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- 3601: How Is The Greek Idea of a Sound Mind and Body Essential for The Successful Characters of The Odyssey?
- ... to surpass them. If a man does not have both a sound mind and body, he will suffer. So is the case with Achilles. The conceited Achilles, one of the greatest fighters of the Trojan War, now lays in the underworld and says I would rather be plowman to a yeoman farmer on a small holding than lord Paramount in the kingdom of the Dead.In the Trojan war he had refused to fight, and now he has to pay for his mistakes. He begged Odysseus, never at a fault, to tell him of his son Neoptolemos, who in fact is a coward and ... tell you about your beloved son Neoptolemos, and there is nothing to hide. In fact I brought him in my own ship from Scryros to join the Achaian army. When we held a council of war, he was always the first to speak, and always found the right thing to say. Only Nestor and I were superior. When we met our enemies in battle, he did not lag among the ...
- 3602: Term African Slave Trade
- ... businessmen, and not as innocent bystanders. You may ask your self what where they doing to assist? Were they simply rounding up their enemies? Were they giving up their family? They would have a small war like raiding to take prisoners. They in turn were changing from a political model of trade to an economic model of enslavement. This was caused by the ever, increasing prices they could charge for their ... sell their children, men their wives, and one brother the other. But those who think so, do deceive themselves; for this never happens on any other account but are offered to us, are prisoners of war, which are sold by the victors as their booty. Now that we have taken a look at the number of people brought to the Americas, and how it was being accomplished, we can now take ... miles to the coast. Slavery was an organized industry and basic to the political, economical, social activities of the day. We later learn they are not selling their own people. They are selling the captured war prisoners of their enemies. They may not even be of the same race. Obviously they are not of they same village, unless they are the infirm or sick. The Portuguese found there way into ...
- 3603: Holocaust-concentration Camps
- ... prisoners. Then it became a full-time concentration camp for prisoners. In 1943, the Nazis decided to force the occupants into back-breaking labor. The Nazis made the prisoners make arms and supplies for the war. At this camp, they performed brutal medical experiments on the prisoners. Over 3,500 people had experiments performed on them and most all died. When the war was coming to an end, the United States liberated over 32,000 prisoners on April 29, 1945. This was one of the most devastating concentration camps of the Holocaust. Bergen-Belsen was another horrifying concentration camp. This camp was a holding center camp. This means that the people that were sent there were going to be kept there until they died, or until the war was over. The people at this camp were usually killed by diseases like tuberculosis and typhus. The bodies were thrown all over and just disregarded like they were nothing at all. They had some ...
- 3604: Slaughter House Five
- ... come as a shock to us nearly every time. We have created an absurd time to live in. So now what? How do we deal with it? How should we react to the horrors of war, heartache, and famine? Do we try to solve our problems all at once, or do we sit back and watch things fall apart? Kurt Vonnegut has an interesting idea of what to do, as is ... of the twentieth century is to simply not deal with it. In his novel, Vonnegut shows that he is more inclined to sit back and watch than to let things effect him. Being an anti-war novel, his book is filled with shocking events and gruesome deaths. But Vonnegut portrays death as something trivial. Every time someone dies or something bad happens where the reader might think "oh my gosh, that ... a "zoo" for the locals to observe. Then he finds himself in bed with his wife on their honeymoon. When he gets up to look for the bathroom, he finds himself as a prisoner of war looking for the latrine. When he finds it, he sees that some of the other prisoners have become violently ill and are writhing in pain. So it goes. He is then reminded of his ...
- 3605: Richard Iii
- ... this news, Richard chose to proceed with caution, only telling chief political players and asking their advice. Richard was wise for these actions. He had been known for his prudence in the past in the war with Scotland. When Edward IV wanted a crushing blow to the Scots, Richard realized that it would be too costly and at the same time England had already accomplished a great feat. Richard pushed for ... to wars and his usurpation of the throne. In meeting with representatives from Spain, he solidified peace between the two nations by signing a treaty. He passed the opportunity to join with them in a war against France because he did not want to throw England into a war they were not prepared for. Richard worked for internal stability as well as he worked for an armistice with Scotland to end engagements that were costing his country dearly in finances. All throughout the ...
- 3606: Charles W. Chesnutt
- ... 1858, the grandson of a white man and the son of free blacks, Charles W. Chesnutt grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina where his family, having left the South originally in 1856, returned after the Civil War. Chesnutt who had little formal education taught himself and also received tutoring from family members. Chesnutt is known as one of the great American novelist and short-story writers of the late 19th century. Chesnutt ...
- 3607: Pallas Athene Versus Minerva
- ... that of her best friend, whom she accidentally killed while practicing with spears) in both cultures is the patron Goddess of arts and crafts, weaving, the olive tree, overseer of Athens, and especially of Wisdom/War. Because the Greek culture was one of intelligence, sophistication and knowledge, Their version of Athena was mainly of a logical and sensible person, who would avoid a fight if possible. The Romans, who were a society of warlike men, focused on Minerva's war capabilities and short temper. Both cultures focused on the parts of the Gods which were most like themselves and best suited their needs. For the Greeks, the Gray-Eyed Goddess was not associated with specific ... their religion and why they do so. There were logical reasons for their viewing of Athene, most of which were based on their strengths as a group. Romans respected her as a powerful Goddess of war which watched over them was they went into battle, while the Greeks saw her as a thoughtful judge who guided them in their adventures. The Romans warped the Greek's beliefs into ideas and ...
- 3608: Fate In Macbeth
- ... manipulation and plotting three women stand their ground in individual protests to get what they want; Penelope s trickery in evading the impatient marriage proposals by suitors, Helen s deceit over Menelaos during the Trojan War, and finally the control that Nausicaa seems have upon first meeting Odysseus each illustrate power possessed by females of the epic. At the Epic s beginning the reader finds Penelope, Odysseus wife in Ithica facing ... of men is also a source of power for Helen, wife of Menelaos. Helan has left her husband to be with Paris, upon his death she lives with Deiphobos for the remainder of the Trojan War, eventually returning to her husband. Although it is easy to make character judgments on her, even perhaps blaming her for initial cause of the war, the focus must remain on her personal strength in achieving her goals. It is amazing the way that the text depicts her ability to take charge over her husband, even after all she has ...
- 3609: Slavery
- ... executed or severely whipped. The "Underground Railroad" was a project that helped black slaves escape into Canada, especially Amherstburg. The system involved 3,000 white helpers and freed an estimated 75,000 people after the civil war. Slavery in the middle of the 1800's was abolished except for the rebellion states in the south. In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued which made slavery illegal in the states that had rebelled ...
- 3610: Rosa Parks
- ... Rosa Parks faced the many consciences she knew she would have for standing up for herself and her whole race and future generations. She even became an inspiration to many people and started a whole civil rights movement that would help achieve equality. When Parks was twenty she became an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. She became secretary of the Montgomery chapter. She was ... This was her most resilient moment that she is famous for. She would not let people push her around even though she knew there were some pretty hard consequences. Since the bus incident, a whole civil rights movement began. She had been an inspiration to many people such as Martin Luther King and she inspired a bus boycott to start. For a little more than a year (382 days) blacks would ... not return to public transportation until the Supreme Court said there wouldn't be racial segregation anymore. Busses were officially desegregated on December 1956. Since then Parks has been hailed as "the mother of the civil rights movement." Once the boycott was over she again tried to lead a normal life and took up sewing again, but still remaining active in the NAACP. She over came a lot and still ...
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