Name: ______Torrie Willis___________________ Date: __________10/24/2012_______________ ------------------------------------------------- World Literature I Exam II ------------------------------------------------- Plato I. General Questions • Write the letter of the correct answer for each question on the line provided. 1. Euthyphro is involved in a murder trial against whom? a. His father b. A domestic servant c. His brother d. Meletus ____a______
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Hammurabi was an emperor that ruled in 1792 to 1750 B.C. In the 3‚000 B.C. there were people called Sumerians. They were the first inhabitants of the area. They were a city – state!! There were some threats in this area! One was hostile invaders. To be protected by this threat‚ they built strong‚ high walls! All of the Sumerians believe in gods!! The most favorite gods they have is Enlil‚ and Utu!! They control the sun and rain!! Each city – state would build a temple for each god!! The
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The Code of Hammurabi Hammurabi was a ruthless leader who killed and hurt hundreds of people for their mistakes. Hammurabi was a powerful king in a small city state called Babylon which was the capital of the kingdom of Babylonia. Hammurabi took power in 1792 B.C. for 42 years and had brutal rules with lots of power. Hammurabi´s code is not just because the laws that he has made are too harsh‚and why should diffrent people get punished more than others‚ finally Hammurabi should not have that much
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Garry Trudeau presents the topic of dress code and how it affects our social interaction and expectations of ourselves. The cartoon illustrates a preacher who‚ being conservative and old fashioned‚ preaches how dress code is necessary. At the end‚ two teenagers are depicted as confused. The cartoon does an excellent job portraying a gap in the generation’s view of dress code. In the cartoon‚ the preacher proclaims the consequences of having no dress code in the workplace‚ such as how “ productivity
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The Slave Codes were rules based on the idea that slaves were property and not people. The Slave Codes applied to anyone that was of any amount of African heritage (which established that person as black) with little regard of whether they were free or enslaved. The restrictions/rules were: the status of the offspring was that of the mother‚ in court their testimony was inadmissable with anything involving whites‚ they could make no contract‚ no property-ownership‚ even if attacked or provoked‚ and
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that developing a code of ethics is an important thing to do. The basic knowledge of what is right and what is wrong make up our "internal" code of ethics and the best way to know what those internal guidelines are is to create a written code to follow. This paper will explain why I believe developing a code of ethics is important‚ highlight the motives behind what I base my daily decisions and ethical behavior‚ clarify the outcomes and consequences that will take place if the code is not followed
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Code-switching in my day to day life is essential. As a receptionist for a marketing firm in Dallas‚ my tone switches depending on who I’m communicating with. With clients‚ my tone is very proper and professional. Around my bosses and coworkers‚ my tone remains proper and professional‚ but not so much as it would be while communicating with clients. Around friends and family‚ my tone would change drastically to a more apathetic‚ casual feel. Although I’ve never been in a situation where lack of adaption
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General Prologue: Introduction Fragment 1‚ lines 1–42 Summary Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote . . . (See Important Quotations Explained) The narrator opens the General Prologue with a description of the return of spring. He describes the April rains‚ the burgeoning flowers and leaves‚ and the chirping birds. Around this time of year‚ the narrator says‚ people begin to feel the desire to go on a pilgrimage. Many
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The Judgments of Hammurabi The document about Hammurabi’s Code explains the rules and freedoms the law gives to women of this time period. Hammurabi was chosen as governor of men in order to establish laws for the good of his people. Although he claims to be instituting the best laws for his people‚ he seems to forget the equality of men and women. He declares‚ "to promote the welfare of the people...to cause justice to prevail in the land‚ to destroy the wicked and the evil‚ that the strong might
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Hammurabi Was Unfair Hammurabi was the king of Babylon. He started in 1750 BCE-1792 BCE‚ Babylon is in modern day Iraq. In 1750 BCE there were two rivers that went through Babylon‚ the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. Hammurabi was the King of Babylon‚ he was a harsh ruler and that’s why I’m writing about Hammurabi’s Code. He was the first person recorded to make laws and he wrote two hundred and eighty-two laws that were written on a stele which is a big stone. Hammurabi was told by Shamash
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