The cave paintings of Lascaux (in southwestern France) date to around 15,000 B.C.E. and are among the finest examples of prehistoric art known. Ever since the paintings were discovered, scholars have puzzled over their purpose. According to one widely discussed interpretation, the paintings were made to ensure a successful hunt. Several considerations support this view.
In the first place, there is the animal subject matter of the paintings. The cave images are almost exclusively of large mammals. These animals include bison, wild horses, and now-extinct aurochs (wild cattle), which are known to have been hunted by the Paleolithic people who created the paintings. A number of the animals are shown wounded by arrows and spears. There are also depictions of what appears to be the seasonal migrations of these animals that would have been very important to prehistoric hunters.
Second, the depictions of humans in the cave paintings include human figures that appear to have animal heads. These could be hunters: hunters in some traditional cultures are known to disguise themselves with animal heads so that they are not recognized by the animals they are hunting.
Third, many cultures hold the belief that by depicting an event one can bring about its reality. Throughout history – prehistoric, ancient, and modern – images have been regarded as more than mere decorative representations; they are seen as having magical power to affect reality. Thus, it is reasonable to suppose that the hunters who created the Lascaux cave paintings believed that by painting successful hunts, they were ensuring that real hunts would be successful.
Both reading and listening discuss the cave painting of Lascaux. The Writer puts forward several reasons all of which support that they were painted to guarantee a successful hunting. Whereas, the speaker casts doubts on each the them and finds them such misleading interpretations.
First and foremost, the article claims that the painting mostly includes animals such as bison known to be hunted by the Paleolithic people who painted them. The professor, on the other hand, points out the fact that all of the shown animals were not hunted, for example, cats, and interestingly reindeer one of the most hunted animals are not among the painted animals. As a result, this reason does not have enough credit.
Secondly, the passage asserts that human figures, wearing animal heads in the painting indicate the traditional culture of disguising. Conversely, the lecture clears out that humans who wear animal heads are not standing but lying which seems to be sleeping rather than hunting. therefore, it is not possible to infer what exactly they are doing.
Last but not least, the writing mentions the belief that depicting an event leads to its reality so, did the Paleolithic people. However, the speaker presents a different possibility and refutes this hypothesis. In this case, he believes that they may be used for communicating with ancestors in ceremonies thereby the painting probably had a different role.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 227, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'the' or 'them'?
Suggestion: the; them
...ereas, the speaker casts doubts on each the them and finds them such misleading interpre...
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Line 2, column 217, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...he other hand, points out the fact that all of the shown animals were not hunted, for exam...
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Line 3, column 280, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Therefore
...ems to be sleeping rather than hunting. therefore, it is not possible to infer what exact...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, first, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, therefore, whereas, for example, such as, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 20.0 30.3222958057 66% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1191.0 1373.03311258 87% => OK
No of words: 229.0 270.72406181 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.20087336245 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.89008302616 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65070897695 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 147.0 145.348785872 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.64192139738 0.540411800872 119% => OK
syllable_count: 354.6 419.366225166 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.2941556215 49.2860985944 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.25 110.228320801 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0833333333 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.3333333333 7.06452816374 160% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.143533504509 0.272083759551 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0524475104185 0.0996497079465 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0616529055826 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0825644872124 0.162205337803 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0552053149245 0.0443174109184 125% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.88 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.