicily Blessed by Bishop Reginald of Bath".  This pendant is created out of gold and and roughly 2in x 1.25in x 0.25in.  Such a beautiful pendant was created approximately between 1174 and 1177 AD by an unknown artist, however it was sent by Bishop Reginald of Bath to Queen Margaret of Sicily.  The inscription around the borders state, "From the blood of Saint Thomas the Martyr, from his clothes having been dyed by his blood. From the skin, from the small garment, from the hood, from the shoe, [from the] shirt. From the skin, from the small garment, from the hood, from the shoe, [from the] shirt" ( The Met) .   This "Saint Thomas the Martyr" is in fact Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury who was brutally murdered by the knights of King Henry II.   It was most likely given to the queen as a present when her son married the daughter of King Henry...

 What does Mr. Brocklehurst’s analogy between the ill-prepared breakfast and the “sufferings of the primitive Christians…the torments of martyrs…the exhortations of our blessed Lord Himself” reveal about his character? How does this attitude contrast with that of Miss Temple to reveal the author’s social message?  In the chapter I read of Jane Eyre, it is pretty clear to see that it follows a young girl and the trials she faces in a Catholic school. In this chapter, Mr. Brocklehurst, the headmaster of the Catholic school, shows up in Jane's class. Jane herself characterizes him as mean and strict and having a vendetta against her. However, the reader cannot just take a child's word on everything, especially when it involves a teacher, because during the time it was written, and even today, there is a stereotype revolving around young children's abilities to accurately characterize people as good or evil because they are seemingly naive. Thus, Charlotte Brontë, t...