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    Why is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner a Typical Poem? There a lot of ballads written around the world but Britain has one of the biggest interest in this world. In the following essay I will explain what makes a good ballad and then see if that The Rime of the Ancient Mariner has included that particular technique in the ballad itself. To make an interesting you must have the following eight points as shown below: An interesting plot to keep the reader entertained A good sense of rhythm and movement

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    similarities between O Brother‚ Where Art Thou? and Homer’s Odyssey are numerous‚ ranging from the obvious to the obscure. The only direct reference is the line of text shown at the beginning of the film‚ "O Muse! Sing in me‚ and through me tell the story..."‚ which is one translation of the first line of the Odyssey. In addition to this‚ there are a few characters in the film that share names with similar characters in the Odyssey‚ Ulysses which is the Latin form of the Greek name Odysseus is the first

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    Case study – Boscastle flash flood * Afternoon – Monday 16th August * 200mm rain fell in 24 hours – most in 5 hours * Average for whole of Boscastle in August – 75mm * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normal * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normally small River Valency flowing towards harbour = burst its banks. * Effects – * Nobody was killed * 58 buildings flooded‚ some had to be demolished * 25 business properties

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    The Values and World Views of the Ancient Sumerians The Ancient Sumerians were highly authoritative and interesting people. Their system of beliefs and values set them apart from many other ancient civilizations. Each god had a different persona and function. Strict laws were set for their people and harsh punishments were believed in for those who did not follow the religion’s strict code of conduct. The beliefs of the ancient Sumerians were the precedent for developing civilizations to follow

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    Rhyming of a Rime (Three messages provided out of the reading‚ Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ by Samuel Coleridge.) Imagine doing a deed so terrible that the rest of your life was determined by that one singular moment. Most people would imagine the initial moment to be like killing someone‚ destroying lives‚ or something of that scenarios. People wouldn’t imagine the defining moment in their life to be killing a bird. “...in a piece that cries out for simplicity and gets digital distraction instead

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    GILGAMESH IS FROM ANCIENT SUMER Gilgamesh is one of the oldest recorded stories in the world. It tells the story of an ancient King of Uruk‚ Gilgamesh‚ who may have actually existed‚ and whose name is on the Sumerian King List. The story of Gilgamesh‚ in various Sumerian versions‚ was originally widely known in the third millennium B.C. After a long history of retellings‚ this story was recorded‚ in a standardized Akkadian version‚ in the seventh century B.C.‚ and stored in the famous library

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    Badheka‚Gijubhai ( 1885 -1939 ) Girijashanker Badheka‚ generally known as Gijubhai‚ the most outstanding personality in the field of pre-primary education‚ was born to Bhagwanji and Sm. Kashiba of Vala in Saurashtra at Chittal 9Saurashtra) in the house of his maternal grandfather on 15 November 1885. He had his early education at a primary school at Vala and later passed the Matriculation from Bhavnagar around 1905. He joined the Shamlals College‚ but had to leave his studies incomplete and

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    Ancient India and China Did China and India have similar interests? Did they share common likes or dislikes? Yes they did. in fact they had several things in common so many they were like sisters or brothers. Although the two were similar they still had there differences and at some points in time one country didn’t like what the other was doing and decided to go kick em in the teeth and straiten em out. Here are just a few ways the two countries are similar and non similar. China has a history

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    The Storyteller (Saki) by H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) Word Count: 2109 It was a hot afternoon‚ and the railway carriage was correspondingly sultry‚ and the next stop was at Templecombe‚ nearly an hour ahead. The occupants of the carriage were a small girl‚ and a smaller girl‚ and a small boy. An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat‚ and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party‚ but the small girls and the small

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    Mohandas Gandhi and Mao Zedong were two great leaders who succeeded in many ways by their actions and decisions. Gandhi was an Indian leader and Mao a Chinese leader. However‚ their approach to success‚ peace‚ and ultimately‚ a revolution‚ was very different. Mao favored peace through violence‚ and Gandhi favored peace through non-cooperation and standing up for what is right. He also believed that these changes will be accomplished by “conscious suffering”‚ was the way he put it. However‚ despite

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