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- 13611: Achilles’ Actions Bring His Eventual Doom Closer To Reality
- ... to battle. He refuses their offers and relates to them, “Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a single honour, the brave with the weaklings. A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much” It is shown through this quote that he believes his life is more valuable than for it ... his dear companion, Partoklos. It is through his continual refusal to partake in his destiny that he brings his doom upon himself. It is one of the greatest sins one can commit, to deny the world of your gifts. It is impossible for us to control our fate, the gods (speaking in Ancient Greek terms) control our lives as they see fit and by reading this poem, it is possible to ...
- 13612: The North and the South: Rivals or Friends?
- ... winters with dark gray skies, yet beautiful summer days that seem to last forever. The sun shining brightly in the clear blue skies with birds flying through the air singing without a care in the world. Snow falling, children playing in the snow and Christmas carolers in the park. How could two different geographical locations within hours of each other be so different? Or even yet, how could these two locations ... what also might be reffered to as attitudes. People might say that the people in the north are more rude, where as in the south the people tend to be in nicer. For example, in New York, the cab drivers yell out to each other to "get the hell out of the street", and cut people off as they drive down the road. The southern people on the other hand, tend ...
- 13613: Compare And Contrast ‘State’ And ‘Nation’
- ... Members of a nation have a unity that is not merely legal, they form a nation due to collective experiences which are often rooted in history. Anthony Smith states that “to say that the modern world is a world of nations is to describe both a reality and an aspiration.” A common language is essential for all members to communicate thus this creates a major problem for nations as many nations include a huge ... state can exert its power over its population is due to it always being that way, “the eternal yesterday.” Although the ideas behind the state are ever changing it would be impossible to conceive a world without them. The major similarities between a nation and a state are not the requirements themselves but the fact that none of the requirements are essential. Thus it becomes harder to distinguish between them. ...
- 13614: A Winter Storm
- A Winter Storm Winters can be cold and harsh in North Dakota. Many people brave the cold in order to support their families. This is one man's journey through the elements in order to do just that. The temperature has dropped below zero; I can feel the storm coming ... to keep warm, their breath coming in large white plumes as they exhale. They too feel the storm approaching. The stock tank, half full of water, is frozen solid. It seems as if the whole world is frozen and still. The wind picks up, howling like a wild banshee, blowing a sheet of snow across the yard. The storm is here. I pull the collar of my coat up a little ...
- 13615: Who Are The Role Models Of Today?
- ... way to please my brother and I, giving us usually what we wanted. She did not spoil us though. She knew that spoiling us would not help us as we grew older in the real world. Later in her life she decided that it was time for a change in her everyday lifestyle. She had always wanted to become a nurse. So with the determination she has, she decided to pursue a new career change. While still working as a dental assistant, she attended night school at the College of St. Catherine’s. For seven years she went through this difficult task. With trying to balance her studying ...
- 13616: The Decline of Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... for shelter and a place to say mass on Christmas Eve. She answers his prayers and leads him to Bertilak's castle; however, his arrival at Bertilak's court throws him into a totally different world. Here, Gawain impresses courtiers of Bertilak's castle with his prowess in the field of courtly love rather than the feats of daring or his upholding of his honor, traits that would draw compliments in ... with scenes from Bertilak's hunts. It seems as if this is what the Gawain poet intended to suggest when he positioned the bedroom scenes within the hunt scenes. The hunt scenes show an unambiguous world of men and an appropriate venue for male chivalric action. The men are outside, in vigorous, heroic, manly pursuit, training for what is really the purpose of chivalry--the defense of the land and the ... bed, and this is mentioned in each hunting scene to emphasize the contrast. In contrast to the hunt scenes, Gawain's situation seems too pleasurable, bordering on the sin of luxury and representing a private world outside of the traditional hierarchies, rules and loyalties. The Lady is not just suggesting certain moral associations to the reader; she is a real temptress testing his chastity and a real object of courtly ...
- 13617: Socrates and Gorgias
- ... was Socrates, whose dedication to careful reasoning transformed the entire enterprise since he sought genuine knowledge rather than mere victory over an opponent. Socrates employed the same logical trick, developed by the Sophists to a new purpose, the pursuit of truth. Thus, his willingness to call everything into question and his determination to accept nothing less than an adequate account of the nature of things made him the first clear exponent ... is that nothing really exists. That if anything did exist, it could not be known, and if knowledge were possible it could not be communicated. Plato following his teacher Socrates believed that there existed a world of unchanging and invisible ideas about which it is possible to have exact and certain knowledge. They believed that tangible things are imperfect copies of the pure forms studied in mathematics and philosophy. My final ...
- 13618: Colerdige’s Use Of Imagery In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
- ... grasped and held by the urgency the ballad generates. There is a great moment of imaginative vision during the redemption of the Mariner when, having shot the albatross and brought death and sterility to his world, the Mariner sees and spontaneously, intuitively blesses the water snakes, a gracious act which complements the previous gratuitous killing of the bird. But the redemption is not finally complete, the unbearable isolation, is one of ... unrelenting physical and mental pain. Such extreme isolation never leaves the Mariner, he is condemned the "wandering Jew" to forever roam the earth reliving his tale. Coleridge contrasts such a state of loneliness with the world of the wedding guest, of harmony and togetherness, a world in which the mariner can never join. "What loud uproar busts from that door! The wedding-guests are there: And bride-maids singing are: And hark the little vesper bell, Which biddeth me to ...
- 13619: Essay On "Things Fall Apart"
- ... was the passivity of the village (Umuofia), as well as the power of the mission's government that led to the demise of the Ibo way of life. Clearly this strengthened the credibility of the new white men and their religion. Futhermore, a major blow was dealt to the Ibo religion. Christianity provided an answer to the questions' people had about their spirituality: the Ibo religion began to appear to be false by default. The new religion's validity and acceptance, coupled with the void created by the dissolution of the void created by the dissolution of the Ibo spiritually, left the remaining Ibo believers over powered by the Christian converts and their new followers. A final illustration of Okonkwo's rash actions leading suffering for himself and those around him occurs when he hastily kills the head messenger who comes to Umuofia to break up a town ...
- 13620: The Circle of Souls in John Donne’s A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- ... it consoles the self, by following what has been proscribed we attempt to bring back to our lives a semblance of the order that existed before the loss. To mourn is to withdraw from the world. However, “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” is not actually about death, but rather a separation. The poet, John Donne, engages in a didactic lesson to show the parallel between a positive way to meet death and ... while others await his parting. Such a man sets an example for lovers. The separation of the soul from the body and the separation of lovers are not an ending but the beginning of a new cycle. Donne uses the reaction of people to death as an analogy of how their love is to be viewed. Donne uses many examples of figurative language throughout his poem eventually ending it with an ...
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