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    The Funeral Oration of Pericles and The Melian Dialogue are two primary sources that present us the true nature of Athens. The evidence from the two primary sources states to us that Athens are a people that don’t look upon others and that they only care about themselves. Surviving and making sure that their people history stay alive is Athens main agenda and they will stop at nothing to make sure they reach their goal. Athenians true nature is survival. Doing the war against Sparta‚ they held

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    Looking at two or more poems by William Blake consider what makes these works Romantic. “Romanticism... is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.” Blake was born into a state of social change an ‘Age of Revolution’ and his poetry certainly reflected his strong opinion of how society was being oppressed by political and cultural influences. He believed that the

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    For Poets by Al Young is an inspiring poem. The narrator speaks to the readers in third person when describing the tone which is hopeful and powerful. The setting is metaphorically relating to being outside and the nature around us. For Poets is based around a metaphor for its literary device. The whole poem is a metaphor that compares the struggles and good times of life to nature. The message of the poem is saying that you should stay happy‚ proud‚ and wise and you can do this by giving it your

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    Final Exam First Draft Introduction Paragraph: Body 1 – Character Analysis: Character analysis is one way of discussing a novel or short story. Character analysis uses connection to themes in the plot; roles characters play in the text‚ relationships and characteristics to analyze the text. There are eight words that are used to describe characters. Those eight words are protagonist‚ antagonist‚ minor‚ major‚ static‚ dynamic‚ round and flat. A protagonist is a character that performs a heroic

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    Chapter 27 – Empire and Expansion America Turns Outward America started looking expand and get into international markets because of population growth and more wealth. Farmers were also looking for new markets to sell their crops. Josiah Strong’s book Our Country encouraged people to spread their religion to the people that didn’t know better. Theodore Roosevelt believed that Darwinism meant that the fittest country (U.S.) was entitled to the entire world. Africa was colonized by Europeans

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    I’m a caterpillar. Crawling around with not a single idea what my future holds for me. I have always felt I was different from all the other insects. They all seem to know who they are and what their purpose is. But not me‚ I don’t have the slightest clue. I have always felt that I’ve been trapped inside the completely wrong body. And that somehow when I was just a little larvae‚ I was mistaken and introduced as something I knew I wasn’t. Well they were correct about who I was physically but mentally

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    Dead poets society O captain‚ my captain (Walt Whitman) O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack‚ the prize we sought is won; The port is near‚ the bells I hear‚ the people all exulting‚ While follow eyes the steady keel‚ the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red‚ Where on the deck my Captain lies‚ Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and

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    When I first saw Dead Poets Society‚ it was nothing I expected. The film is quite serious and it is without question the best movie I’ve ever seen. It takes place in 1959 at Welton Academy‚ a private collage prep school for boys where discipline is the most important goal and any demonstration of a free thought is strictly prohibited . One voice stands out among narrow-minded administration-John Keatings‚ eccentric and inspiring teacher. He wants his students to "suck the bone of life to the marrow"

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    Thomas Hardy as a War Poet

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    Thomas Hardy as a War Poet Thomas Hardy is one of the most famous and prolific British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most people recognize Hardy as an author of novels‚ but he preferred to write poetry. Both his novels and his poetry give a pessimistic view of the world. Subjects for his poetry include nature‚ love‚ and war. Most of his poems on war have tragic themes and present humans as having little control over their destinies. A major theme of Thomas Hardy’s tragic

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    No two relationships between an authority and an individual are ever the same‚ but the relationships have a huge impact on both parties in varied ways. As seen in the film “Dead Poets Society”‚ directed by Peter Weir and the picture book “Rose Blanche” by Roberto Innocenti‚ relationships between individuals are fuelled by common interests and beliefs‚ hence‚ having the power to shape the individuals by enriching their shared interests. However‚ the conflicting values between the authority and the

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