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    McGettrick English 4 Honors September 2‚ 2013 The Beowulf Poet was most likely written by a Christian monk or influenced. There are three examples of the Christian philosophy shown in this poem: you can survive with the protection of God‚ all gifts are driven from God‚ and the proper attitude of man is to be humble and unselfish. The author also mentions God frequently in the epic. He also gives many allusions to the bible within the epic Beowulf. The three examples stated earlier in the paragraph

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    doesn’t. Another major difference is that the modern ballad‚ "There You’ll Be" is much longer than the older ballad. There are many words and phrases in S. Foster’s ballad that we don’t usually use in our common literature. For example‚ "many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er‚" to translate this to the people that don’t speak with these different words; it says‚ "many were the cheerful birds that chirped them over." As you can see so far‚ there are many differences in the way that these

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    leaves his name with one title‚ an Epic hero. Beowulf shows many of the characteristics of an Epic hero‚ by showing courage‚ and inhuman-like skill. He battles and slays evil itself‚ and portrays good‚ in a human form. He travels to great lengths to protect his king and his people. Beowulf has a duty to save the kingdom. This poem begins with Grendel the symbol of all evil attacking the mead hall‚ killing and eating all of the kings thanes‚ Beowulf a brave warrior from Higlac’s kingdom‚ heard Grendel’s

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    Beowulf the Anglo Saxon Hero It’s hard to imagine what a perfect individual is like‚ and how he or she reflects all of the morals and values of his or her society‚ but every now and then one special person comes quite close. In the story Beowulf‚ by Seamus Heaney‚ the character Beowulf‚ is the perfect embodiment of the Anglo Saxons‚ and their beliefs towards life‚ and living. In Anglo-Saxon culture‚ they believed that warriors should follow the Heroic code; an ancient germanic code that stressed

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    11/20/2012. English IV’H 7TH pd. *BEOWULF‚ parts 7-11. -Active Reading Questions. *PART 7‚ pp. 30-32. 1. The way in which Beowulf compares his defeat of the sea monsters to a feast is they crowded around him‚ all wanting to fill their bellies with his flesh. 2. I would have to disagree with Beowulf on this because I don’t believe that his words hold true in our present day. In other words I don’t believe that anyone would try

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    Nelson’s 2000 movie production of “O” shows differences as well as similarities to the original. The themes of jealousy‚ racial bias‚ and deceit function as structure for both. In both versions‚ the Michael Cassio character is goaded into a drunken state‚ and a brawl ensues which damages his reputation. The scarf came from Othello’s mother‚ and serves to bait the jealousy of O. The scarf is taken from Desi who is unaware of the fact until Othello/Oden wants her to show the scarf to him. In both

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    The outsiders was a good book and movie‚ although it had many similarities and differences. A difference is in the book it says that Pony-boy gets a cut on his head but in the movie he gets no injury. Johnny was the one that was getting hurt like he got hurt when he went into the burning church to save the kids and piece of the burning building dropped on his back. But pony boy never got no injury in the movie. A similarity that happened in the book and movie would be that Johnny and Dallas both

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    face. This armour was extremely heavy‚ and made completely out of steel‚ which is why knights all rode on horses. (Doc. D) Also‚ to be a samurai or knight‚ you had to go through school and training‚ but the type of schooling they got was had many differences. To be a samurai‚ one was trained physically‚ in spiritual discipline and poetry. A boy would be considered a samurai at age 14. The samurai went a lot more in depth with the aspect of religion on how they fought and went about daily life. Samurai

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    There are many major differences and important similarities between the film‚ The Mghty‚ and the book‚ Freak the Mighty. One of the major differences between the book and the film is that in the film Freak dies in his sleep on christmas but in the book he dies in the hospital after having a stroke. One of the major and important similarities of the book is when Freak and Max are at the firework show and Freak keeps complaining that he can’t see. In both the book and the film Max reaches down without

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    9/22/13 Differences between Men and Women For centuries‚ the differences between men and women were socially defined through a lens of sexism‚ in which men assumed to be superior over women. The vision of equality between the sexes has narrowed the possibilities for discovery of what truly exists within a man and women. The world would be less interesting when everything is the same. Today none of us would argue that men and women are physically different‚ but they differ emotionally‚ and mentally

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