1. WHY DOES PROTAGONIST (Helen of Troy) considered main cause of Trojan War? In Greek legend‚ the Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the city of Troy. The direct cause of this war was the beauty of Helen of Troy‚ daughter of the Greek god Zeus and Leda‚ the Queen of Sparta. Helen was much coveted by all of the men in Troy‚ so when she chose a husband‚ the King of Sparta made all men swear that they would accept Helen’s choice of a husband and that they would also defend her if anyone
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and his own reputation. He is a static character because his behaviour doesn’t change throughout the play‚ The Crucible. At the beginning of the play‚ he is concerned with the way his niece and her friend’s actions reflect on him and his reputation. Toward the end of the play‚ he is concerned about how he and his reputation will look if people find out some of the most respected people of the church died because of his niece‚ Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is a manipulative child who spins a web
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Francis Bacon: A Moralist Bacon is not a true moralist. His morality is a saleable morality. He is a moralist-cum-worldly wise man. Bacon appears as a moralist in his essays‚ for he preaches high moral principles and lays down valuable guidelines for human conduct. Some of his essays show him as a true lover and preacher of high ethical codes and conducts. For instance‚ in “Of Envy”‚ he puts: “A man that hath no virtue in himself‚ ever envieth virtue in others.” Then‚ in his essay “Of Goodness
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Todd Haynes’s film Far from Heaven is a remake of Sirk’s previously analyzed film. Haynes recovers in Far from Heaven not only the narrative line of All That Heaven Allows but also the techniques of melodrama‚ such as mise-en-scène‚ camera movements‚ or the film’s composition‚ which make it possible to reinforce the sentimental connection of the viewer with the story (Higgins 101). Haynes emphasizes the power of melodrama’s visual techniques and music to move the emotions of the viewer “with saturated
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William Kamkwamba Character Analysis William Kamkwamba was a boy from Malawi‚ invented his own windmill from nothing but scrap and junk‚ this caught the attention of a lot of people in the world and led him on the path to a better life. Today William works with non-profit WiderNet Project and the WiderNet@UNC research lab at the UNC School of Information and Library Science. He made his way there because he was innovative‚ and determined to bring his family out of the famine that spread his country
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The abduction of Helen of Troy‚ the wife of Menelaus‚ by the Trojan Prince Paris‚ was the catalyst for the Trojan War. Because of the ambiguity of the occurrence‚ there exist feelings toward Helen that are at odds with one another. There are those who feel as though Helen was unjustly snatched while others believe she willingly followed Paris to Troy. Not only was the kidnapping a reason for fighting‚ it left conflicting roots of admiration and antipathy for Helen as seen in the diction‚ form
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Abigail Williams The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller based on the Salem‚ Massachusetts witch trials. Throughout the play we meet many characters who are motivated by different things. Abigail Williams is one of the most prominent characters in the play. Abigail’s powerful‚ attention seeking and vengeful ways add to the drama in Salem as well as deepen the plot in The Crucible. Abigail could use her power in many different ways. The younger girls feared her‚ making it easy for her
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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio‚[b][c] 17 December 1936) is pope of the Catholic Church‚ in which capacity he is both Bishop of Rome and absolute sovereign of the Vatican City State.[2] Born in Buenos Aires‚ Argentina‚ Bergoglio worked briefly as a chemical technician and nightclub bouncer before beginning seminarystudies.[3] He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969 and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina’s Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus.
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the scene. The leader of the jets‚ Riff swears to drive the Sharks‚ led by Bernardo‚ from the streets. Riff determines to challenge Bernardo that night at a dance in the gym‚ and prevails upon his old friend and the co-founder of the Jets‚ Tony‚ to help him. Tony has been growing away from the gang‚ and feels the stirrings of other emotions but reluctantly agrees. Bernardo’s sister Maria‚ newly arrived from Puerto Rico to marry his friend Chino‚ attends the dance and despite the obvious hatred
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio took the papal name Francis‚ after St. Francis of Assisi‚ and was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. It was on March 13‚ 2013 that white smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican and Pope Francis was elected the two hundred and sixty-sixth pope. He is a pope of many firsts. The first Jesuit pope‚ first pope from the Americas‚ and first non- European pope in more than a millennium. He is known for being
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