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- 1001: Comparing Prince Hal and Henry's Models of Statescraft
- ... is more fit to be a King than Prince Hal, a comparison the King makes several times. In Act I, scene i King Henry makes his first comparison of Hotspur to his son saying that Lord Northumberland's son, Hotspur, was "A son who is the theme of honour's tounge..." while Prince Hal was stained by "...riot and dishonor...." In fact the King goes so far as to wish that ...
- 1002: How Is The Greek Idea of a Sound Mind and Body Essential for The Successful Characters of The Odyssey?
- ... 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 ...
- 1003: Justice in Orestes
- ... s halls in Argos?" (Eumenides lines 661-662) A good answer to this question might have been to hypothetically reverse the question on ClytaemnestraHow quickly she settled into life after she cut down her lord. But, Apollo opts for the weaker, more arbitrary defense. His speech about how the father is the only true parent makes little sense. Even the all-male jury would take some offense to this argument ...
- 1004: Contemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas
- ... end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory in their shame. Their minds are occupied with earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (NAB pg 1290) He makes the rulers of the Earth and everything they have to offer insignificant to what awaits them in heaven, and therefore the State is not important when compared to ...
- 1005: The Odyssey Report
- ... host relationship where both the guest and the host behave properly is the relationship between Telemachos and King Menelaos. As a guest Telemachos treats his host with respect and dignity. He address menelaos as "my lord" to give reverence to his kindness and to be polite. Telemachos is very complimentary to his host by saying "Zeus must have such a place" when referring to menelaos' house. He does this to let ...
- 1006: King Arthur
- ... were two dates regarding Arthur. The first date is disputed: It is put as either 499 or 518 A.D. The first entry reads: Battle of Badon, in which Arthur carried the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights and the Britons were victors (Jenkins 28). The second entry dated 539 reads: The Battle of Camlann, in which Arthur and Modred perished. And ...
- 1007: Beowulf: Themes
- ... death. The Almighty drove Those demons out, and their exile was bitter, Shut away from men; they split Into a thousand forms of evil--spirits And feinds, goblins, monsters, giants, A brood forever opposing the Lord's Will, and again and again defeated. The Biblical reference in the epic has become a modern day archetypal motif, and serves to give the listener an idea of the extent of Grendel's pure ...
- 1008: New England: A Matter of Perspective
- ... When they finally were able to stay on land, they found the Indians less than sociable, and the land too rugged to develop large farms. The Pilgrims kept their faith though, and with time, the Lord blessed them. They made a pact with the Indians, learned how to grow native crops, and developed industries. William Bradford believed that God helped them through His bountiful grace, and turned the New England wilderness ...
- 1009: Juvenalian and Horatian Satire
- ... is an old military man well practiced in the art of false modesty, a trait he detests in others. Also there is a clergyman who is so frail that he would sooner wait until the Lord sees fit to smite him than get on with the business of leading his life.(Norton, 2192-2195). All of these characters present traits present in all humans, but their presentation in such a silly ...
- 1010: Beowulf and Grendel: Craving for the Queen
- ... of Hrothgar's love for wealhtheow. He would often stare at her in admiration. Despite her resentment she treated Hrothgar with much respect, she always looked up at him and referred to him as "my lord". Although Wealhtheow has much resentment towards serving the Danes, she puts all that beside her and fulfilled her duties as an praiseworthy queen. In Grendel it told how she came between drunken men in the ...
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