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    Meghan Glass 11/21/2014 Exercise 11 Article for exercise: Troy‚ N. W.‚ & Dalgas-Pelish‚ P. (2003). The effectiveness of a self-care intervention for the management of postpartum fatigue. Applied Nursing Research‚ 16 (1)‚ 38–45. 1. What demographic variables were measured at least at the interval level of measurement? I think marital status should have been because postpartum moms that are single are going to have a higher level of fatigue due to less help‚ whereas moms that are married will have

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    How far has the involvement of the Gods and Goddesses in the Iliad affected your appreciation of the Poem? Answer should consist of: -How important are the Gods? -What would the poem be like without them? The involvement of the Gods and the Goddesses in the Iliad had a large impact upon the lives of the characters and events of the poem‚ which in turn impacts upon my appreciation of the epic. Through the actions of the Gods‚ Homer allows us to compare and contrast the immortals to the mortals

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    Pride and the Iliad (A discussion on the effect of violence on the message of The Iliad) Violence is one of the characteristics of humanity that sets man apart from animals. Very few other species commit acts of war. Being that humans are nigh defined by violence‚ it stands to reason that violence‚ or aggressive action against another‚ is integral to human cultures. What makes a man in some cultures depends on his prowess in battle. Many peoples will pick leaders based on how well they protect

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    traveler up to many dangers while making their way to their destination‚ such as mugging‚ murder‚ not being able to find nutrition‚ or not having a place to stay. To avoid these hardships‚ almost every Greek abided by the concept of hospitality. In The Iliad‚ hospitality was shown when Achilles accepted the heralds into his camp‚ when the story of Bellerophon and Oeneus

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    heroes in Greek history. He chased hector back to troy and gathered the Trojans on the way. He is courageous because of many of the strategic decisions for the army that are made thought. He has helped the army in many ways and he has respect from a lot of people. Achilles killed Priams Jon and caused him pain but Achilles did not let anything get in his way of him doing his things. Achilles is the quintessentially heroic subject of Homer’s Iliad. He was the greatest and fastest hero on the Greek

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    formidable warrior‚ possessing fierce and uncontrollable anger. Thetis‚ knowing that Achilles was fated to die at Troy‚ disguised him as a girl and hid him among the women at the court of King Lycomedes of Skyros. He was discovered there by Odysseus‚ who persuaded him to go to Troy One of Lycomedes’ daughters‚ Deidamia‚ bore Achilles a son‚ Neoptolemus. According to Homer‚ Achilles came to Troy leading the 50 ships of the Myrmidons. In the last year of the siege‚ when Agamemnon stole the captive princess

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    about a response I would like to write for The Iliad. That character is Hector. He was arguably the most monumental soldier that fought for the Trojans. Even though Achilles eventually becomes Hector’s demise‚ while Achilles is away‚ Hector holds his own and really inflicts some damage on the Archean army. However‚ that does not go without saying that Hector had a few character flaws throughout the Trojan War‚ particularly toward the end of The Iliad‚ when Achilles returns to battle for the Archean

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    The Iliad By Homer Written 800 B.C.E Translated by Samuel Butler Book IX Thus did the Trojans watch. But Panic‚ comrade of blood-stained Rout‚ had taken fast hold of the Achaeans and their princes were all of them in despair. As when the two winds that blow from Thrace- the north and the northwest- spring up of a sudden and rouse the fury of the main- in a moment the dark waves uprear their heads and scatter their sea-wrack in all directions- even thus troubled were the hearts of the

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    In the Iliad‚ the gods play an important role in the Trojan War. The Homeric gods know they are better than the mortals that serve them and do not care much when they fight and have quarrels. The gods can always withdraw from the battle and never have to worry about dying or suffering that the humans live with every day during the war. This is where we see the motivations of the gods‚ their relationships with mortals‚ relationships with each other and the power and authority of Zeus. The motivations

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    defined as; able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid‚ Capable of providing for one’s own need. Self Sufficiency is also defined as having an extreme confidence in one’s own ability or worth. The character Achilles from the poem “The Iliad” by Homer is the perfect example of the above saying by Aristotle. Achilles has such a great deal of confidence in him that he feels no need for anyone with the exception

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