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    The Big Five Brandon Ehrhart PSY/230 September 12‚ 2015 The Big Five When looking at each personality traits I did find I leaned more towards the conscientiousness‚ emotional and openness to experience. These are the three things that my personality shows the most. The one that I believe fits me the most is conscientiousness. I am the type of person that is very thorough with everything I do and carefully try to plan things out as best as possible. I work hard to make sure that everything is planned

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    Greek/Roman Epic

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    Epic Essays 1. In what ways are these books universal? Even though some people don’t believe in gods‚ the evidence of mortal struggle in these stories is what makes them relatable. Throughout history‚ men and women alike have been fighting for fame‚ fortune‚ love‚ honor‚ power‚ and pride. For that reason alone‚ The Iliad is relatable in almost any culture worldwide. The people involved in The Iliad may have pretty severe exaggerations of these qualities‚ but it is true that they are ever present

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    Star Wars: A Modern Epic

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    modern epics of its time. Starting with the world famous "in media res..."(The story starts in the middle of the action‚ in media res‚ and at a critical point; the events that happened before the narrative’s opening are introduced later on.) It is an epic with a great hero‚ setting‚ and a lot of captivating action. Although many people still think that epics were only written in ancient times‚ interestingly enough‚ many great epics are still being written today. The story focuses on a young hero with

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    Benvolio Character Traits

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    is Benvolio an enemy or a friend? Well he is a cousin of Romeo and an enemy of Tybalt. Benvolio tries to be a peacemaker and a counselor to his friends and an enemy of the Capulets. Benvolio is a family member of the Montagues. The three character traits that will be explained are going to be an enemy‚ a peacemaker and a counselor. Why is Benvolio an enemy of Tybalt? Because Benvolio is a family member of the Montagues. " Why? What makes Tybalt so special? Who is he?"(2.4.91). Benvolio

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    Review of The Epic of Eden

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    The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament. Sandra L. Richter‚ InterVarsity Press‚ 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8308-2577-6 Albert Einstein once said “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” This is an extremely powerful quote‚ and I will seek to convey its strength‚ as applied to our lives as Christians‚ upon the careful review of Sandra L. Richter’s The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament. Richter designed this text as merely a tool

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a legendary king of Uruk in South Baby-lonia (van Reeth 1994). He was the fifth ruler of Uruk after the deluge and possibly ruled Uruk around 2800 BCE (van Reeth 1994). The Epic itself was originally conveyed in oral form‚ but was written down in Sumerian using cuneiform writing on clay tablets around 2000 BCE (Hooker 1996). Many fragments of the epic also survive in other languages such as Hurrian and Hittite (Hooker 1996). The most

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    Six Writing Traits

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    SIX TRAITS OF QUALITY‚ EFFECTIVE WRITING Ideas: The ideas are the heart of the message‚ the content of the piece‚ the main theme‚ together with all the details that enrich and develop that theme. The ideas are strong when the message is clear‚ not garbled. The writer chooses details that are interesting‚ important‚ and informative- often the kinds of details the reader would not normally anticipate or predict. Successful writers do not tell readers information they already know. They

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    Epic Poetry and Gilgamesh

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    Joseph Gully Professor Christina Strafaci English 2310 January 18‚ 2013 The Epic of Gilgamesh I. The Epic of Gilgamesh a. Retelling of the poem in verse narrative by Herbert Mason is used. b. Gilgamesh is introduced to the human side of virtues versus the demi-god side. c. Gilgamesh is a changed man by the end thanks to his fortitude. d. Gilgamesh and his many actions result in nothing but death‚ a foreign concept to a demi-god. II. Vanity and Violence

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    Heros

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    My Hero In your life people come and go‚ but there is always that one person or people who you will always remember‚ and those are the ones that you admire or look up to. “The simple acts of heroism are often overlooked- that’s very clear to me not only in war but in peace.” (Oliver Stone p.3) People can walk by the homeless and think they aren’t important but in reality most of them are. Most of them are veterans from war who saved us and our ancestors

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    First of all‚ some of the early pieces of British Literature in the Anglo-Saxon period have great and traditional demonstrations of heroic qualities like in the epic Beowulf. Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic that is about the heroic of deeds of Beowulf’s life. One example of Beowulf’s heroic traits can be seen when Beowulf hears about Grendel‚ and he‚ "Has a ship built to carry him and his followers to Hrothgar’s aid" (Italicized Summary pg. 30). Considering that Higlac is Beowulf’s relative‚ he travels

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