The Trojan War‚ the event depicted in Homer’s Iliad‚ was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer‚ the war started because Helen‚ the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king‚ Menelaus‚ decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince‚ Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen’s return. As the war continued on‚ the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy
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Chai Why does war exist? Conflicts occur everyday between individuals such as siblings or even between the local grocer and his/her customer. When conflicts are magnified at the national or even global level‚ it can result in a war between the two parties. More explicitly‚ war occurs when two groups are in conflict with each other for any reason over a period of time. Therefore‚ war exists because people are not happy with the government and also because of greed. War exists because people are not
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Life beyond Earth does exist. The life that exists beyond Earth is only simple microbial life. In order for complex life to exist many specific events would have had to happen which is highly unlikely. Spacecrafts have found regions of other planets that appear to be able to sustain simple life. Simple life forms have been found on Earth in extreme conditions never thought possible. On someplace other than Earth simple life forms do exist. If complex life were to occur on places other than
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that they are all present in each of the following short stories: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart”‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “The Ghost in the Mill”‚ and Samuel Clemens’ “Cannibalism in the Cars”. Each story has a unique and thrilling plot‚ with diverse characters‚ from the maniacs in “The Tell Tale Heart” and “Cannibalism in the Cars” to the simple storyteller in “The Ghost in the Mill”. Tones differ quite a bit in each; however narration is almost the same as each short story is being narrated
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Why Africa is Still Africa? Is Africa an important part of world history? George Hegel‚ a German philosopher‚ stated in one of his quotes that “Africa has no historical part of the world‚ and has no movement to exhibit.” This report will discuss the importance of Africa‚ and why Greg Hegel was incorrect through the development of major cities‚ huge empires‚ and a few dynasties. The Mali Empire was first established by Sundiata Keita in the mid thirteenth century(Pg 244 Spielvogel) when he united
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Does Ethical Relativism really exist? Ethical relativism is based on society and also individual’s desires. With that being said ethical relativism varies from culture to culture and person to person. Does this mean that ethical relativism is any less of a valid theory than other theories? We shall find out in the next 3 pages. Joseph Ratzinger once said “having a clear faith based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism‚ which is
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The first image I chose is called Still Life with Lobsters it was painted by Anna Vallayer-Coster in 1781. This piece is oil on canvas. In this piece it shows a very pretty realistic painting. It has food on the table‚ and it looks like it could actually be a picture. It uses very earthy and natural colors. It looks pristine almost like it should be in a great castle or palace. This painting focuses on a focal point being the big red lobster. The lobster is clearly the focal point because every
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Shakespeare still has a place in modern society to this day. Over 400 years ago‚ he is still relevant to today’s society. Although most kids especially high school kids‚ they don’t think he is relevant. Well‚ he is relevant from education‚ to history and the modern adaptations that he has made/changed. Shakespeare is of course relevant in many other ways and has an endless possibility depending on how the teacher decides to utilize him. Shakespeare has an effect on our education. Shakespeare is
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Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the quotation & either support or refute its main idea. “Stereotypes exist because they are grounded in truth. “ Truth in itself is a relative concept; cultural beliefs‚ norms and personal experiences play a large role in shaping what we consider the ‘truth’. In the light of stereotypes‚ they are reinforced because of the very fact that people believe in them. Stereotypes are not validated by any hardcore proof except one’s own beliefs and
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Although the Arthurian legends‚ full of magic and heroism‚ seem to be far-fetched and a complete fantasy‚ evidence to prove the existence of the so-called “King Arthur” actually does exist‚ just not in great numbers. The historical foundation surrounding King Arthur is not enough to validate that he actually existed‚ yet it still leaves historians dubious that it is all a fantasy. The renowned tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is thought to be based on the Christian general‚ Ambrosius
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