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    Zeus to sleepÉ thus rendering him unable to help his beloved Trojans. Nothing like this incident can be found in the Odyssey. References to past disagreements and arguments between the Gods (such as in the Poet’s tale of Ares and Aphrodite) are scattered throughout the book‚ however‚ so the views between the Iliad and the Odyssey are not exactly diametrically opposed. The role of the Gods in the affairs of humanity is much greater in the Iliad

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    Barcelona. In addition‚ both countries have taken part in the World Cup. Argentina has won the World Cup twice‚ and even hosted it once in 1978. Germany has won the World Cup three times‚ and hosted it twice‚ in 1974 and 2006. Another similarity between these countries is the foods they like to eat. Both Argentina and Germany are famous for eating meat. The average person in Germany eats about 91 kg of meat a year. Most Argentinians eat about 88 kg of meat a year. Aside from meat‚ both countries

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    twisted pair cabling‚ and Wi-Fi are the two most common technologies currently used to build LANs. The increasing demand and use of computers in universities and research labs in the late 1960s generated the need to provide high-speed interconnections between computer systems. A 1970 report from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory detailing the growth of their "Octopus" network gave a good indication of the situation. Cambridge Ring was developed at Cambridge University in 1974 but was never developed into

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    Can theatre enable people to tackle the oppressions to which they are subject? Compare and contrast the work and approach of two applied theatre practitioners and companies in order to explore this question. According to Oxford Dictionary Online‚ oppression is defined as ‘prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority’ (2014). Within theatre‚ oppression is a powerful subject to tackle. Not only it is used as the subject of many productions‚ it is also a key part of many rehearsal exercises

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    i.e. the observation and interpretation of linguistic specifics. Dialect Continuum: A dialect continuum‚ or dialect area‚ was defined by Leonard Bloomfield as a range of dialects spoken across some geographical area that differ only slightly between neighboring areas‚ but as one travels in any direction‚ these differences accumulate such that speakers from opposite ends of the continuum are no longer mutually intelligible. Standard Language: A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized

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    Elizabeth Corbitt Discussion 3 What similarities have you seen between the book‚ The Hobbit‚ and Beowulf? At first I saw major differences between Beowulf and The Hobbit. One is a story that was once a simple bed time story for the author’s children and the other is a poem that is the oldest English literature that we have today. So‚ due to them being completely different in ways they really are completely alike. Reading Beowulf

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    Jonathon Swift: A Modest Proposal Jonathon Swift’s A Modest Proposal is a parody on the economic situation of the society in which he attempts to “find out a fair‚ cheap and easy method” (Swift) for the children in poverty to be put to good use for good of Ireland. This is seen right away in the full title of the pamphlet‚ “A Modern Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to their Parents‚ or the County‚ and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.” The reader begins

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    Wordsworth writes in a subjective style. He examines his state of mind or consciousness before attempting to write a creative work. This is largely why he fell in love in nature and became a natureworshipper. He believes in a primodial relationship between the mind of man and the nature around him. Coleridge on the other hand is quite objective. His works arise out of the factual and biographical antecendence that surrounds his life. Wordsworth’s writings are highly sequential‚ logical and remain

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    Compare And Contrast Between Gernes The Vernacular Tradition in African American literature includes spirituals ‚ gospels ‚ work songs ‚ the Blues ‚ jazz ‚ and basically just songs or stories in general that ties back to African American culture . All vernacular genres have different stories to tell as well ‚ however ‚ they all precipitate a vision or message that is being sung or told . The two genres that I would like to bring up are jazz and hip hop . Many people think that jazz and hip hop

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    Jonathan Swift Revealed During the eighteenth century there was an incredible upheaval of commercialization in London‚ England. As a result‚ English society underwent significant‚ "changes in attitude and thought"‚ in an attempt to obtain the dignity and splendor of royalty and the upper class (McKendrick‚2). As a result‚ English society held themselves in very high regards‚ feeling that they were the elite society of mankind. In his novel‚ Gulliver ’s Travels‚ Jonathan Swift satirizes

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