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York Columbia University Gawain And The Green Knight
2,655 words... s, meaning a bowl. " There are three likely possibilities for what the Grail represented that are supported by evidence: "The Grail as Celtic talisman, as fertility symbol, as Christian relic" 28 Despite this, the actual of the Grail and the quest for it has been one of the primary attractions in these legends. The Christian interpretation is that the Grail was originally the cup used at the Last Supper, with which Joseph of Arimathea caught the blood of Christ on the cross. However, Loomis ...
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Gilgamesh Epic Earths Surface
1,150 wordsLike dragonflies their [dead bodies] have filled the river. Like a raft they have moved to the edge [of the boat]. Like a raft they have moved to a river bank (flood-myth. com, 3 / 15 / 00). Whether the above is fact, fiction, myth, or legend it appears that all civilizations have a strong fascination with The Deluge. Bible believers feel that it was an act of God, who intern wanted to cleanse the earth of immoral people and evildoers. Chosen survivors, for example Noah, as well as present day C...
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Social Construction Native American
664 wordsBraxton The theory of social construction states that many concepts that appear naturally are really the result of human actions and choices. The British constructed the myth that the American Indians were savages for their own economic benefit. Because the British needed to have a legitimate and verifiable reason in order for the countrymen of Great Britain to advocate the taking of the lands of America from the Indians, the British developed a scheme of developing a myth to perceive the Indian...
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One Can Understand Science And Religion
1,326 wordsHow to Explain Diversity: A Cultural problem The history of humanity has shown that the influences of a select few, charting their ideas of what is right and wrong, pure or dirty, black or white may all influence cultures; but these principles do not follow a certain direction. Rather, with the continuance of culture through time, the principles have diverged human experience into thousands of different cultures. In Biology as Ideology, the argument of genetic determinism arises; ones genetic ma...
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit Gale Research
1,190 words... mankind's search for the truth and perfection of existence. Man always has at least two parts of him to contend with, the moral side and the more human side. He is able to come to terms with himself through ritual. With worship, man is able to grasp a small understanding of immortality and God. Ritual is the tool with which John Updike uses to reach the point of existence and meaning. What seems to be dull and monotonous is actually a celebration of life. Most people associate ritual as a pr...
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Saudi Arabia Mentally Healthy
3,030 wordsDear Reader, If you are one of the many Westerners who harbor the myth that most or all Russian women are desperate to leave their country or want a green card, then please read my article below and consider the 12 points that I make which prove it to be a narrow-minded egocentric American myth. These points are based on my experiences of being 6 months in Russia, visiting 9 cities, and meeting hundreds of people there. Regards, Winston 12 Reasons Why Russian Women are NOT Desperate to Leave The...
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Age Of Sixty Time To Time
5,639 wordsThis is an end-piece to my autobiography, but it contains all sort sof useful material for anyone writing either an autobiography or a biography. I have placed this essay under 'creative writing' because it is (a) a good example of personal / creative writing and (b) it could be useful to all sorts of people writing on all sorts of topics. ADDENDUM OR EPILOGUE Having completed my autobiography or, at least, completed a fifth edition in a form that is satisfactory to me in the first two volumes a...
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Greek Religion Indo European
832 wordsMythology is the study and interpretation of myth and the body of myths of a particular culture. Myth is a complex cultural phenomenon that can be approached from a number of viewpoints. In general, myth is a narrative that describes and portrays in symbolic language the origin of the basic elements and assumptions of a culture. Mythic narrative relates, for example, how the world began, how humans and animals were created, and how certain customs, gestures, or forms of human activities originat...
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Spider Woman Human Community
1,673 wordsIt is often said that a great work of art is like a dream, full of colours, greatness and splendour. The playful authors of Kiss of the Spider woman and Double Hook dont escape that definition, providing theirs readers with a writing that perpetually dance on the boundaries of fantasy, oscillating between realism, fairy- tale and dream. The resort to history and particularly to myth is a prerequisite for the entrance in this imaginary realm. In the two fictions, the mythical element w more used ...
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African American Families African American Community
804 wordsThe Three Myths I chose to write on were Myth 2: The Self-Reliant Traditional Family, Myth 4: The Unstable African American Family, and Myth 5: The Idealized Nuclear Family of the 1950 s. The Myth of the self-reliant family leads people to assume that, in the past, families were held together by hard work, family loyalty, and a fierce determination not to be beholden to anyone, especially the state. It is popularly believed that such families never asked for handouts; rather, they stood on their...
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Lost Love Unconditional Love
1,029 wordsLove and Death in Black Orpheus May 10, 2004 paper no. 4 In fiction or reality being overly ambitious can cause one to yield to the evils of temptations. In Black Orpheus the myth fits into the story because it demonstrates the extremes an individual will endure to regain lost love, and relive the past. In the movie Orpheus and Eurydice both experience a case of "love at first at first sight." They barely know each other but feel that because of Greek Mythology they were destined to love each ot...
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Human Resource Professionals Ethics In The Workplace
2,891 wordsBusiness Ethics is emerging as one of the greatest recognized needs in business and government today. No other element in business life can profit so greatly for such a small investment. Lacking this, no other element can cost business so dearly. Therefore it is important for top management within organization to foster the type of organization environment that would be capable of supporting basic principles of ethics. To start, one must ask; what is ethics? In its most basic form, ethics involv...
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Hard Core Pornography Sexually Explicit
9,020 wordsPornography Nick Baker p. 6 Pornography Sex or Subordination? In the late Seventies, America became shocked and outraged by the rape, mutilation, and murder of over a dozen young, beautiful girls. The man who committed these murders, Ted Bundy, was later apprehended and executed. During his detention in various penitentiaries, he was mentally probed and prodded by psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to discover the root of his violent actions and sexual frustrations. Many theories arose in at...
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Na Ve Ancient Times
1,533 wordsThis page is an attempt to unravel, as much as possible, the origins of the myth of the Mediterranean Chimera, best known as the statue of the Chimera of Arezzo. It is not meant to be the definitive word on this subject nor to contrast or replace the previous work of many distinguished archaeologists and art historians. The author just hopes to have bearable to suggest a few ideas that, maybe, someone will find of interest. Ancient myths often tell of beings made out of several creatures joined ...
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Sexually Explicit Pornography Defenders
8,788 wordsIn the late Seventies, America became shocked and outraged by the rape, mutilation, and murder of over a dozen young, beautiful girls. The man who committed these murders, Ted Bundy, was later apprehended and executed. During his detention in various penitentiaries, he was mentally probed and prodded by psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to discover the root of his violent actions and sexual frustrations. Many theories arose in attempts to explain the motivational factors behind his murderou...
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Gun Control Laws Gun Ownership
1,629 wordsIn Gun Control Gun Control In 1988, handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain, 19 in Sweden, 53 in Switzerland, 25 in Israel, 13 in Australia, 8 in Canada, and 8, 915 in the United States. These figures are shocking and there doesnt seem to be a solution. Gun control is a problem that our country has got to face. (Gun Control). One of the most alarming issues dealing with gun control is juvenile violence. A large percent of crimes committed with guns are by children. No one has yet been able to ...
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1,657 words1988, handguns Gun Control In 1988, handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain, 19 in Sweden, 53 in Switzerland, 25 in Israel, 13 in Australia, 8 in Canada, and 8, 915 in the United States. These figures are shocking and there doesnt seem to be a solution. Gun control is a problem that our country has got to face. (" Gun Control" ). One of the most alarming issues dealing with gun control is juvenile violence. A large percent of crimes committed with guns are by children. No one has yet...
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World War Ii Treaty Of Versailles
2,291 wordsDual Results: World Domination and Self-Deification In 1933, having flown across Germany in a massive publicity campaign, having been greeted at every stop by overwhelming crowds, and having been appointed the new Chancellor of Germany, Hitler s popularity was undeniable. Soon after becoming Chancellor, Hitler made public his goals to unite the German people as one, his Lebensraum. Five years later, the entire German populations of Austria, Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia were united under G...
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Sci Fi Science Fiction
573 wordsScience fiction: gibberish or a glance at oneself? Since the very rudiment of mankind humans have dreamed Dreamed of understanding natures phenomena, dreamed of finding out the secrets of the infinite universe and dreamed of perception of their own place in its vast continuity. These dreams, passed orally through the lips of generations eventually took form of what we now call a myth. Now, lets analyze what science fiction is. I think it wouldnt be hard to agree that it is a certain kind of myth...
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Greek Myth Objective Reality
1,611 wordsSubjective Reality In Anne Carson's Autobiography Of Subjective Reality In Anne Carson's Autobiography Of Red Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red is a world of subjective reality. Carson explores the relationship between subject and object through a reworking of an original Greek myth. The original myth is of Herakles, whos tenth labor was to kill Geryon, a red winged monster who lived on an island, and steal his cattle. Carson takes the insignificant character of Geryon and creates a story based...
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