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Love Poems Love Poetry
331 wordsThis Shakespeare sonnet talks about the contrasts of the speakers lover and the beauties of the world. Unfortunately the lover is never on the winning side. The speaker tells us his lovers physical appearance, or lack thereof. His lovers eyes are nothing like the sun. As for her lips, coral is far more red than hers. Unlike the white snow, her breasts are dun-colored. Her hair was not smooth; it was like black wires grow on her head. In the second quatrain the speaker tells us more about his lov...
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Male And Female Order To Survive
1,941 wordsNo one knows exactly how homosexuality entered into human history. I would imagine that the practices associated with the erotic attraction of people to one's own gender have been around since the dawn of humanity. The earliest accounts of homosexual behavior seem to be found in ancient pagan religious practices. At least, the pagans included homosexuality in the worship of various gods. Whether the inclusion in worship was because the practice was already a part of the society-at-large or if th...
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Women And Children Arms And Legs
1,220 wordsAn amulet is a small object that a person wears, carries, or offers to a deity because he or she believes that it will magically give a particular power or form of protection. The conviction that a symbol, form, or concept provides protection, promotes well-being, or brings good luck is common to all societies: in our own, we commonly wear religious symbols, carry a favorite penny, or a rabbit's foot. In ancient Egypt, amulets might be carried, used in necklaces, bracelets, or rings, andespecial...
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Potiki Is Toko Maui
1,151 words... is hook and let it down into the deep sea. Down it went into the very bottom and caught the under world Out of the great seas the black, ragged head of a large island was rising like a fish-it seemed to be chasing them, through the boiling surf. In a little while the water became shallow around them, and their canoe finally rested on the black beach (Westervelt 12). This excerpt above comes from the legend of Maui. Theres a lot of correlation with the story of Toko. Maui went fishing with hi...
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Pompey And Crassus Ptolemy Xiii
1,842 wordsCleopatra was determined to preserve Egypt. Her personal ambitions will show her unwavering love, compassion, and commitment to making Egypt one of the greatest empires man has ever known. Her contributions to Egypt and the world have continued to be discussed and debated over the years. Cleopatra was born in 69 B. C. in Alexandria, Egypt. Her father King Ptolemy XII had five other children, Cleopatra VI, Berenice IV, Arsinoe IV, Ptolemy XIII, and Ptolemy XIV. Her mother died when she was very y...
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Goddess Of Love Greek Mythology
960 wordsOne of the six Olympians, the daughter of Kronos and Hera, Hera is the beautiful and powerful wife of Zeus. She is the most beautiful of the immortals, even more beautiful than Aphrodite. Her beauty is renewed each spring as she magically washes away the ware and worry of her immortal lifestyle. Her name appears in many stories and she is often regarded as petty and unforgiving. The story of Zeus and Io is the sad story of infidelity and revenge. Zeus changed his beautiful lover, Io, into a blac...
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14 Th Century Mary Magdalene
1,623 wordsBlack Madonnas Many of the ancient images of the Virgin Mary are portrayed with dark skin. They are called Black Madonnas. This term is applied to any dark skin colored representation of Mary and specifies the artwork of African or African American artists for people of the same or similar cultures. This term also refers to skin tones in the portraits of Mary and Jesus. They lived in a hot climate therefore their skin would be dark brown or olive in order to survive the intensity of the sun. Onl...
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Divine Secrets Of The Ya Sisterhood
1,990 wordsDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood The One of the most fascinating strong women characters ever created is Vivi the strong, eccentric young lady who through her life was dedicated to search and to find the spot of happiness within her life. One of her most major aspects was not to present herself as suitable part of society but to remain spiritual harmony between her flesh and soul. Even though from the first sigh many could think of her as young lost lady who was led by ambitious group that...
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Hindu Religion First Cause
2,840 wordsThe religion Hinduism refers a the civilization set up on the Indus river called the Hindus. Introduced in about 1830 by British writers, it is believed that the Indian civilization of approximately the last 2, 000 years, which evolved from Vedas religion of the Indo- European people who settled in India in the last centuries of the 2 nd millennium BC. ? The Hindu religion ranges from a level of popular belief to one of Ritual? s, and philosophy. Hinduism is very broad, and has many Transitional...
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Constructive Criticism Raw Materials
3,634 wordsSumer may very well be the first civilization in the world (although long term settlements at Jericho and Catal Uruk predate Sumer and examples of writing from Egypt and the Harappa, Indus valley sites may predate those from Sumer). From its beginnings as a collection of farming villages around 5000 BC, through its conquest by Sargon of Agade around 2370 BC and its final collapse under the Amorites around 2000 BC, the Sumerians developed a religion and a society which influenced both their neigh...
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Greek Mythology Greeks Believed
1,021 wordsGreek Mythology, beliefs and ritual observances of the ancient Greeks, who became the first Western civilization about 2000 BC. It consists mainly of a body of diverse stories and legends about a variety of gods. Greek mythology had become fully developed by about the 700 s BC. Three classic collections of myths-Theogony by the poet Hesiod and the Iliad and the Odyssey by the poet Homer-appeared at about that time. Greek mythology has several distinguishing characteristics. The Greek gods resemb...
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Gods And Goddesses Zeus
651 wordsSince the days when man lived in caves and struggled to survive, he has wondered about the world that surrounds him. What makes the sun rise and set? Why are there seasons? Where do things go when they die? To the ancient Greeks, there were simple explanations to all these questions? it was the gods! Things that seemed unexplainable could suddenly make sense when there were gods and goddesses involved. And these stories of the gods that the Greeks created to help make sense of the universe have ...
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East And West Burial Chamber
3,243 wordsWhat does the tomb of Tutankhamen and its contents show about the Egyptian concern for the afterlife? Tutankhamens tomb, and the artifacts inside are an indication of the concern the Ancient Egyptians held for the after-life of their king. On the 26 th of Nov. 1922, the English archaeologist Howard Carter opened the virtually intact tomb of a largely unknown pharaoh, Tutankhamen. This was the first, and the finest royal tomb found in the history of Egyptology. It took almost a decade of meticulo...
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Mid Life Crisis High Priest
1,239 wordsMid-Life Crisis In Horst Stern s The Last Hunt, a man named Joop is portrayed as a professional worker in a very well known bank. Outside of being a banker, Joop enjoys to hunt wild animals. This has been a hobby of his since he was a young boy. Throughout the story many questions are raised about Joop s true feelings about his job, hunting, and his life. In the beginning of the story, a women walks in on Joop while he is staring at a picture on a wall in his office. The women is very embarrasse...
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Mistress Eyes Love Poems
735 wordsWilliam Shakespeare was one of the first developers of the English Sonnet. His style is powerful and that is why he is considered to be one of the best poets of all time. The sonnet My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun is no exception. Shakespeare s use of structure, diction, rhyme, contributes towards developing the meaning, form, and content of the poem. My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun is a poem in which Shakespeare forms an argument against common love poems that use flattery t...
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Modern Day December 1998
324 wordsNike: Goddess of Victory Who was Nike? Nike, according to Greek mythology, was the winged goddess of victory. Nike was the daughter of Athena and the god of the River Styx. Nike sat beside Zeus in Olympus. She helped in the battle with the Titans, and helped Zeus achieve victory. The Titans, according to mythology, created the earth, and ruled it till they were overthrown by the Olympian gods. The statues and pictures of Nike show her with wings and a wreath for a crown. This wreath symbolizes t...
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Roman Catholic Church Death And Resurrection
3,526 wordsThe True Meaning Of Christmas Except for Christ in the name, Christmas is pagan. The word mass is pagan and the customs surrounding it and Christmas are pagan. The very celebration without the rituals surrounding it is pagan. Pagan simply means that it is not from God. What is from God is easily proven. You can find it in your own Bible. The only mention of a yearly birthday celebration other than the actual day of birth is in the book of Job. Even then it is somewhat speculative. Jobs children ...
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Eyed Goddess Athena Grey Eyed Goddess Athena Odysseus
2,033 words? You! You chameleon! / Bottomless bag of tricks! Here in your own country / would you not give your stratagems a rest / or stop spellbinding for an instant? (Homer, XIII, 345 - 48) This exchange between the Grey Eyed Goddess Athena marks Odysseus return to his homeland of Ithaca, and spells doom for the Suitors. But it is also the embodiment of what Odysseus is. His guile and wit are compared many times to the great gods of Olympus. And it is these skills as a deceiver that allow him to conduct...
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Powerful Goddess Romans Greeks
466 wordsPallas Athene Versus Minerva The Goddess Athena has been an incredibly well-liked mythological character for centuries because of her complex personality and the values which are taught through her actions. The powerful Goddess has been generally thought of as being the same person in both Greek and Roman stories alike, but this is not true. Athena was looked upon and spoken of very differently in Roman and Greek myths, though she remains with the same basic personality traits in both cultures. ...
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God Of The Sea Roman Mythology
685 wordsThe purpose of this essay is to discuss Roman religion and their polytheistic beliefs. Iwill discuss the roles of the deities they worship and how they are connected to Greek religion as well. The Romans help a polytheistic belief meaning that they believed in several different gods or deities. The ruler of the gods was known as Jupiter which in Latin means shinning father. Roman mythology says that Jupiter was the son of the god, Saturn, whom he overthrew to become ruler. Jupiter exhibited many...
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