Agamemnon offers Achilles gifts to persuade him to go back into battle. The gifts include‚ seven unfired tripods‚ ten gold bars‚ twenty burnished cauldrons‚ a dozen prizewinning horses‚ seven women‚ including Briseus’ daughter‚ and if they sack Troy‚ a ship full of bronze and gold‚ twenty women‚ the hand of one of his daughters‚ and seven cities. The gifts were only given when Agamemnon realized that the Greeks would not win the war unless Achilles joined. Agamemnon’s gifts compensated for the one
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Introduction In 1979‚ Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said: “The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water‚ ”and in 1988‚ then Egyptian Foreign Minister‚ Boutros Boutros-Ghali‚ who later became the United Nations’ Secretary-General‚ predicted that the next war in the Middle East would be fought over the waters of the Nile‚ not politics . Since then Egypt has threatened to bomb dam development in Sudan. It has also challenged Kenya’s rhetoric denouncing the 1929 and 1959 agreements and
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Simple Gift ‘Discuss the ways in Herrick’s “The Simple Gift” explores the concepts of belonging’ Steven Herrick’s novel the ‘The Simple Gift’‚ written verse the novel makes up many short poems‚ which evidently combined the creation of Herrick’s novel. The novel is presented episodically and told from 3 different perspectives (Billy‚ Old Bill and Caitlin). It explores the issues of independence‚ growth and relationships. Throughout the novel sensory images‚ create realistic settings. Gifts are freely
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Egypt and Israel are countries with similar geography and topography‚ and history of diplomacy and trade. The land area of modern Egypt spans across North Eastern Africa. Israel‚ in contrast‚ is a small country‚ lying on the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is only about the size of Massachusetts. Both countries are prime examples of successful commerce and economy in the Middle East. Throughout history‚ several geographic factors have contributed to the cultural and economic development
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Journal 1 – The Gift of the Magi By: Mariyam Meefau Rasheed Student ID: 004T5414 This is a story about a married couple set in the Christmas time in the early 20th century. The story talks about foolish and impulsive sacrifices made by a young couple with a very little amount of money. They make these sacrifices to buy Christmas presents for each another. The Young couple‚ Jim and Della‚ were very poor. The author does not give much insight on their past‚ but describes them just enough to know
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Ancient Egypt Essay Charlie Little A2 According to World Studies: The Ancient World page 256 the absolute location for the capital of Egypt‚ Cairo is 30 degrees N 32 degrees E. The Relative for Egypt is that it is north of Sudan‚ south of the Mediterranean Sea‚ west of the Red Sea‚ and east of Libya. According to World Studies: The Ancient World page 71 to 73 the climate of Egypt is hot but not to dry. The landforms of Ancient Egypt are the 6 Nile cataracts also known as rock filled rapids
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Life is a Gift Everyone has a right to his/her own life. No matter what it is‚ your life that you live everyday is your choice‚ and you have made all the decisions for yourself everyday. This is why I believe when it comes time for is to be over‚ that it should not be somebody else to decide weather or not it should keep going‚ or for it to end. Abortion for example is wrong‚ in my opinion‚ and should not be legal. Everything happens for a reason. That baby was meant to be born‚ and now one
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THE ULTIMATE GIFT The film touches on many points that ‚ in my opinion ‚ are vital for us to lead a fulfilling life ‚ based on the effort and thanks for all the goods that we have. I like how it makes you see that the gift of work for example‚ helps us to value things ‚ realizing what it actually costs ‚ and get to have some power and learn to despise not waste anything‚ small or "insignificant " it is for us‚ we can get through honest work . I can also see that when you work for something and
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Stage 1 English Text Response: The Simple Gift (Steven Herrick) In The Simple Gift‚ Steven Herrick explores the boundaries of traditional assumptions regarding a sense of belonging‚ attitudes to homelessness and prejudice. The author challenges the expectations and approaches to homelessness in a way that expands his work on a sense of belonging and the prejudice that comes along with that way of life. In The Simple Gift‚ Steven Herrick both supports and challenges traditional conventions about
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The lack of imagery and metaphor in O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of Magi” make the few Bible allusions stand out. In the last paragraph O. Henry compares Jim and Della to the three wise men that came to give gifts to Jesus on the first Christmas. Also in the exposition of the story there are another two Biblical allusions. Della’s hair is written to be so beautiful that her hair would depreciate The Queen of Sheba’s jewels and gifts. And Jim’s golden watch would have made King Solomon pluck his
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