June 19‚ 2013 THE KEY TO SURVIVAL AND EXCELLING Learning English is extremely important to a person who wants to survive and excel in this world. First of all‚ English is the universal language. People learn English so that they may convey certain messages‚ information‚ or even their innermost feelings to others. Being the current lingua franca‚ people from different parts of the globe are able to communicate with one another. It is one key to survival. For example when there is an
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I have studied 4 texts from a survival genre. I have looked at connections within the overall topic of ‘how people act in a survival situation. I found a connection between two of these texts and another connection between the other two texts. The first connection was ‘the will to survive and determination to stay alive can overcome the power of nature and negative thoughts when in a life or death situation’‚ this connection was shown by the characters in the film ‘Touching the void’ directed by
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The Epic of Gilgamesh dates back to as early as Bronze Age Mesopotamia‚ to the people of Sumer that told poems and legends of a great hero-king called Gilgamesh‚ the demigod ruler of Uruk (around 2500 BCE). The legends and poems were later gathered into a longer epic and written on clay tablets C. 1900 BCE. They were found in the mid nineteenth century and were later deciphered‚ and eventually published. The story is important not only to the people of the time or historians‚ but to everyday modern
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Epic theater is based on the idea that viewers of a play should not feel an emotional connection to the play but should reflect on what the events occurring on on the stage. Theater of War‚ an essay film which revolves around the play production of Mother Courage and Her Children. There are a few scenes in the play‚ shown in the essay film that connect to present day and could get us to think about the whole idea of war. The one scene that is directly comparable to the present day is the scene where
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Analysis of the Epic of Gilgamesh In the Epic of Gilgamesh there are many themes‚ major characters‚ similarities to the old testament of the bible‚ and how they portray the life of Mesopotamian society. These are great importance to how early civilization had become and how we are affected by them today. The themes that has presented itself in the story is of love‚ inevitable death‚ and the wrath of the gods. Love as a motivating force was apparent in the story early on. In the beginning of the
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In the book The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin‚ Ulysses goes through many trials and is an ideal example of an epic hero. In the two stories “Cannibal Beach” and “Nausicaa‚” the heroic elements of Ulysses reaching a low point and Ulysses being tested to show the worthiness of his quest are clearly displayed. In both stories‚ Ulysses reaches a low point in his quest. In “Cannibal Beach‚” Ulysses and his men come to an island with giant cannibals that look and are as tall as trees. In
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they got here on this planet. In order to have individuality and uniqueness our stories have to be different. The creation stories we have been studying are different in so many ways. Like how humans were created‚ according to the Egyptian Creation Epic humans were created by Atum’s tears of joy “When Atum saw them again he was so delighted that he wept tears of joy. As these tears hit the earth‚ they became
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concept of creation of the epic hero cycle originated from? For over centuries‚ the old super hero vs. evil villain story has been told over and over again‚ and it all started with the Anglo-Saxons’ story of Beowulf. The archetype for all epic hero cycle stories. Various stories evolved from Beowulf‚ which contain the same concept‚ but changing the characters‚ setting‚ and etc. Beowulf displays heroic character traits‚ as well as many other heroes today. For example‚ one epic hero that possesses heroic
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Epic Qualities in The Incredibles Epic qualities of a film are easy to identify but identifying and explaining the qualities of an epic hero are harder. What is an epic qualities of a hero? An epic hero is the central figure in a long narrative that reflects the values and heroic ideals of a particular society. In this film Mr. Incredible gets the chance to turn back into a superhero but no one wants superheros anymore. Mr. Incredible is the hero in this film. Mr. Incredible has many characteristics
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The story of The Epic of Gilgamesh is a western civilization historical poem that is mix of mythology and literature. It is to be believed was written around the first centuries of the second millennium B.C. considering one of the oldest‚ if not the oldest‚ ancient poem. It is about a hero who is desperate to become a god and goes an on quest for immortality. Within the pages of the old tale it reveals many hints of history‚ human nature‚ and myths of an ancient culture. Though the Sumerian Empire
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