“To the one who survives [the gods] leave grieving: the dream leaves sorrow to the one who survives” (Tablet VII.75-76). In the poem The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu challenge the gods‚ and as a punishment‚ the gods kill one‚ and the other must live with the guilt of survival. Gilgamesh and Enkidu were punished because they slayed Humbaba‚ a minion of the gods. Because of this‚ Ishtar‚ the Goddess of Love‚ asks Gilgamesh to marry her. Gilgamesh refuses‚ pointing out the bad
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Love. What do you think of when you hear that word? Affection‚ devotion‚ friendship‚ maybe even lust? Well‚ love is a profoundly tender‚ passionate affection for another person. Today‚ people see love as a beautiful thing‚ that everybody dreams of falling into. Aw‚ so sweet right? Not quite‚ love can cause some problems‚ and sometimes these problems are quite traumatic. In Book IV of The Aeneid‚ Virgil uses Dido’s strong affection for Aeneas to show that love can lead to complications‚ even
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I am enraged that you slaughtered me and my friends. You cannot use your rage caused by one person‚ Antinous‚ as a reason to strike hundreds of us down. Before you killed me‚ I was trying to tell you that the person incited this whole mess was Antinous. After you killed him‚ there was no need to turn your fury on the rest of us. The worst part is how you did not even intend for us to have means to fight back‚ your idea was to set us up so you could slaughter and torture us and we would have no means
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From fighting against bacterias in the air to overcoming life changing events‚ individuals encounter varies adversities since the day they were born. Through the accumulation of differ experiences‚ our perspectives toward life would be unique‚ and it would gradually shape individuals’ identities. The modern play‚ the Death of a Salesman‚ by has significantly depicts the idea that the formation of an individual’s characteristic is greatly influenced by the adversities they came across with. In
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In the book The Scarlet Letter Nath Hawthorne believes that the more willing to forgive people is are the ones who ask for it and don’t demand it. I think that in the book Hester Prynne is forgiven and Chillingworth and Dimmesdale are not forgiven. I think that because Hester was married to Chillingsworth but while he was gone for a couple of years Hester got with Dimmesdale. Hester got pregnant with her little baby Pearl. Chillingworth found out and want revenge right away. He told Hester not to
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Demi lived alone with her mother and father in Athens‚ Greece. Although she was not living with her birth parents‚ which were the greek gods Aphrodite and Ares. She never realized that she was a goddess until Aphrodite came to her one day and told her that she was the goddess of dance and that Ares‚ the god of war‚ and Aphrodite were her parents. Aphrodite and Ares had gotten in an argument over who was the better god‚ so they decided to settle it by letting their daughter choose. Since Demi was
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Imperialism helps nationalism grow‚ improves communication‚ and revised the legal system in India. To begin with‚ British imperialism helped to revise the legal system in India. Several things needed to be changed therefore many reforms began to occur. The legal system changed to promote justice towards all Indians no matter their classes. They worked to put an end to the caste system and slavery once and for all. Much of the population was Hindu and followed the Hindu customs and traditions even
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That was my lady’s voice. I die a guiltless death. Commend me to my kind lord. How could she be murdered? You heard her say herself‚ it was not i. I must report the truth. She has gone to burning hell. It was I that killed her. The more angel she‚ and you the blacker devil! She turned to folly‚ and she was a whore. You wrongly condemn her‚ and you are a devil. She was false as water. You are rash as fire‚ to say that she was false. Let me be damned in the fiery pit in hell if‚in doing this deed‚
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In 1917‚ during the end of World War I‚ there was a stand-off of the great war. The germans had been spraying the French with deadly gases and they have demoralized the french army. In a very long engagement‚ five French soldiers during the battle of the Somme Shot themselves‚ some intentionally and some accidentally. The reason why they did this was to try and escape a war. But they all were granted one way to ticket towards execution.They were forced by their own troops to run through no man’s
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Boxers and Saints are two companion graphic novels written by Gene Luen Tang‚a famous writer of graphic novels and comics.He said that he did two volumes because he wanted to give readers a different perspective to explain Boxers.Some people think Boxers are terrorists while some people may think Boxers are national hero.In my opinion‚there’s no absolute “good” or “bad” after I read these two books.The main characters‚Bao and Vibiana‚are in opposition.However‚they have many similarities
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