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Achilleus

... he calls the Achaians to assembly, an idea from the goddess Hera who had pity on the dying Achaians. Achilleus a leader even before his time of greatness spoke up for his people against the son of Atreus saying "I believe now that straggling backwards we must make our way home if we can even escape death, if fighting now must crush the Achaians and the plague likewise". Agamemnon who claims himself as the far greatest of all the Achaians shows fear to Achilleus by calling him a "good fighter though you be, go ...

Number of words: 322 | Number of pages: 2

Analysis Of "Those Winter Sun

... alone with his father when he was a child. Hayden wrote this poem in 1962 when he was middle age. To understand Hayden why he wants to write this poem, we must look back the childhood of Hayden. Hayden was born in a destitute area of Detroit in 1913. He had an emotionally tumultuous childhood. Because his parents separated before he was born, he was raised by neighbors. As he grew up in a foster family, he and his foster father have a generation gap. He does not realize how much his father loved him until he is an adult. ...

Number of words: 1137 | Number of pages: 5

Active Intellect In Aristotle,

... once sense perception has occurred? Aristotle sets up as his faculty for knowledge both the active and the passive intellects. We begin to have knowledge through sense experience. We cannot know without sense experienceand it is from sense experience that all knowledge is therefore generated. Knowledge for Aristotle is a knowledge of universals, that is, a knowledge of Essences. Thought is thus the faculty by which we come to comprehend universals. And since material objects are a composite unity of essence and existence, it naturally follows ...

Number of words: 1054 | Number of pages: 4

Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God

... harsh yet fearful manner. Throughout this controlled harsh tone of voice, he captivates the audience through a deep sense of threat or harm. Within this deep threatening and captivating speech, the speaker uses God as the higher power in order to obtain the audiences attention, to grasp each person’s emotions and fill them with fear. The speaker uses fear to complete the assurance of the people to do his intentions. Although the Edwards excerpt sentence involved fear, emotional deception and mental deception to obtain the audiences full at ...

Number of words: 463 | Number of pages: 2

1984 6

... classes living in Oceania: the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the Proles. The Inner Party makes up about only two percent of the population. The Inner Party is the ruling party. The Outer Party makes up of about fifteen percent of the population. All of the daily administration is handled by the Outer Party. The Outer Party is described as small, powerless, and indispensable. It is the equivalent of a middle class. The Inner party selects a small number of the Outer party to join the Inner Party. Then there are the Proles who make up th ...

Number of words: 588 | Number of pages: 3

Antigone

... her punishment. People might say that she should be admired because she stood up for herself and did what she thought was right. I believe should be admired and worthy to be honored because she did not deny her actions of burying her brother when she knew that the law said not to. We ran and took her at once. She was not afraid, Not even when we charged her with what she had done. She denied nothing. Creon. And you, , You with your head hanging- do you confess this thing? . I do. I deny nothing. -pg. 502, lines 43-52 She didn't lie ...

Number of words: 1106 | Number of pages: 5

Columbine High School

... something so tragic and life altering at such a young age and in a place where you should be safe, school? The answer to the question is simple, they shouldn't, no one should. School. A place of education, a place where most people met they friends, and discover what they want to be. School should be a place of safety. An environment where metal detectors should not be needed, and firearms should not be carried. But for some reason, rather it be a lack of morals, knowledge, or values, people believe they need these things. Withou ...

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The Time Is Night By Luidmila

... her mother’s death. The notes that make up the diary are those of a woman, a poet, describing her living during the late 1980’s, her children and her 4-year-old grandson Tima whom she calls Baby. The woman’s name is Anna. It is very symbolic to her; when people ask her what her name is, she replies, "I am nearly a namesake of a famous poet. Guess, my name is Anna Andianovna." The poet she is a "namesake" of is Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, one of the most symbolic poets of the silver century of the Russian poetry. Anna ca ...

Number of words: 779 | Number of pages: 3

Dante's Inferno: The Guardians Of The Inferno

... repent. Minos is important because he is used to stress that none of the sinners can doubt which sins they have committed, and that the crime will receive a matching punishment. The lustful were carried away by their passions in their previous lives, and therefore they are thrown about by a black wind. Dante considers lust to be the highest sin because it is mutually committed to the pleasure of both parties. Cerberus is the guardian of Circle III, the circle of the Gluttons. Cerberus is meant to portray the image of uncontrolled appeti ...

Number of words: 1275 | Number of pages: 5

Short Story Essay

... to picture in their mind the images which the writer 'paints'. Consequently, more demands are made on the reader. Since words are strictly limited, characters must be created very quickly. It is for this reason that writers use a 'plunge' technique. The reader is plunged into the plot by being forced to start in the middle of the action. For instance: 'A Glorious morning, comrade', by Maurice Gee, and 'The hole that Jack dug', by Frank Sargeson. Much less detail is provided to us about the characters, so again we imagine the aspects w ...

Number of words: 606 | Number of pages: 3

Summer Of My German Soldier

... Hughs is Patty's black nanny. Ruth cares about Patty and is kind to everyone. Ruth is the Bergen's cook, cleaner and baby-sitter. She is very religious and one of Patty's few friends. Charlene Madlee is a journalist that becomes great friends with Patty. Charlene teaches Patty all the basic journalism skills and also supports Patty when no one else will. Anton Reiker was a prisoner of war. After he escapes the POW camp he hides in the room above Patty's garage. Patty feeds and clothes Anton. Anton is kind and generous to others, but ...

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The Red Badge Of Courage --

... federal government’s power was set as supreme power over all the land. Authors Biography Stephen Crane was born on November 1st 1871, just six years after the end of the Civil War. Crane never cared much for schooling. Attending Syracuse University he was best known for playing baseball. Later he became well known as a poet, journalist, and novel writer. He went to cover the Greco-Turkish as a journalist. After that he lived in England for a few years. Crane also covered the Spanish-American war as a journalist for the New York W ...

Number of words: 857 | Number of pages: 4

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