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Epic Essays and Term Papers
Moby DickAhab's epic battle against the whale Moby Dick. The narrator, Ishmael, has experience as a sailor but intends to go whaling for the first time. While staying at an inn he meets Queequeg, a harpooner from the South Pacific who is adorned with tattoos. The two men eventually become friends and the ...
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One PieceThe series begins with the execution of Gol D. Roger, a man known as the King of the Pirates (º£Ù\Íõ Kaizoku¨?). Just before his death, Roger announces that his treasure, the One Piece (¤Ò¤È¤Ä¤Ê¤®¤Î´óÃر¦ (¥ï¥ó¥Ô©`¥¹) Wan P¨©su?), will be up for the taking, causing the Great Pirate Era (´óº£Ù\•r´ú ...
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Motherhood in SulaSam Allison
Professor Mankoff
English 103.07
16 December 2011
Motherhood in Sula
Toni Morrison's Sula revolves around the relationship of her two main characters, Sula and Nel. The childhood friends grow apart with age. Although it is indicated that their friendship is the most important ...
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The Kite RunnerBook Reviews back cover
Amelia Hill: The Observer
The Kite Runnerby Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury Pound 12.99, pp324
In this, apparently the first Afghan novel to be written in English, two motherless boys who learn to crawl and walk side by side, are destined to destroy each other across the ...
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Epic TheaterTo start off our first drama unit, we were assigned to get into groups and create a scene which was about a political issue. We were told to focus on some of Stanislavski's and Brecht's technics like breaking the forth wall, multi role play, tempo and rhythm. I think that we improved our scene by ...
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SoftwareThis week, Hewlett-Packard (where I am on the board) announced that it is exploring jettisoning its struggling PC business in favor of investing more heavily in software, where it sees better potential for growth. Meanwhile, Google plans to buy up the cell phone handset maker Motorola Mobility. ...
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Mimetology in Aristotle, Horace, and LonginusI, no. 1 (June 1995)
Sacred Ambivalence: Mimetology in Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus
Matthew Schneider
Department of English
Chapman University
Orange CA 92666
schneide@nexus.chapman.edu
Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both ...
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BirthdayI slammed the door as I dashed…
I was too excited. My hearted pounded against my ribcage as if I had a vicious lion behind me. My mum had rushed me to the supermarket in order to get onions. My mother had always loved cooking especially on a special occasion like my birthday! This wasn’t any ...
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Aristotle's PoeticsIn parts I – III of The Poetics, Aristotle outlines the natures of three forms of imitation. Initially, he begins by defining poetry as a “medium of imitation” and by this he means it is a way to imitate life whether it be by duplicating characters or emotions. He states that epic poetry, tragedy, ...
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HistoryHistory
When I hear the word history I think of two different types of historical past. I think of popular historical events such as the Roman's, the Holocaust and the Civil War; but I also think of the history of nursing and medicine in general. I think of being in Junior High and High School. ...
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Geoffrey Chaucer* Geoffrey Chaucer (The Father of English Literature) is remembered as the author of the Canterbury Tales, which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of literature. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in ...
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The AlchemistA Heck of a Journey
In the novel The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, a young shepherd named Santiago exhibits fearlessness as he journeys to find his Personal Legend. Throughout the course of the novel, Santiago is constantly in pursuit of the life he is supposed to live. Along this journey to ...
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What Do Ulysses, Luke Skywalker, and New York Firefighters Have In CommonWhat do Ulysses, Luke Skywalker, and New York Firefighters have in Common?
Throughout human history, we have looked to mythology as a way to look deeper inside ourselves. The classic stories to which we refer as myths reveal something about human nature. They tell our story in a way that we ...
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Women And Magic In Norse SagasWoman and Magic in the Sagas
In Norse society, magic was considered to be a woman's profession. We must be careful in using interpretations of the Sagas which were written from a Christian perspective, as they often skewed the interpretation to coincide with their own viewpoint. The Norse ...
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Generic Hybridism Police Thriller FilmsContemporary American Studies
Genre Hybridist Films
Introduction
In the present world of cinema there is an increase generic hybridism where more and more genres are becoming merged together in order to bring new narratives to the screen. The outcome of this has meant that in some films, ...
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Broken Blossoms: SymbolismBroken Blossoms
Many directors would have found it difficult to follow such blockbusters as the controversial and monumental The Birth of a Nation (1915), the spectacular Intolerance (1916), and the epic Hearts of the World (1918). However, in the film Broken Blossoms (1919), D. W. Griffith ...
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Homer’s The Iliad and the Funeral GamesHomer's The Iliad and the Funeral Games
War brings about honor and dishonor, sometimes at the same time. The two themes in Book 23 are the dishonor shown the body of Hector and the honor shown the slain Patroclus. Both were killed in war.
Hector got drug around on the ground behind some ...
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