conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro each of who attempt to argue their point of justification about why they are in court or should not be there‚ which in turn a question develops about the gods and holiness. Euthyphro has a surprise encounter beside the porch of the king responsible for overseeing religious law. Euthyphro asks Socrates why he is there. Socrates states he has being persecuted by Meletus for corrupting the youth with his ideals about predictions of the future. Socrates in turn asks
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Samantha Ward Professor Amy Clukey English 300-03 Due Date: September 22‚ 2011 Most Painful Memories: An Explication of Edward Mayes’ “University of Iowa‚ 1976” Take a minute to imagine “Men looking like they had been/attacked repeatedly by a succession /of wild animals‚” “never/ ending blasted field of corpses‚” and “throats half gone‚ /eyes bleeding‚ raw meat heaped/ in piles.” These are the vividly‚ grotesque images Edward Mayes describes to readers in his poem‚ “University of Iowa Hospital
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Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.” Franklin argues that no war can be justified due to the countless casualties resulting from each war‚ and no peace can be claimed as being “bad”. As seen in significant wars throughout history‚ wars may in fact have both positive and negative results. Specifically‚ the Korean War and the American Revolution had a telling impact on the world; the Korean War‚ which bore millions of unnecessary casualties‚ and the American
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Kendra Hamilton Block 5 Mrs. Hodges 15 December 2015 Langston Hughes “Harlem” Poetry Explication The most obvious quality of Langston Hughes’ "Harlem" is the poem’s use of imagery. The imagery in this poem contributes to the image of the frustrating times of how dreams end up for African Americans during this time period. The speaker in the poem describes the fate of a dream being “deferred.” Langston Hughes uses several analogies to describe the image of a dream that might have happened but didn’t
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Socrates’ claim that the “unexamined life is not worth living” is very true. Imagine if you were to just go through the motions from birth to death and never be able to put meaning to any of it‚ why do it at all? Going through the motions is just a step in life‚ however learning which motions to repeat and which should never be repeated again is how life is measured. Examine everything you do from your morning ritual to your nightly routines. In the morning‚ you brew some coffee or stop by your favorite
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Amanda Damiano February 1‚ 2012 Explication of “Women” In "Women"‚ the speaker discusses a women’s purpose: objects in place for support and satisfaction of men. May Swenson conveys the traditional passivity of women through physical placement of words‚ concrete imagery‚ and submissive tone. The first notable characteristic of “Women” is the physical form of the poem itself. The shape of the poem strengthens the ideology of the message Swenson is trying to express. At first glance
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Poetry Explication The Lamb and The Tyger When Reading William Blake’s poems form the song of innocence and song of experience readers get how both links to each other to create a greater meaning. The Lamb from the song of innocence shows the innocence of god in a person‚ while The Tyger shows the experience of a person. Paired together‚ William Blake’s poem The Lamb and The Tyger uses biblical symbolism and diction to illustrate the perspective of religion both good and bad. The titles of
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One Amazing Thing by: Chitra Divakaruni. It was first published in the US in voice by Hyperion in 2009 and later published by Penguin books India February 2010. The book also has 240 pages. Chitra B. Divakaiumi is an award winning author poet. Her work is widely known‚ as she has been published in over 500 magazines. Including Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker‚ and her writing has been included in over 50 anthologies. She was born in India and lived there until 1976. At which point she left Calcutta
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however‚ money is not the total answer to success and happiness. Wisdom and truth are more important. The great Greek philosopher Socrates warned his fellow citizens by saying “are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honour and reputation‚ and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul.” Unfortunately Socrates said that hundreds of years ago but this is a challenge that still relevant in today’s world because this world that we live in
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学号：2010013028 One thing Called Serendipity It is an amazing world‚ you never know who you will come across on the road. Vera‚ a college student from an ordinary family‚ is fond of everything concerned with foreign staff‚ especially music. When she was young‚ tape was the only way for her to get in touch with it. However‚ if she wanted to know the emotion in songs‚ she should learn English well. As a saying goes‚ habit is the best teacher. It made things easier when she learned
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