Hawaii: Paradise Island Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the physical geography‚ history and culture of Hawaii. Central Idea: We will see that Hawaii is a special place‚ by looking at its physical geography‚ history‚ and culture. Introduction I. What comes to mind when you think of palm trees‚ beautiful beaches‚ luaus and hula dances? A. Hawaii B. The "Aloha" state. II. Do you know what aloha means? A. Aloha is the Hawaiian word meaning love. B. It is also used
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HBR CASE STUDY Trouble Paradise by Katherine Xin and Vladimir Pucik F The Zhong-Llan Knitting Company joint venture in China is one of the region’s shining success stories. So why is generai manager Mike Gravesthinking about pulling the plug on it? ROM Mike Graves’s tall windows‚ which were draped in red veivet‚ the view of Shanghai was spectacular: the stately old Western-style buildings‚ the riot of modem skyscrapers‚ the familiar needle of the TV tower. But today Mike barely noticed
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Both Dante and Beowulf went through life changing journeys. However their end results where very different. Beowulf was warned about his prideful ways‚ but chose to ignore that warning and continued on the path that led to his death. For Dante‚ he heard the warning and took it with him through this journey in purgatory and was able to grow spiritually from it and came out truly enlightened. Both travelers struggled with some form of earthly sin that was hindering them in some aspect of their life
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skillfully articulate falsehoods and heretical notions which will be omitted by non-analytical readers‚ emphasizing and demanding the need to dissect the carefully constructed poetry’s function in the book’s defense and support of God. In Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ Satan observes his new surroundings and directs his reflection at his close ally Beelzebub after their fall and painful time spent in the lake (I. 220-240‚ p.217): Farewell happy Fields Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrors‚ hail
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Hell is a place of eternal punishment and torment. Mirroring Dante Alighieri’s concept of symbolic retribution‚ sinners are afflicted by the chief sins they committed. Within my version of hell‚ more attention is given to the common suffering sinners experience on their journey to their individualized punishment based on whether they committed sins of thoughts or actions‚ thus helping underscore the idea that no matter the sin committed‚ they all sinned against their Creator and deserve to travel
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In Paradise Lost ‚ Milton characterizes Eve as autarchic as compared to Genesis‚ to show that obedience to God is truly more important than our own worth. In the original Genesis story‚ Eve is portrayed as a woman who was solely tricked by Satan into doing his evil doings‚ although in Paradise Lost‚ Milton portrays Eve as a woman who wasn’t just manipulated by Satan‚ but allows the reader to see Eve’s disobedience through her independent thought. In the beginning of book 9 of Paradise Lost‚
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Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy‚ an epic poem which was split into three parts: The Inferno (Hell)‚ Purgatorio (Purgatory)‚ and Paradiso (Paradise). The Divine Comedy is a religious allegory‚ which teaches a moral lesson. The Inferno is a telling of Dante’s journey through the nine circles of Hell. He begins his journey through Hell on Good Friday and ends on Easter Sunday. This symbolizes the journey of Jesus‚ crucified on Good Friday‚ where he descended into Hell and resurrected to live
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Paradise Lost and Rape of the Lock When we think of an epic poem‚ we rapidly turn our minds to a world of adventures and deeds of heroic or legendary figures. Amongst the greatest epic poems stands John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ a traditional epic based on the biblical story of the “fall of mankind”. There also exists a form of satire of the classical epic poem that adapts the elevated heroic style to a trivial subject; this is called a mock epic. Alexander Pope wrote by these means the Rape of the
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Paradise Lost vs. Genesis 3:1-6 In the book of Genesis 3:1-6‚ the passage teaches the story of how Satan tempts Eve into causing the act that leads to the “fall of mankind”. Of this biblical account‚ is where John Milton gained inspiration for the idea of is work‚ Paradise Lost. Milton’s storyline and broad array of imagery portray the tale in a different light than that told in the Bible. While both accounts of “the fall”‚ are used to convey the same story and outcome‚ the two versions share some
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Good vs. Evil according to Milton in Paradise Lost. John Milton divided the characters in his epic poem Paradise Lost into two sides‚ one side under God representing good‚ and the other side under Satan representing evil and sin. Milton first introduced the reader to the character Satan‚ the representative of all evil‚ and his allegiance of fallen angels that aided in his revolt against God. Only later did Milton introduce the reader to all powerful God‚ leader and creator of all mankind. The
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