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Epic Vs Modern Heroes
1,029 wordsWhile Have at thee! the Arthurian battle cry from Monty Pythons Search for the Holy Grail, is a far a-hem cry from the modern day heros, the essence remains the same. Many aspects of culture have been wholly altered, but society's quest for a hero has remained. Each people of the ancient times had a matchless idol that was unto his self the embodiment of cultural perfection. In more recent eras, where societies vary exceedingly, people have relied on scores of heroes. The United States is deemed...
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Henry Vii Male Heir
1,218 wordsSpain and England had a history of poor diplomatic relations, and it was common in the Fifteenth Century for members of a royal family to marry off a daughter or son to a child from another royal family, to establish an alliance between those two countries. Catherine of Aragon was the youngest child of King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castille, who almost immediately began looking for a political match for her. When she was three years old, she was engaged to Arthur, the son of Hen...
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The Marriage Of Henry Viii And Catherine Aragon
1,209 words... lf-sacrifice; for one of Catherines background and temperament it was unthinkable, but what had started as a simple defense of her marriage became infinitely greater. As time went by and the struggle for the divorce unfolded, the Queen began to realize that she was fighting, not merely for her own and her daughters natural rights, but for her husbands soul and the souls of all his people against the forces of darkness which seemed, to Catherine, to be come to life in the dark-eyed person of ...
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Persian Empire King Philip
1,191 wordsLegend has it that there is a knot in the city of Gordium which is impossible to undo. An ancient prophecy said that whoever could untie this Gordon knot would become the ruler of Asia. According to the story, while Alexander was in Gordium he found a wagon with an ox yoke tied by a tight, complex knot. Alexander first tried to untie the knot, but was unsuccessful. He then drew his sword and cut it in a single stroke. On July 26, 356 BCE, the worlds greatest conqueror was brought into the world....
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History Of Catherine The Great Russia
722 wordsCatherine the Great, who ruled as Empress of Russia from 1762 - 1796, is one of those catalyzing forces in history, which, through hard experience, unbounded intelligence, and overwhelming practicality, changed the face of a country against overwhelming odds. Her background as a German princess, as well as her education in philosophy literature, led her to believe that Russia was a barbaric backward country; she dedicated her monarchy to bringing Russia into the modern, European Age. Not many pe...
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The Female Role In Quest Stories
897 wordsWhen we think of quest stories what do we see? Knights in shinny armor? Magic? Fantasy? Fighting? Damsels in distress? Yes, in quest stories we do have a hero, which is predominately male, handsome, brave, and smart. His part is to defeat the foe, save the damsel, and ride off at the end, right? Sometimes as readers we focus too much attention on the hero and miss other characters that contributes to his success. No, Im not talking about the sidekick or companion, but what about the women. The w...
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Spouse Abuse One Day
1,199 wordsMarriage and Romance are everywhere in our society. Almost everywhere you look there are signs of them. Magazines, movies, books, most bare stories of this nature reflecting the wonderful perfect relationship between a man and a woman, or at lest how to be in one. Childrens stories of the Prince that saves and marries the Princess are just as common. We grow up hearing about this perfect and wonderful thing, where the prince who is strong and handsome loves and cares for the princess who is beau...
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Wicked Stepmother Prince Charming
1,172 wordsFrom Cinderella to Ariel, Disney heroines have stolen viewers' hearts and invaded imaginations of young girls waiting for their dreams to come true and Prince Charming to come on his white horse ready to whisk them away to a life of bliss. These perfect characters allow the audience to feel the pain and agony each one faces before she reaches her goal in life, to marry the man of her dreams at the age of 16. Through the entire struggle Disney's animated Barbie dolls have to endure, I see not onl...
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Childrens Literature And The Holocaust
1,075 words... care writing fiction about the Holocaust is impossible and immoral: The arguments about the immorality of creating fiction about the Holocaust are related to concerns about exploiting the victims and survivors, as well as the fear of being cooped by the act of describing evil. There are concerns that imaginative works about the Holocaust, as opposed to factual texts such as autobiographies or histories, will somehow subvert the truth of what actually happened (Walter 40). However, unlike fir...
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Adolescents And Parents Six Hours Played
959 wordsAs a product of the 80 's, one of the most recognizable movies of the time was the Breakfast club. With a cast of the hottest, up and coming actors and actresses of that decade, the movie depicts the experiences of true adolescence development. This movie telling a tale of five distinctly different teenagers force to give up a Saturday in detention. What they learn from the next six hours was that despite their separate social affiliations, they are in fact the same. They each had to deal with i...
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King George Iii Stamp Act
451 wordsKing George III (known as the king who lost America), was born in 1738. King George III's father, the Prince of Wales died when he was young. When George III was 22, in 1760, his grandfather, George II, died. On September 8 th, 1761 he married Princess Charlotte Sophia from Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in Germany and on September 22 nd, 1761, George III became the King of England. George himself was of partial German ancestry. George and Charlotte had 15 children, one of whom, George IV would be the ne...
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Nine Years Return Home
980 wordsThe major theme introduced in The Odyssey by Homer is Odysseus struggle to return home to Ithaca. Odysseus fights all the time to return to Ithaca because of several reasons. Ithaca is his homeland; his roots are there and all valuable things that he has are associated with Ithaca. Odysseus has son Telemachus back at home, who grew up into a man without ever knowing his father. Odysseus also wants to return and continue ruling his people as king, because Odysseus cared about his nation. Neverthe...
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Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Fairy Tale
1,145 wordsRomantic Rebellion (1) It is quite impossible not to notice the fact that Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is highly allegorical in its essence. In it, author clearly exploits the motifs of medieval romance, within contemporary settings, which add up to storys satiric effect. First of all, Ichabod Crane clearly thinks of Katrina Van Tassel as an embodiment of female virtues, because even her very name implies the notion of virginal purity, which used to be greatly appreciate...
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Fairytale Like Quality Story Of Dick Hunter Fairytales
930 wordsRagged Dick A modern fairytale based on the style of the classic fairytales The implausibility of the events and the manner in which they unfold to a successful conclusion suggests that Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr. does have the qualities of a fairytale. In fact, it appears that the author has modeled his writing style on the conventional fairytales, except that there are no supernatural characters, such as goblins and fairies involved in this story. It is, thus, a modern fairytale that has ...
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Anne Boleyn Henry Viii
706 wordsKing Henry VIII Henry VIII (born 1491, ruled 1509 - 1547). The second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York was one of England's strongest and least popular monarchs. He was born at Greenwich on June 28, 1491. The first English ruler to be educated under the influence of the Renaissance, he was a gifted scholar, linguist, composer, and musician. As a youth he was gay and handsome, skilled in all manner of athletic games, but in later life he became coarse and fat. When his elder brother, Arthur...
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Technological Changes That Lead Discovery Of The New World Vessel
477 wordsThere were many political and technological changes that prompted the world explorations and discovery of the new world. The Portuguese were the main contributors to the technological changes that lead to the discovery of the new world. However, the change of the political structure of Spain ultimately lead to the discovery. There were many technological changes that the Portuguese contributed. First of all they observed the way the Arab vessels were designed and then improved on them to make th...
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Children Will Copy General Public Stars
404 wordsThis is a very well documented debate, especially after the tragic death of the Princess of Wales. I feel that there is no right and wrong answer. People and the press have to look at individual circumstances and decide whether it is relevant to a high enough degree to pry into other peoples lives The death of Princess Diana was a prime example. It was an ironic tragedy as well as extremely unfortunate because the most photographed women in the world, and probably the most well known was killed ...
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20 Th Century Queen Victoria
989 wordsPeaceful yet popular and very well respected, Edward VII plays an influential part in bringing Great Britain, France, and Russia together in 1907 into the Triple Entente. One of the most wittiest and inventive satirist s writers in England is a journalist most noted for his fiction pieces, known as Hector Hugh Munro. Saki is his pen name (Compton's Online Encyclopedia). His typical stories are marked by amoral reversal revenge on the pretentious cruel practical jokes, and unwary supernatural inc...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Brothers Grimm
1,092 wordsApproximately 500 versions of the Cinderella story are in circulation, making it one of the most famous tales in the world. The plot in this timeless classic has been used as a model for writers for countless generations. Whether in print or on film, Cinderella is an inspirational story. It allows young girls to fantasize being swept off their feet by a sweet, handsome prince, marry and " live happily ever after. " For over hundreds of years the story has been refined and reworked, whe...
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Grolier Electronic Publishing King James
1,281 wordsThis is a paper over King James I of England that I wrote for my honors english class. I received an A on the the assignment. King James I On June 19, 1566 in Theobalds, Hertfordshire, England, Mary Queen of Scots gave birth to her only child, a boy whom she named James. James father was Henry Stewart, also known as Lord Darnley. Darnley was killed in an unexplained explosion at his house when James was eight months old. Only seven months later, Mary Queen of Scots had to give up her throne beca...
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