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- 10121: Beowulf Heroes & Today's Heroes
- Beowulf Heroes & Today's Heroes Heroes today have changed from those of Beowulf's day. Back in the time of Beowulf heroes were mainly the protectors of the country such as warriors and kings. The roles have changed today were heroes consist of celebrities and sport players. The roles have ...
- 10122: How Affirmative Action Effects
- ... evaluating students is where the Universities and government need to focus, to establish a standard in education that spans across all levels of income. Affirmative action is definitely not the answer for equality in this day in time. Affirmative action has balanced for thirty years on a moral threat. It is now time to apply new moral threats, not towards the employers and colleges but towards the government. For it is ...
- 10123: Patriarchy in 1001 Nights and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- ... were clearly in the submissive role, until Shaherazad was able to, through her stories, slowly reverse the role of power so that the king no longer marries for a night, then kills them the next day. The framed narrative in this story is centered around the transferal of power from the higher, dominant male to the lower, originally submissive female. Every night when Shaherazad tells her stories, her power increases just ...
- 10124: The Iliad
- ... Apollo heard his prayer and, furious, came down from Mt. Olympus. He sat upon a hill and started to attack the Grecians with his arrows. This went on for nine days straight. On the tenth day Achilles called all the Kings and Princes into assembly. He asked if any of them had done anything to offend the god Apollo. The only one that spoke was Calchas, a man who knew of ...
- 10125: Oedipus Rex as the Tragic Hero
- ... marry Jocasta. Had he never married, he could have avoided his misery, "And how can I help dreading my mother's bed?"(35). But where would the story be then? "Declared that I should one day marry my own mother and with my own hands shed my father's blood"(36), as a so-called prophecy and decree carved in granite by Apollo himself. Throughout the story, there were circumstances that ...
- 10126: Antigone: The Structure of Classical Tragedy and The Theme
- ... most viewers know the basic story line, the audience immediately questions the reasons for Antigone’s distress. Again beginning on line 13, Ismene wails, "We two sisters were robbed of our two brothers on one day when each destroyed the other." The attention of the audience is grabbed. More questions as to the reasons and means of the brothers’ deaths arise. The audience immediately feels pity for the girls and desires ...
- 10127: Epic Heroes in Time
- ... metaphor for his destiny - to save the Jewish people. Even modern real-life heroes have this aspect of themselves. It is no secret that John F. Kennedy was a bit of a womanizer in his day. But despite his flaws, John F. Kennedy was "called" to duty by his god to help his people. Likewise, Moses spoke directly with his lord and was given specific instructions on what to do and ...
- 10128: Heracles
- ... the hero to do certain tasks as a punishment for his wrongs, so that the evil might be cleansed from his spirit. Apollo had many responsibilities. As Phoebus, he was the sun god, and every day he drove the chariot of the sun across the sky. He was the god of healing and music. The Greeks believed that Apollo knew what would happen in the future, and that he could advise ...
- 10129: Beowulf: The Three Monsters of the Middle Ages
- ... again, that holds back humankind from doing only good works. The dragon steals the hard-earned possessions of others, and burns down their houses, Beowulf’s house for example. There are people in the present day that steal from people’s homes, taking their well-earned possessions for their own enjoyment. There are also people, overcome with evil and hate, who destroy other people's property and belongings. There will always ...
- 10130: Antigone
- ... age?"(812-14) Haemon is not strong enough to even stand up for his own beliefs, he cowards behind the people of Thebes, claiming "The man on the street, you know, dreads your glance, he'd never say anything displeasing to your face. But it's for me to catch the murmurs in the dark, the way the city mourns for this young girl."(773-84) There is truth to his ...
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