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    1. What is your belief about ultimate reality? Ultimate reality to me is questioning oneself if God truly exists. One person may believe that God exist and another person may believe that God does not exists. This explains that everyone has different worldview and their worldview will shape them significantly. 2. What is your belief about the nature of the universe? I believe that the nature of the universe is so enormous that it has its own force of energy. I envisioned the energy to be really

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    The Development of the Epic

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    MASENO UNIVERSITY FACULTY: ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPT: LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE COURSE CODE: ALI 819 TASK: Trace the historical development of the Epic to date indicating the major turning points in its evolution.

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    Beowulf as Epic

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    What makes an epic? Is Beowulf an epic?    What is an epic poem‚ and how does it differ from other kinds of poetry or storytelling? How have epic poems traditionally been transmitted from generation to generation? How do tellers remember these long and complicated stories? According to Robert Harris’s Glossary of Literary Terms‚ he defines an epic as the following: Epic. An extended narrative poem recounting actions‚ travels‚ adventures‚ and heroic episodes and written in a high style (with

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    man’s oppression of the Negro. However‚ slavery was not always seen this way‚ there was a time when the stigma of slavery was not tied to despotism and apartheid. Slavery was once an intrinsic part of everyday life in the South‚ especially during the antebellum period‚ yet it was during this time that the Founding Fathers started to question slavery. Records of slavery can be found dating as far back as the early 1700s B.C.E. in the Mesopotamian code of Hammurabi. The code of Hammurabi is one

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    The parallels between The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ translated by Benjamin R. Foster‚ and the Genesis stories‚ from The Hebrew Bible‚ are uncanny. The overall theme of these stories talks about divine intervention and questions the human condition of mortality. Both of these infamous literary works address the fact that humans are the only known species capable of abstract thinking‚ moral judgment‚ and meta-cognition. While continuous belief compares this ability with the divine‚ the human life is limited

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    Epic In Healthcare

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    and evaluation of the care provided to patients. The documentation system used in the writer’s microsystem is Epic. Epic (2017) is a health information exchange software system that includes an electronic patient health record. It contains records of more than 190 million patients around the world in various settings including hospitals‚ rehab centers‚ and independent practices. Using the Epic system‚ nurses

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    Epic poetry stands alone as the most influential writing of all time (“Short History of English Literature”). No other authors created such exemplary masterpieces which provide cultural perspectives. Society worldwide has been molded significantly through the ages by the epic poets like Homer and Dante‚ inspiring stories of heroes‚ gods‚ and epic wars which have instilled strong morals throughout mankind. Without the sonorous writings‚ many successors to the epic authors would not have produced their

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    Myth of Gilgamesh Analysis

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    Liliana Magdaleno Ken Hiltner‚ Miss Russ English 122 LE October 27‚ 2011 Word Count: ~1450 Hero or Villain? In all epics‚ we read about the endeavors of heroes who have to conquer an evil entity in order to ensure the peace of their constituencies. They exhibit great virtues such as courage‚ pride‚ intelligence‚ wit‚ patriotism‚ and love for the people of their land‚ among other things. Those are typically the qualities that come to mind when we think of a hero; however‚ when we think of the

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    relied on this trait to help him in battle‚ but when he was no longer in heroic condition it failed him and lead to his death. Beowulf believed that he could beat almost any monster with or without a weapon due to this confidence‚ when he was in his prime‚ such as when he fought Grendel and Grendel’s ‚other. When he challenged the Dragon he was no longer in heroic condition‚ he was almost a normal soldier‚ but his confidence lead him to believe he was still in heroic condition and could win that fight

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    Afterlife Secreted Tofu is a bad child who lives with a loyal father. Tofu misbehaves a lot‚ but is loyal to his dad. Tofu’s dad knows what his nature is and tries to lighten him up‚ but he takes the wrong turn as he goes to the haunted tomb where he had discovered Khufu’s obelisk. His dad had clearly forgotten what had been wrote on the obelisk about secret afterlife‚ and to this date‚ no one knows where they both are. Mist filled the tomb’s air and echoes spawned by the winds filled the passage

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