English 12A Unit I: Part Two “Focus on Literary Forms: The Epic” from Beowulf‚ translated by Burton Raffel Name_________________________________________________ Date____________________ Vocabulary Builder Word List (p. 38) loathsome massive purge reparation solace writhing A. DIRECTIONS: For each underlined word‚ substitute a word or phrase with the same meaning. Write it in the blank following the sentence. 1. Only a hero of Beowulf’s strength
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Musical Fame Corrine Palmer Upon many great musicians there are more that have fame just because of publicity. [Publicity is a deliberate attempt to manage the public’s perception of the musician (“Publicity‚” 2012‚ “Definition”). Usually in publicity they look at people such as politicians and performing artists‚ goods and services‚ organizations of all kinds‚ and works of art or entertainment. Publicity draws on to several key themes including birth‚ love‚ and death‚ this is important
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Ancient India Web Quest “The Ancient Civilizations of India” Go to http://ancientweb.org/index.php/explore/country/India 1. What were the two major cities within the ancient Indus River Valley civilization? a. Mohenjo Daro b. Harrapa 2. List 3 characteristics/features of these two ancient cities. a. writing system b. urban centers c. diversified social and economic system 3. Although copper and bronze were in use during this time‚ which material was still unknown? iron 4. How do we know
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Love is not when there are no fights in the relationship. Love is when once the fight ends‚ the good memories of love are still there. You are still happy in the relationship. In the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‚ directed by Michel Gondry‚ memory and relationships play major themes throughout the film. In the film‚ Joel Barish and Clementine Kruczynski‚ the main characters‚ go to Lacuna Inc. to erase their memories of each other when things went wrong in their relationship. Clementine gets
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Beowulf as a messianic narrative has been a subject of great controversy. Given the time period‚ ‘Christianity’ was not completely established‚ and it was entwined with cultural paganism‚ as seen woven throughout the text. The definition of a messianic narrative (containing the ultimate messianic figure) is found in Isaiah 53‚ a prophecy spoken by God through the Hebrew prophet Isaiah. This is the standard to which Beowulf must be compared to determination the nature of the poem. Many scholars such
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thus‚ personalise/claim – the text through translation; however‚ this was not something which came naturally. Initially struggling to translate Beowulf‚ it was not until Heaney located the verb þolian (‘to suffer/endure’) – an Anglo-Saxon etymon of the Ulster verb thole bearing the same definition – within the text that he considered ‘Beowulf to be part of [his] voice-right’. This acknowledgement tying Ulster vernacular to Anglo-Saxon is playful‚ Heaney enacting the same compounding in ‘voice-right’
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reason‚ justice and fairness. The portrayal of justice is an eternal controversy that has developed over time from ancient civilizations to modern democracies‚ Not only portrayed overtime but though mediums of media and lit‚ earlier in the development of literature justice was depicted to be carried out in a more hero fashion meaning a person coming into a conflicting situation and solving the conflict or bring justice to light under his or her conditions therefore adopting a heroes attributes and
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This essay really does convey the effect of racism and how it has affected African Americans. The final essay is Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece". The first rhetorical device is compare and contrast. Du bois compare and contrasts the amount of land Negros have owned throughout the years. He says “in 1870 the tax-books of Dougherty report no Negroes as landholders. If there were any such at that time‚—and there may have been a few‚—their land was probably held in the name of some white patron‚—a
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the origin of evil. In Beowulf‚ Grendel is a monster who was exiled from society for being a descendant of Cain. As a result he has been considered an outcast by society and thus acts malicious against society. In Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein breaks the natural order of life when he manages to discover the secret to creating life and succeeds in creating a living human. However‚ upon realizing that he has created a monster‚ Victor flees and abandons his monster. This feeling
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Dramatic Arts Final Assessment: Part A and B Quest Ideas: 1.Humorous: A person is in Downtown Toronto where their phone is at low battery. They need to get back home before their phone dies‚ but encounters many problems along the way. They have a friend who is very confused about why it is so vital to charge the phone‚ and makes snarky comments throughout the journey of why it is so unimportant‚ but still helps to get out of problems they encounter--this is an ally of the main character
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