Satire 10. [Translated by G. G. Ramsay] The Vanity of Human Wishes In all the lands that stretch from Gades to the Ganges and the Morn‚ there are but few who can distinguish true blessings from their opposites‚ putting aside the mists of error. For when does Reason direct our desires or our fears? What project do we form so auspiciously that we do not repent us of our effort and of the granted wish? Whole households have been destroyed by the compliant Gods in answer to the masters’ prayers;
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The Trojan War pitted a loose alliance of independent Greek kings against the city of *Troy (in what today is northwest Turkey) and her allies in Asia Minor. It is said to have begun with an insult to the goddess Eris ("Strife" or "Discord"). When the Greek hero *Peleus married the minor sea-goddess *Thetis‚ all of the gods were invited to the wedding except Eris. Angry at this‚ she placed on the banquet table a golden apple inscribed with the words: "For the fairest." Immediately strife broke out
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The Problematic Relation between Reason and Emotion in Hamlet Eric Levy Hamlet opens on a state of incipient alarum‚ with martial vigilance on the battlemented "platform" (act 1‚ scene 2‚ line 252) of Elsinore and conspicuous "post-haste and rummage in the land" (1.1.110).1 For the sentries‚ this apprehension is heightened by the entrances of the Ghost--a figure whom Horatio eventually associates with a threat to the "sovereignty of reason" (1.4.73). In the immediate context‚ loss of the "sovereignty
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alis CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study: Moral truths are applied to human existence everywhere and at all times. This is what the researchers believe in. In relation to this‚ a passage from ‘On Literature and Ethics’ by Eskin‚ Michael‚ says: “The distinctive ethical force of literature inheres not in the fictional world portrayed but in the handling of language whereby that fictional world is brought into being. Literary works that resist the immediacy and transparency
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THE DECAY OF LYING BY OSCAR WILDE A DIALOGUE. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. CYRIL (coming in through the open window from the terrace). My dear Vivian‚ don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods like the purple bloom upon a plum. Let us go and lie on the grass‚ and smoke cigarettes‚ and enjoy Nature. VIVIAN. Enjoy Nature! I am glad to say
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Spiritual Sexuality and Women in Absence in Ancient Greek and Indic World Dr. Bimalkumar Subedi Introduction There are many confusions regarding the term ’ Spiritual Sexuality ’. In general‚ the term is understood as an especial form of physical sexuality itself where there thought to be some
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HELEN OF TROY In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*‚ she is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War*‚ a story told by Homer in the Iliad] and the Odyssey]. Some scholars suggest that Helen was also a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds. Birth and Early Life. Some myths say that Helen’s mother was Leda‚ the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta*. Others name Nemesis‚ the goddess of revenge‚ as her
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE FILM “TROY” (A FILM BY WOLFGANG PETERSEN) A Final Assignment submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Bahasa Indonesia by Durratus Sadiyah 2201409087 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Leadership is a human subject and as such is a complex matter. Leading others is not simply a matter of style
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Chapter One: the Dark Lord reigns Snape and Yaxley appeared out of nowhere. They went inside the house of Malfoy. They came into a room. Voldemort sat in the chair at the fire‚ surrounded by Death Eaters. Voldemort needed a new wand because his was broken at his last fight with Harry Potter. He took Malfoy’s. Voldemort asked the two men‚ and Snape Jeegers if they had news. Snape said that the Order of the Phoenix intends to move Harry Potter from his current place of safety on Saturday next‚ at
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The first soliloquy of Hamlet falls in the Act 1‚ Scene II‚ after the King Claudius and the Queen Gertrude urges Hamlet in the open court to cast off the deep melancholy which‚ as they think‚ has taken possession of his mind as a consequence of his father’s death. In their opinion‚ Hamlet has sufficiently grieved for his father’s death already. Prior to the soliloquy‚ the King Claudius and Queen Gertrude makes announcement to their marriage‚ as according to them‚ the court could not afford excessive
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