November 2014 Who’s the True Leader? Beowulf vs. Macbeth A true leader needs to be a hero‚ and a hero is defined as “a man with distinguished courage and ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities” (Hero 1). Having courage alone cannot make a man a hero or a true leader. A hero needs to use his courage and action in consistent commitment to the greater and higher good. In this paper‚ it is argued that Beowulf is a true leader and better hero than Macbeth because he has both courage and
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a huge part of history. Two of these leaders are Mohandas Gandhi and Adolf Hitler. Gandhi was mainly known for solving his people’s problems in a peaceful manner. Hitler was mainly known for being a dictator that started the Holocaust. Both of these leaders made huge influences on the people around them. Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town in Gujarat‚ Western India. Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against
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Robert Fitzgerald the hero Odysseus goes through struggles‚ in which he nearly gives up on his fight and somehow resurrects himself. The amount of challenges that Odysseus’ had to face on his journey home were grander than most men would ever face. One example of Odysseus’s feelings of great defeat‚ happens on Odysseus’ way home and his crew lets the winds out of the bag which were supposed to be kept in the bag as a guide home. These winds created a hurricane‚ which Odysseus’ ship was thrown into
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India is unarguably Mahatma Gandhi . He sacrificed his own life for the sake of his country. The respect that he earned for himself despite leading a simple lifestyle is much appreciable. Mahatma Gandhi played a vital role in the freedom struggle of India. His non violent ways and peaceful methods were the foundation for gaining independence from the British. Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October at Porbandar located in Gujarat His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi He went off to South Africa
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Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Style The Father of the Nation is now being held up as the master strategist‚ an exemplary leader‚ and someone whose ideas and tactics corporate India can emulate. Gandhi reinvented the rules of the game to deal with a situation where all the available existing methods had failed. He broke tradition. He understood that you cannot fight the British with force. So he decided to change the game in a fundamentally different way. He unleashed the power of ordinary people
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“I lost her once‚ I’m not going to lose her again‚” cried prince Eric as he realizes Ariel is his one true love. One of the most memorable Disney love stories originated from a fairy-tale which didn’t include the typical happily ever after ending. So how did the romantic love story of Ariel and Prince Eric come to be? Ultimately the writer and co-director‚ Ron Clements for Disney‚ was disheartened by the ending of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” These two stories differ thematically
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The movie “O Brother‚ Where Art Thou?” explains the story of Odysseus in “The Odyssey” through a more modern storyteller. In fact‚ the movie uses very similar character names so today’s audience can easily relate the movie to the original poem “The Odyssey.” For example‚ Ulysses is Latin for the name Odysseus. Even Odysseus wife’s name is Peggy‚ while Ulysses wife’s name is Penny. These similarities are shown throughout the movie not only with character names‚ but also with the original myths
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The Journey of Odysseus Homer‚ a blind poet‚ wrote a book called The Odyssey. He set the book in Greece from Troy to Ithaca in 800 BC. The opening scene stress how Odysseus‚ the main character‚ trying to get back home to his family but struggles with all the obstacles thrown his way. Athena‚ the main supporter of Odysseus and the goddess that helps him through war and getting home‚ talks to her father‚ Zeus‚ into cooperating with Odysseus going home throughout the book. Zeus hasn’t always appreciated
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NARI GANDHI TROPHY 2011 “Inspired by Yesterday Aspired for Tomorrow” PREMISE: India simultaneously lives in three time zones. Moorings from the past and aspirations for tomorrow coexist today to create the present. In India therefore history is not a fossilised past but rather a continuum of the tradition. History lives on as tradition. A land of long history and deep traditions‚ its architectural landscape has innumerable edifices that have transcended time to remain timeless even after centuries
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What Educated Women Can Do by Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi was born November 11‚ 1917 to the parents Jawaharl and Kamala Nehru. She came from a family of power‚ as both parents were prime ministers of India‚ and her mother was a freedom fighter. Although assassinated on October 31‚ 1984 at the age of 67‚ before her passing‚ she won multiple awards and received an extensive education. Her awards include the Bharat Ratha‚ the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding‚ and the Lenin Peace
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