Gods‚ and Fate in the Aeneid Playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca said that “Fate leads the willing‚ and drags along the reluctant‚” (Beautiful Quotes) and perhaps nowhere is this idea better illustrated than in Virgil’s epic poem The Aeneid. Fate drives the course of events throughout the twelve books of The Aeneid‚ pushing both the mortal and divine‚ to the unwavering destinies laid before them‚ and destroying those who attempt to defy‚ or even hinder‚ the course of destiny. Today‚ fate is regarded
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best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early‚ and the bad die late.” - Daniel Defoe. Fate has always been something people feared‚ due to its unpredictability and ability to create catastrophe. In the ground breaking play of the century‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ two star-crossed lovers die due to unfortunate circumstances. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were products of fate’s evil plan‚ and can only be described as tragic. Firstly‚ fate created an unwanted battle through
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The Return of Martin Guerre History 3230: Early Modern Europe The Return of Martin Guerre is a reconstruction of the famous case of Martin Guerre’s return to the small town of Artigat in Southern France after being absent for eight years. However‚ "Martin" is actually an impostor named Arnaud du Tilh‚ or Pansette. He is accepted by his wife‚ family‚ and friends for over three years. After the so-called Martin Guerre has a dispute over family finances and the sale of some land that the family owns
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Oedipus: Fate is Unavoidable No matter what anyone tries‚ no matter what anyone does‚ no matter what anyone believes they have accomplished‚ they have not controlled fate. Fate is uncontrollable. Much like betting on a ³sure thing² and knowing in the back of your mind that there are infinite factors in the outcome--anything could happen. It¹s unfortunate that the people of Ancient Greece sanctioned the concept of fate. In the Era of Enlightenment the idea of God-controlled fate was finally
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Avoiding Historical Distortion: An Analysis of Davis’s Writing In a country renown for revolution‚ a time of looming reformation‚ and an age of rebirth‚ the story of The Return of Martin Guerre finds its inception as a historical legal study of the day-to-day occurrences of the lives of peasants in sixteenth-century France. Natalie Zemon Davis crafts her account of the famous story from a historical perspective infused with her own psychological inferences‚ legal case studies‚ and factual details
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Since the beginning of time‚ people have put their fate into what they believe in. Whether it was a god‚ or a powerful object‚ it was customary for them to always have a answer to everything. The Egyptians relied on the gods for basic human necessities. Something as little as rain for the harvest so they have food. If it didn’t rain‚ they thought that they must of distressed the gods in some way and that was their punishment. The Norse’s believed in doppleganger gods. Gods such Oden and Thor were
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1. Calculating Returns ( LO1‚ CFA1) Suppose you bought 100 shares of stock at an initial price of $ 37 per share. The stock paid a dividend of $ 0.28 per share during the following year‚ and the share price at the end of the year was $ 41. Compute your total dollar return on this investment. Does your answer change if you keep the stock instead of selling it? Why or why not? 2. Calculating Yields ( LO1‚ CFA1) In the previous problem‚ what is the capital gains yield? The dividend yield? What is
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Risk and return are most important concepts in finance. Risk and return concepts are basic to the understanding of the valuation of assets or securities. Return expresses the amount which an investor actually earned on an investment during a certain period. Return includes the interest‚ dividend and capital gains: while risk represents the uncertainty associated with a particular task. In financial terms‚ risk is the chance or probability that a certain investment may or may not deliver the actual/expected
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2011-2012 and FY 2010-11. Compute annualized return and risk. DATA | ANNUALIZED RETURN | ANNUALIZED RISK | Weekly | -16.952 | 36.449 | Daily | -16.241 | 39.347 | Monthly | -11.21 | 30.209 | Comparing this with a suitable peer company‚ Company | Annualized return | Annualized risk | JSP | -11.2154 | 30.209 | TATA STEEL | -4.0020 | 47.202 | OBSERVATION As can be seen from the observations above‚ the stock which gives the maximum return also comes with the maximum risk (TATA STEEL)
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courses as native English speakers to get a college degree. International students should get some advantages because they are ESL students. However‚ some teachers have a same expectations of non-native speakers as native speaking students. Many Asian students choose to study business‚ economics‚ hospitality and tourism‚ and English as their major. Those majors’ instructors have many non-native speakers in class. Many instructors have the same expectation of ESL students as they do of native English
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