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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of the movie a woman is running down a hillside wearing a tattered red dress in Weed. In the book the event was told by George as he said ’’Well he [Lennie] seen this girl in a red dress… So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk’’… (Steinbeck 41) From the opening scene of the movie the girl in Weed as she is known as is wearing a tattered red dress tells the viewers that something happen. The original title of Of Mice and Men called ’’Something That
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than the ones from the novel. Jonas’s Characteristic are more simple‚ and realistic in the movie. Someone who sees new things is curious‚ and in his community‚ being curious and wanting to express it is very understandable‚ but in the novel he doesn’t really express his curiosity‚ and instead is equivocal. The movie shows his curiosity‚ and him wanting everyone to “feel”. Reasons that Jonas is better in the movie than the book‚ are that he is more relatable‚ he takes bigger risks‚ and has a more audacious
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In comparing the blockbuster movie TROY to secondary sources found o the internet and in various texts‚ there are many significant differences in the portrayal of Odysseus and his involvement in Trojan War. In the movie‚ the first we see of Odysseus is when he’s sent by the Mycenaean King and conqueror of Greece‚ Agamemnon‚ to persuade Achilles to join the Greek war effort because‚ I quote‚ "Odysseus is the only man he’ll listen to". The respect and belief placed in Odysseus further proves the amount
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Why ’Beowulf?’ That English lit mainstay ’extends our horizons‚ stretches the imagination’ By Rose McIlveen | | |For leisure reading the epic poem Beowulf is probably a tough sell. Alfred David‚ an Indiana University| | |Bloomington professor emeritus of English‚ is a believer‚ but a realist as well. He even has a sense of| | |humor about the general reaction to the required reading for generations of college English majors. | | |David recalls a Woody Allen movie‚ Annie Hall‚ in which
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the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver. The movie and the book The Giver have similarities‚ such as‚ the characters are all the same. Jonas is strong‚ courageous‚ and wants things to be back how they were generations back. The Giver is wise and also wants everything to be like
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contradicting roles of the women in the poem Beowulf aim to show the differences between them and how they exist in society. The characters who are mainly introduced into these various roles in the poem consist of Queen Modthryth‚ Grendel’s Mother‚ Hrothgar’s wife Wealhtheow‚ and Queen Hygd; all of whom play roles in the poem that either contradict or relate to each other. In Beowulf‚ Queen Wealhtheow serves as the ideal example of an appropriate woman. After Beowulf defeated Grendel‚ the Queen spoke
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Yi during her spying mission. Such experiences formed significant psychological defenses within her according to the psychoanalysis of Freud. The movie Lust‚ Caution provides a much fuller explanation and details about what the author of book did not offer thoroughly‚ which is the family background of Wang Jiazhi. There is a scene in the movie that Wang is sitting in a shabby room and trying to organize her word for the wedding greetings to her father who moved oversea years ago with her little
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Indisputably‚ the epic poem Beowulf‚ the author of which is unknown‚ has a history that is equally as intriguing as its content. The poem has traversed far greater distances than the Baltic Sea‚ which its hero crossed to reach the land of the Danes‚ and has faced perils commensurate to the demons that appear in the poem to reach modern day readers. The most striking reminder of the epic’s rich history is the presence of both Anglo-Saxon and Christian elements within the text. Although the poem was likely composed
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the film‚ I was able to see how accurate the director had made his movie and what he was making the movie on. Zodiac is directed by David Fincher and was released in March of 2007‚ with big stars like Jake Gyllenhaal‚ Mark
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