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Ha Ha Ha Seek Revenge
912 words"Boooooooring!" exclaimed Marisa bored witless during a mathematics lesson, whilst she threw her feet on the desk. "Take your feet off the desk this instant young lady!" shouted the hysterical Ms. Daemon as she had a swig of her "coffee."Why should I?" asked the arrogant Marisa, tossing her hair off her shoulder with a sly smile. "Warning one, if you get a second warning you " re in the focus room!" Ms. Daemon was ready to cut Marisa's throat out with a key, but was previously suspended for her ...
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Epic Poem Beowulf Twenty Four Hours
623 wordsDid Beowulf truly obtain the qualities of an epic hero? In the epic poem Beowulf, Beowulf's character traits prove to be the depiction of an epic hero. Beowulf's traits of boastfulness, bravery and amazing strength are the proof of his heroism. Beowulf's boastfulness may not be the most convincing heroic trait, but it certainly was important to the people of his time. Beowulf boasted to Unferth to clarify Unferth's misunderstanding of a swimming event between Beowulf and Breca, in which they swa...
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Anglo Saxon Epic Poem
1,280 words"The Fearless Beowulf" Fear is a painful emotion excited by the expectation of evil. In "Beowulf", translated by Charles W. Kennedy, fear is not an option, or emotion, nor does it even exist for the hero. The hero, Beowulf, is also given strength equivalent to thirty men. These things are demonstrated in the tale of the most celebrated hero of Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf. A man, of which people loved and respected throughout the entire region where he lived. He made the people feel that they had ...
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Description Targeted Spell Area Of Effect Attack
515 wordsCasting Cost: 1 mana point for every 2 hp healed Description: The Medic starts with this spell and may cast it on any organic Description: The Medic may cast this spell on any unit to remove harmful spell effects (does not affect Stasis Field, but does include Lockdown) Description: Targeted spell. The unit hit will have his sight range reduced to 1 matrix permanently (unless restored by Medic). The unit affected should have Blinded displayed in info box. Also removes detection ability if the un...
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Modern Day Tragedy Of Macbeth
698 wordsIn this play a group of three cruel and disturbed witches were used to display evilness and chaos that will eventually corrupt Mac Beths well being into mass murder. In Act 1 Scene 3 the theory of modern tragedy can be shown by the use of special affects, sound and setting. In Act 1 Scene 3 the use of special affect demonstrated that it was a modern day tragedy. There wasnt any doubt that lightning and storms were the most energetic way of showing how mysterious and horrid the three witches real...
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Why Is Beowulf Considered A Hero
617 wordsMany epics have been written and forgotten. Yet, the epic of Beowulf has stayed as one of the premiere examples of a heroic epic. This brings an inevitable question to mind. Why is Beowulf considered a hero? In the beginning of the story, a mythical monster named Grendel who is attacking King Hrothgars mead hall Herot. When Beowulf hears of this tragedy, he volunteers to go and fight the mythical beast. The author wrote, So Beowulf chose the mightiest men he could find the bravest and the best o...
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Long Time Ago Bilbo Baggins
903 wordsThe hobbit, a story of adventure and danger is a prime example of a romantic plot, and fantasy genre. What makes this story such a great example of a romantic plot? One, the unlikely hero, Mr. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit that is dragged on an adventure he doesnt wish to take. Second, there is a great quest with a reward at its end. Third the great teacher figure, Gandalf is a wizard that helps Bilbo to become the great hero he is destined to be. And lastly the dragon figure, in this story the drag...
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Grendel Mother Long Time
1,529 wordsThe poem begins with a brief genealogy of the Danes. Scyld Showing was the first great king of the Danes, known for his ability to conquer enemies. Scyld becomes the great-grandfather of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes during the events of Beowulf. Hrothgar, like his ancestors before him, is a good king, and he wishes to celebrate his reign by building a grand hall called Heorot. Once the hall is finished, Hrothgar holds a large feast. The revelry attracts the attentions of the monster Grendel, ...
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King And Queen Code Of Honor
3,440 wordsNathan Petersen? s Cliff Notes Author (well sort of) The Beowulf manuscript survives in one codex, the British Museum MS. Cotton Vitellius A. XV. In 1731 the codex was scorched, damaging the last two thousand lines of the poem. The manuscript itself seems to be scribed by two different monks, the first scribing the first two thirds of the poem and the second abruptly taking over for the last third. The true author of Beowulf is unknown, although it is likely that Beowulf was an oral story copied...
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Scuff Marks Secret Lair Pat
2,182 wordsCreative Writing The Case: An Original Mystery? Ring... Ring? screamed the phone. ? Damn who could that be... its almost seven a. m. on a Saturday... hold on Allison it will only take a minute... Hello? ? detective Pat said. ? Hey sorry Sergeant McGurn but we need you to come down to the station as soon as possible... theres more trouble over at Gibbons. Meet me there. ? ? Hey sugar I have to go down to Gibbons theres more trouble, do you need a ride someplace? ? said the exasperated homicide de...
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Good And Evil Anglo Saxon
1,260 wordsGood vs. Evil in Beowulf The story of Beowulf initially took place in the Anglo- Saxon period in English history. The Anglo- Saxon times were dark and full of war, evil was very plentiful. The author tries to demonstrate this evil in this story and how it is taken over by the good of man. Throughout every chapter there is an abundant amount of evil and there is also some good, this is shown through symbolism and a strong use of words. The story takes place in an Anglo- Saxon society that is haun...
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Chapter 9 Chapter 8
614 wordsIn the Heroism HEROIC QUALITIES In the story The Hobbit Bilbo ends up being the hero in many situations. At first you would not consider him a hero by any of today? s typical standards for one. For example he? s not big, strong, handsome, or good with any particular weapon. But in the hobbit bilbo does not need any of those particular standards. He is considered a hero under different standards. He is lucky, brave (this aspect develops throughout the novel), intelligent, and can be quite witty a...
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Good Vs Evil Grendel And His Mother
1,787 wordsBeowulf is an epic poem written, most likely, towards the end of the first millennium. It is considered a masterpiece and is the oldest known piece of English literature. Written in Old English, the story tells of magnificent heroes and terrible monsters, of the struggle between good and evil. Beowulf follows the style of the time, intended to be read aloud and one of few stories written in that manner successfully recorded. Because of the time period the story was told, it encompasses many diff...
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Young Man One Day
1,202 wordsPerseus Once there was a king named Acrisius, he had a beautiful daughter named Danae. The oracle of Apollo told Acrisius that Danae's son would one day kill him. Acrisius could not let that happen, so he locked Danae in a bronze tower so that she would never marry or have children. The tower had no doors, but it had one very small window. Danae was very sad, but one day a bright shower of gold came through the small window. A man appeared, he had a thunderbolt in his hand and Danae knew he was ...
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