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Gilgamesh 3

Stories do not need to inform us of anything. They do inform us of things. From The Epic of Gilgamesh, for example, we know something of the people who lived in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the second and third millenniums BCE. We know they celebrated a king named Gilgamesh; ...

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The Town Of El Dorado Springs

Picking research projects, sometimes for me, is an agonizing problem that eventually turns into an enlightening experience; what was to be my American Humanities research project was just such an experience. I had preliminarily thought I'd look into cultural myths. While researching myths, I ran ...

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A Worn Path

Eudora Welty’s “” is a story that emphasizes the natural symbolism of the surroundings. The main character in the story, Phoenix Jackson, is an old black woman who seeks out to find medicine for her sick nephew. This story contains a motif, which is the continuous walking of ...

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Creon Transfiguration

Antigone, which was written by Sophocles, is possibly the first written play that still exists today (www.imagi... 1). There is much controversy between who the 'tragic hero' is in the play. Some people say Antigone, some say Creon, others even say Heamon. I believe Creon displays all of the ...

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

[TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE] Our nation has grown to what it is today because we have continued to learn from past mistakes in an effort to grow and be better than ever. Disasters are no exception. In 1911, a disastrous fire in New York City took the lives of 146 people, and could have been prevented ...

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US History

AP US History Review 2009 Session #4 Progressivism-Truman Includes the following chapters from The American Pageant (12th edition): Ch 29-37 Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912 Progressivism: The "real heart" of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to - ...

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Panopticon

Myths, which are believed in, tend to become true. -George Orwell A long time ago man created the notion of God. God was able to see everything we do. He would judge all your actions and punish you for your wrongdoing. Fearing punishment from God, citizens would follow a system of morals and ...

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Journals

The Fish "The Fish" is about a certain speaker who catches a huge fish while fishing in a little rented boat. The speaker studies the catch for a while as, holding it up half out of water beside the boat. The fish is pretty old, with barnacles and algae growing on it, and it also has five ...

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Socrates Proves That Justice Is Best

Explain how Socrates proves that justice is best? Before we say how Socrates proves that justice is best we need to know what justice is. Justice is a principle of specialization. The search we are doing here is not an easy search. In order to find justice Socrates states it is easy to find ...

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Growing The Church That Multiply

THE COURSE NUMBER OF THE TEXT: MEC 640, CHURCH GROWTH PRINCIPALS THE FULL TITLE OF THE TEXT: CHURCHES THAT MULTIPLY: A BIBLE STUDY ON CHURCH PLANTING THE NAME OF THE TEXT AUTHOR: ELMER TOWNS AND DOUGLAS PORTER THE NAME OF THE TEXTS PUBLISHER: BEACON HILL PRESS OF KANSAS CITY, 2003 STUDENTS ...

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Should Gambling Be Legalized?

Over the past twenty or so years, great wealth and improved economic and social conditions have been promised to the communities that have embraced legalized gambling. However, with twenty years of experience it is time to look back and analyze whether this is true or not. It could easily be ...

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Ceasar

Research Bibliography : (1) "Julius Caesar" Encyclopedia Britannica (1990), Volume C, (2) "Caesar, Julius" Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia version 4 Volume C (1994). (3) " Julius Caesar" Bradford, Ernie (1990), I read over 270 pages of information from ...

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Pre-Civil War New Orleans

New Orleans is a city in southern Louisiana, located on the Mississippi River. Most of the city is situated on the east bank, between the river and Lake Pontchartrain to the north. Because it was built on a great turn of the river, it is known as the Crescent City. New Orleans, with a population ...

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of ...

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Crito

Socrates has been accused of corrupting the youth by Meletus and has been sentenced to death. He has thoroughly justified his own decision to obey the opinions of the majority and serve out the sentence that his own city has deemed appropriate for his crimes. At the beginning of this piece, ...

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New Orleans - Before The Civil War

New Orleans is a city in southern Louisiana, located on the Mississippi River. Most of the city is situated on the east bank, between the river and Lake Pontchartrain to the north. Because it was built on a great turn of the river, it is known as the Crescent City. New Orleans, with a population ...

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What Was It Like To Live In Rome?

? Nowadays when people think of Rome, they think of the Colosseum, the Forum, and monuments which represent the magnificent imperial city. However, according to the Third Satire, written by the satirist Juvenal, Rome was as bad of a city as a person could live in. The satire begins as his ...

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Oedipus The Irony

In Sophocles's Oedipus The King, Oedipus's life was set for him. He learned through the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, that during the span of his lifetime that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He was obviously concerned by this. Laius also received the same Oracle from Apollo. ...

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Herman Melville: A Biography And Analysis

Throughout American history, very few authors have earned the right to be called “great.” Herman Melville is one of these few. His novels and poems have been enjoyed world wide for over a century, and he has earned his reputation as one of the finest American writers of all time. A man of ...

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Pablo Picasso 2

Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of ...

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