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    villain‚ he’s not portrayed as a hero‚ but a destroyer with‚ ” his heathen soul‚” (Beowulf) and when he died‚ “there Hell received him‚” (Beowulf). The ideas of evil and heroism are presented differently in both stories‚ because the anti-hero in one story is the villain in another. The stories differ in their portrayal of heroism‚ especially in what defines a hero. In “Beowulf” a hero is someone who saves the popular view or the majority‚ and overcomes anything that comes against humanity. In "Grendel"

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    Courageousness is a word often confused with the word Heroism. They both can go hand in hand when describing someone’s actions but they are two different things in the way that‚ any person can be described as being courageous‚ it’s an attribute that someone can have their whole life. But heroism is something that must be earned and is found in times of struggle when someone decides to face that struggle head-on in order to better the lives of other people‚ no matter the consequences they might face

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    Indirect Realism Analysis

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    Metaphysical Realism can be defined as objects entities‚ things exit independently of our minds. There is a real world external to our perception‚ thoughts and desires. Direct realism give us direct and immediate contact with the external world. What we perceive as outside of ourselves in the world is really "outthere" . This means that there is anything to believe expect to understand that immaterial minds and ideal are real and they have significant influence on who were are as a human being.

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    It is strenuous to come up with a definition of the word hero because heroes differ across many facets such as from cultures to cultures‚ personal backgrounds‚ goals‚ choice of weaponry‚ sizes and shapes it is. Take‚ for example‚ a police officer and Superman‚ who are both considered heroes‚ however‚ they differ completely. Superman is immortal‚ possesses supernatural powers‚ unprecedented strength and a villain whom he fights. On the contrary‚ police officers do not possess any of those traits‚

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    Romanticism and Realism in the Arts Romanticism and Realism were two forms of art that came into existence in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Both formed as a resistance to traditional standards and in response to a time of war and revolution. Both Romanticism and Realism are prevalent in works of art to this day. This is where the similarities of the two art forms end. So how can two opposing literary movements overlap time periods yet be so different in style? Romanticism

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    Realism in International Relations The video begins with a lecture from professor Richard Betts who is the director of the institute of War and Peace studies and director of the International Security Policy program in the School of International and Public affairs at Columbia University. In the lecture video he was discussing and explaining the many different theories of realism. Realism is a theory of how the world usually works. Realism is not a blueprint to how things should work in special

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    Chart the development of Italian Neo-Realism and discuss its influence on later European and American film-making. Italian neorealism was established in the 1940 and is now a national film movement branded by narratives which are set around the ordinary lives of the poor and the working class. The majority of films within the movement are filmed on location‚ commonly the use of nonprofessional actors are incorporated to reinforce the realist impression. Italian Neorealist films mostly portray the

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    not on logic‚ and rebelled against what was “ordinary”. “The Open Boat” and “To Build A Fire” fit the characteristics of the Realist movement‚ including elements of believable plot‚ a connection to nature‚ and real language. The stories differ from the movements of the Romantics

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    was a big trial on witchcraft that tore the town Salem apart. There were multiple heroic characters that illustrate wise actions to try to end the witch trails or to simply survive them. There were three characters in The Crucible that displayed heroism by doing intelligent acts. To begin with‚ John Proctor was smart enough to confess his affair to show that Abigail was lying about being controlled by witches. John Proctor says‚ “I have known her‚ sir. I have known her” (Miller 110). Proctor confessing

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    Idealism Vs Realism

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    kept constant for all.  The Teaching-Learning Process * Idealists have high expectations of the teacher. * The teacher must be excellent‚ in order to serve as an example for the student‚ both intellectually and morally. No other single element in the school system is more important than the teacher. * The teacher must excel in knowledge and in human insight into the needs and capacities of the learners; and must demonstrate moral excellence in personal conduct and convictions.

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