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Human Qualities Ordinary Man
1,053 wordsThe most admired classical hero is most certainly Odysseus, the mythological Grecian subject of Homer's epic tale, The Odyssey. This legendary figure displays excessive amounts of brains and muscle, seeming almost superhuman at times. He embodies the ideals Homeric Greeks aspired to: manly valor, loyalty, piety, and intelligence. The popularity of Odysseus transcends time. To this day he remains greatly admired as both a hero and an ordinary man who must deal with great adventures and retrieving...
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Pagan Anglo Saxons Weapons Crossley Holland Saxon
564 wordsThe Anglo-Saxons set the foundations on which the English nation developed. In spite of continual internal warfare, they built upon those foundations and developed a high degree of civilization. In Beowulf, Burton Raffel portrays many aspects of Anglo-Saxon lifestyle, especially the importance of weaponry, women's role in society, and the significance of Christianity. There was not a single object that mattered to Anglo-Saxons more than their weapons. The Anglo-Saxons "delighted in beautiful wea...
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German Irish African And Native Are All American
1,286 wordsPaula Christine Poling Poling 1 Myths, Memories and Realities of the War Between the States Dr. Mary Ellen Rowe and Dr. Larry Open German, Irish, African and Native are all American For minorities, as for other Americans, the Civil War was an opportunity to prove their valor and loyalty. Among the first mustered into the Union army were a De Kalb regiment of German American Clerks, the Garibaldi Guards made up of Italian Americans, a Polish Legion, and hundreds of Irish American youths from Bost...
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Early Middle Ages Kingdom Which He Inherited Beowulf
1,124 wordsBeowulf is a poem of leaders, warriors, evil, and good. It is also a poem of heroes and tragic losses. What kind of a community is revealed from these subjects if it is the community itself, which provokes peace and violence for these warriors to be hailed by? What organization and values does the community hold in this poem? Throughout the poem there is reference to kings and lords. In the first chapter it is revealed that it is a feudal society. "Then Beo was king in that Danish castle, Should...
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Rights Of Their Land Shipped To Florida Apache
1,104 wordsSummary: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance The Myth about Geronimo portrays him as an implacable savage, but in reality he is a man that risked everything including his family, his land, his home, and his way of life to fight for his beliefs. He is said to have magical powers. He can see into the future, walk without leaving any footprints, and he can even hold off the dawn to protect his own. Geronimo is a Cheewakawa Apache, and for twenty-five years this warrior has defied federal authority w...
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Century B C 4 Th Century
796 wordsAlexander III, king of Macedonia from 336 until his death in 323 B. C. continues to be the subject of study and debate into the 21 st central A. D... Some scholars have devoted their lives to the man who was king, king of kings, and a god in his lifetime. The scarce evidence tantalized and invited speculation and theory. He has been pictured as everything from an alcoholic, homosexual, mass murderer, to the precursor of Christ sent to bring brotherly love to the world. He has been a Christian sa...
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Grendel Mother Beowulf Hero
1,020 wordsBeowulf is portrayed as the hero of the epic poem Beowulf (c 1200), although he is in reality the villain. Throughout the poem the poet, who is unknown, believes Beowulf to be a hero because of his strength and loyalty to his people. However, his pursuit for heroic status was so dominating that it motivated his jealousy, selfishness and greed. Beowulf is a tale about a boastful soldier whose motive in life is purely self-beneficial; he exploits the vulnerability of Grendel, Grendel's mother and ...
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Wife Desdemona Great Warrior
407 wordsOthello was confronted with many betrayals that lead him in killing his beautiful wife, Desdemona. When though Othello was a great warrior as well as a person of wisdom, but even his strength or his wisdom could not stop him from felling into the hands of a villain. The hands he fell into were Iago's. Iago was a mastermind who would do anything to please himself. Othello fell into a trap, "jealousy", that cost him to lose his dignity, his wife, and his life. The downfall of Othello was a great t...
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The Code Of Bushido In Japan
418 wordsWhen the average American hears the term Bushido, visions of sword swinging samurai warriors often come to mind. Literary works, as well as the media has shown us many elements of the Bushido code such as honor, justice, loyalty, and bravery which have greatly impacted Japan. Bushido is the moral code that has provided Japan with a national identity and work ethic that has guided them through bloody civil wars, Mongol invasions, a world war, and nuclear devastation (Rockette, page 1). In short, ...
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Hero Villain In The Iliad
1,628 wordsHero / Villain in The Iliad The concepts of villain and hero clearly originate in Judeo-Christian tradition, in contemporary sense of these terms. According to this tradition, evildoers are thought to have a certain abnormal psychological traits that enable them to defy morals, in order to reach their objectives. Those who perpetrate crimes are considered as having their evilness attributed to them at all times. On the opposite pole of the moral spectrum we have heroes the individuals of good mo...
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True Meaning Of Brahma Meaning Of Brahma Sri
822 wordsHumans obtain knowledge in many ways. They learn through their own experiences, but also through the experiences of others. Humans are most often educated by the moral standards and teachings of their time. Education and expanding ones knowledge is never a negative thing, it is always beneficial to learn something even you don t realize you are actually learning. For this reason, many authors incorporate the ideas of education and learning in their writings. Indian literature provides three piec...
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Style Of Jujitsu Art Of Sumo Techniques
1,376 wordsThe Martial Arts of Japan The martial arts have influenced Japan in many ways. Many of these arts have been passed down from ancient times and are still even practiced today. In my report, I will examine the major Japanese arts and tell how they have influenced Japan. First, however, I will give a little background for these arts. The original word for Japanese martial arts was bututs, or art of the military. This had more to do with physical techniques than philosophical and mental. The physica...
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Knight In Shining Armor Knight In Shining Knights
457 wordsI have always been fascinated by the image of the knight in shining armor, and Im sure Im not alone. Who hasnt wondered what it was really like to live the life of a knight? Just what was a knight? What did it take to become one, and what were his duties and responsibilities? What forces influenced his behavior and steered the course of his life? The Middle Ages were a time of frequent war and brittle peace, grand spectacles and devastating plague, high moral standards and bitter persecution. It...
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Good Or Bad Shows That Macbeth
1,133 wordsDuring Macbeth: Act I During Act 1, the audience is presented with many views of Macbeth and it is difficult to decide whether he is good or bad. Macbeth is a complex character and it is too difficult to decide whether Macbeth is simply good or bad; the question has to be looked at in more detail. Macbeth is introduced to the audience as the Thane of Games; soon afterwards he becomes Thane of Cawdor due to his help in the battle against the Norwegians, as he is a member of the Scottish army. Mac...
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Hail To Thee Thane Macbeth And His Wife
798 wordsOne of the themes in the tragedy of Macbeth is that of blood. Macbeth is known for his skills as a warrior and his mercilessness that is shown in his killing of Macdonwald. This warrior mentality quickly spreads into his life, and he begins to make killing a habit. When he is told in a prophecy that he shall be king, Macbeth takes it upon himself to murder Duncan, king of Scotland. After this murder he begins to see visions of blood on his hands, blood nothing could remove. As Macbeth becomes mo...
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Century A D Giving Birth
840 wordsThe Religion of Shintoism SHINTOISM The Religion of Nature Worship, Emperor Worship, and Purity Shinto (the way of the gods), traditionally dating back to 660 B. C. , is a loosely organized religion of the Japanese people embracing a wide variety of beliefs and practices. In its most basic sense Shinto is a religious form of Japanese patriotism. The mythology of Shintoism teaches that Japan and the Japanese people were brought into being by special divine creation and that their emperors were li...
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Anna Maria Napoleon Bonaparte
1,765 wordsThe portrait. A single person immortalized forever on canvas. At first glance, you only see the subject. With a more analytical eye, though, you not only see the image but you begin to hear the voice of the painter and of his time. This is what I hope to do, to feel and understand the mind of the painter Ingres when he painted Louis-Francois Bertin and Reynolds when he painted General John Burgoyne. In the portrait of Bertin, Ingres has captured on canvas a man who has never been pampered in his...
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Considered As A Hero Road Warrior Heroes
503 wordsWhat Real Heroes Real Heroes What is a hero? Who can be considered as a hero? According to the dictionary hero is defined as: 1. a person remembered or admired for (an act of) bravery, strength, or goodness; 2. the most important character in a play, poem, story, etc. In our real life or in history, most of the heroism always involves violence. Is it necessary to have fighting in order to constitute a hero? I watched the movie The Road Warrior yesterday. There is too much violence in the movie. ...
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Penelope And Ithaca Odysseus Grows Life
794 wordsThe Strength in Mortality During his monumental journey, Odysseus grows from a gallant young warrior to a wise and mature adult. Odysseus initially finds himself fighting for a name, this is equivalent, for humans, to the immortality of the gods. Odysseus concludes that the death-defying mortal life, with its danger and relationships of love, is far superior to a purposeless and shallow immortality. Every courageous attempt towards his ultimate goal of returning to Ithaca and Penelope is tempere...
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End Of Chapter Father Unoka
1,500 wordsThat year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable and rotting yams. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself. Okonkwo remembered that tragic year with a cold shiver throughout the rest of his life. It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. He knew that he was a fierce fighter, but that year had been enough to break the heart of a lion. Since I survived that year, he always ...
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