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    Infj Personality Analysis

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    The INFJ personality traits are my result. It includes: introversion‚ intuition‚ feeling‚ and judging. According to the 16 Personality website: people with my personality trait tend to be decisive and strong-willed‚ but will rarely use that energy for personal gain. We use our creativity to resolve not technical challenges‚ but human ones. The results also mentioned that accounting and auditing‚ data analysis (basically routine work) will leave people with my INFJ personality type restless and unsatisfied

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    Homer’s The Iliad is one of the most intriguing classical epic Greek poems known today. The Iliad was an oral tradition for four hundred years before finally being written down around seven hundred B.C. The poem is a beautifully written balancing act between two cultures‚ clashing in a time of unease between traditions of honor and Polis‚ (Troy) and the traditions of war‚ marriage‚ and fame‚ (Achaeans). The Bronze Age poem is also one of the best known tales of humanity‚ with its plot combining two

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    of Achilles & Hektor Achilles and Hektor are entirely different. When it comes to their values‚ personalities‚ and qualities. Throughout the story of the Iliad Achilles shows how passionate and how emotional he is. Hektor was a great war hero. H e was more of a human than Achilles. In a way one might think Hektor should be honored over Achilles because Hektor parents are both humans unlike Achilles parents. It is important to notice that Hektor exhibit more human qualities than Achilles. Achilles

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    Homer Simpson Hero?

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    Essay 2: Homer a Hero? When we think of heroes‚ we think of firemen‚ police officers‚ and soldiers. We don’t think of our neighbors‚ dads‚ or friends. Being a hero does not mean we have to put ourselves in front of danger all the time‚ it is about having the right qualities and displaying those qualities. Being a hero boils down to a few main qualities. These qualities‚ which can be exhibited in anyway‚ are qualities that are quite important to being considered a hero. The main qualities

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    Greek Values In The Iliad

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    ANCIENT GREEK VALUES “Black ships before Troy” the adapted version of the Iliad‚ reflects important cultural and social values of Ancient Greece. It is a tale that demonstrates the importance of mythology and religion. This story of vengeance highlights Greek views on courage‚ honor‚ and loyalty while giving an inside view on Greek customs around gender‚ death and burial rights. Throughout the book‚ the author uses foreshadowing‚ imagery‚ and the behaviors of characters and gods to

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    Although in Homer’s Iliad‚ it was said that Paris was the one to start it. “Evil Paris‚ beautiful‚ woman–crazy‚ cajoling‚ better have you never been born‚ or killed on unwedded. Truly I could have wished so; it would be far better than to have you with us to our shame…there

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    The Gods Role in The Iliad The gods in The Iliad are very greedy‚ self-centered‚ vain‚ malicious‚ and two-faced. Homer does a very good job of showing us this throughout the entire epic poem‚ and he does it in such a way so that anyone who reads this can understand. All of the gods that get involved in this war have their own self-serving motives behind all of their interference. Right in the very beginning of the epic poem‚ one of Apollo’s priests prays to him to send a plague onto the Achaeans

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    The epic poems “The Iliad” and “Beowulf” meet certain requirements that make the features that they convey epic. In the impressive poems‚ the heroic actions that are described determine the fate of different groups of people‚ reflecting the values of the age. The two poems show similarities in the manner in which the hero interacts with the supernatural beings mentioned. The supernatural beings and events also determine the actions and fate of the heroes in the poems. Both the epic poems “Beowulf”

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    In Homer’s book‚ The Iliad‚ epic similes are used throughout the book‚ by exploring one of these similes‚ Homer reveals ‚in the simile‚ that men of war can transform into an animal and take on their characteristics. Homer uses the epic simile to reveal how men of war are akin to a predator attacking its prey. In the epic simile‚ as Homer describes Aeantes and Little Ajax as lions‚ he uses the word “seize” as another way to say pounce. That these Achaeans have taken on the form of a predator‚ the

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    Hector vs Achilles Essay Different societies develop different concepts of the term hero. The Greek heroic ideal was based on being all around excellent‚ if it means sailing a ship‚ to delivering a speech to your army in battle. In the Illiad‚ Homer clearly believes complete development of qualities such as physical strength‚ intellectual ability‚ and moral force must also be apparent in a hero. Between Achilles and Hector‚ Hector carries more apparent heroic traits then Achilles. Hector is the

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