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    Analyzing A Midsummer Night’s Dream The correlations of a piece of literature with its audience are often regarded as being significant in making the prose gratifying. In order to depict whether a play is deemed enjoyable to its audience‚ an analysis of the play’s aspects must be undertaken with evidence and facts to support any reasoning. The underlying connections to the audience brought forth by humorous irony‚ relatable themes‚ and vivid imagery cause A Midsummer Night’s Dream to be considered

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    Technology; the art of using scientific knowledge for practical purposes. All of our lives us humans have used technology in ways we might’ve not initially thought. Faucets‚ heaters‚ transportation‚ etc are also considered examples of technology even though they are manual. As time goes on technology is transforming and achieving milestones that we didn’t even think were possible. These advancements can aid and benefit the future generation. However‚ there is a possibility in which they can take

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    Jeet Patel Period-6 How is Technology changing the world‚ and what are you doing in order to adjust to those changes? Us humans have came long way since the stone ages. We have made many extraordinary inventions and explorations. The world we live in now is nothing like the world it was before‚ that is because of technology. Technology has reshaped the way we socialize ‚ the way we prepare our kids for their careers and most importantly the way that we live our everyday lives. Technology

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    House‚ legendary Greek playwright Euripides’ play‚ Medea and Eavan Boland’s poem “A Woman’s World‚” the idea of a “woman’s place” and the appropriate conception of a “Woman’s World” is challenged. In all of these pieces of literature‚ women are faced with inevitable misogyny and unjustified predetermined inferences of character. Both Ibsen’s and Euripides’ pieces have these women challenging the idea of what their roles in society should be. In Medea the hatred used to strive for equality or revenge

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    Aristotle’s theory of the Tragic Hero: “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall” Tragic hero’s who fit under Aristotle’s depiction are known as ‘Aristotelian Tragic Hero’s’ and possess five specific characteristics; 1) A flaw or error of judgment (also known as ‘hamartia’ which is a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine) 2) A reversal of fortune due to the error of judgment (also known as ‘peripeteia’‚ which is a sudden reversal of fortune

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    people believe in the myth of the Deus Faber‚ then people believe Deus Faber is the Maker God. It states that “the Maker God was the architect‚ artisan or‚ craftsperson.” He was also “the Maker‚ Modeler‚ Mother-Father of life.” The breath giver of mankind and all the bearer and begetter can give. The three different myths that I will speak of is the Secretion myth the Accretion or Conjunction clause. As the third I have already used the Deus Faber myth. In the Secretion myth

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    Throughout multiple mythological stories women have been shown as jealous‚ revengeful and intrusive. Prometheus and Pandora The Great Bear Perseus and Medusa Medea (A Women Scorned) Antigone Prometheus and Pandora~ Prometheus and his brother stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind. Of course‚ the gods were furious. As PUNISHMENT‚ the gods gave the brothers a women‚ named Pandora to Prometheus and his brother. However‚ even as punishment‚ the gods still gave Pandora valuable traits. Epimetheus

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    AP Rhetorical Devices List Anecdote Perspective Aphorism A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature A character’s view of the situation or events in the story A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. The writings of Benjamin Franklin contain many aphorisms‚ such as "Early to bed and early to rise/Make a man healthy‚ wealthy‚ and wise." Contradiction A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency Apostrophe

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    earth-diver stories‚ emergence stories‚ two-creator myths‚ deus faber (the maker god)‚ and ex nihilo (out of nothing). Some cultures usually bear more than one type of theme for creation. Two creation myths that bare similarities and differences are the Norse and Egyptian. The theme of Norse creation is based on accretion and conjunction‚ secretion‚ and two-creator myths‚ while Egyptian creation myths follow the themes of secretion‚ deus faber‚ and ex nihilo (Leonard & McClure‚ 2004). Norse creation

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    The role of women in ancient Greek life was insignificant compared to that of Greek men. A woman’s job was to take care of the children and to cook and clean unless she had servants or slaves that would do it for her. Yet‚ in Greek mythology‚ women were often written as major characters. Well-known Greek plays contain many well-written‚ complex‚ female characters. Female individuals in Greek mythology were often seen as very powerful and fierce and were depicted by “her wits‚ her beauty‚ or her

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