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    Hamilton’s work defines the rise of the consumer society in the mid to late 1950s and is also iconic Pop art. David Douglas Duncan’s War Without Heroes was published in 1970‚ War Without Heroes shows what war was like for the men who fight it. The book features some of the most moving‚ and powerful battle photographs of its time. In 2004 till 2006 Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China was exhibited

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    The Iliad and The Odyssey are tales written by Homer centered on the drama of the Trojan War. First poem deals with the time during the end of the war‚ while the latter‚ which occurs roughly ten years later‚ explains the disastrous journey of Odysseus fighting his way back home. The character of women in the Odyssey is to exhibit the many and diverse roles that women play in the lives of men. These functions vary from characters such as the goddess ’ that help them to the nymphs who trick them

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    The word “Hero” refers to a figure that possesses extra human abilities and status. Heroes serve as protagonists of epics and myths and are widely celebrated for their deeds (Ogden 2010‚ 102). A hero is defined by certain outstanding characteristics. Throughout his works‚ Homer shows that the most important of these include arete‚ hubris‚ and kleos; however‚ none of his characters have all of these attributes. Castle (quoted in Harker 1996‚ 53) defines “arete” as the ability to fully maximize physical

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    everyone possessed the means to read and write so when something was written it possessed a certain sense of strong meaning and truthfulness‚ whether or not the story was fabricated. I believe two of the most well-known stories that reflect this are The Iliad and The Aeneid. These stories were considered epics or “poems telling of an adventure of a legendary person.” Even though the stories differ by context and plot I believe that they are‚ in certain literary means‚ two of the same stories. We can arrive

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    First Chapter David Malouf in Ransom has taken a Greek myth (The Iliad‚ by Homer) and appropriated it to today’s problems‚ which have transcended time. The purpose of the first chapter is simple but crucial to understanding the character of Achilles. From the first chapter Achilles dual personality is evident. Also via Achilles in the first chapter Malouf emphasises the notion of fate and destiny. In the opening pages of the first chapter the narrator reveals Achilles dual personality. From the

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    SUMMARY: RIZAL AND THE OTHER HEROES: José Rizal was a Filipino polymath‚ nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era and its eventual independence from Spain. He is considered a national hero and the anniversary of Rizal’s death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal’s 1896 military trial and execution made him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution. He is the seventh of eleven children born to a middle class

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    In reading the Iliad and Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples‚ I can see family values stand out to me in them both. In the Iliad‚ we see Hector with his strong family values. From him protecting his brother‚ to his words to his mother before he heads off to fight Achilles. “I know this is hard‚ mother‚ but you have to endure it. I don’t want to see you getting beat up‚ and me unable to help you.” (144) With Sunjata‚ we see how he is in regards to his mother. After he hears how his mother

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    Three stages of Achilles Achilles is a great warrior who faces many different situations in his life. These scenarios changed him into who he has become in his life according to the Iliad. Throughout the Iliad his emotions range anger‚ rage‚ and compassion. When he gets angry it’s because of Agamemnon taking Briseis from him. He gets rage from when the Trojans kill his cousin. Achilles becomes compassionate when the King of Troy comes to ask for his son’s body back. At the beginning of the war

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    Xiaoyu Zhou Heroes in Homer’s Poetry Helen regards suffering as a necessity for heroes to be qualified to appear in poetry. As far as I’m concerned‚ it is because suffering somehow forces a hero to complete their characteristics as well as to approach the destiny they are doomed to by Zeus‚ which is correlative to the two specific functions of poetry: to instruct and to entertain. In the first place‚ heroes are godlike. “Preeminent in their particular sphere of power‚ they impose their will

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    have any remorse or any restraint will not. Therefore‚ a tyrant ruler is an aggressive and an injustice individual that brings negative attitudes towards others. A tyrant would also live his awaking life in fear and unhappiness. The Republic‚ The Iliad‚ and Exodus provides great

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