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    My Hero is called Carlyle Meeks he is in the woods lost. His strengths are surviving in the woods‚ his weaknesses are facing giant snakes and giant spiders. He does have a family‚ but he ran away when he was five. “Help is anybody out there? Why am i saying help for i’m in the middle of the woods.” “It’s getting to become dark I need to make camp and a fire! Also ‚I need to get some food I’m starving! CHIRP CHIRP! A bird is that all there is out here . Ohh what is over there it’s a deer YESSS!”

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    Achilles Honor

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    Achilles Honor InThe Iliad‚ warriors from the Achaean and Trojan armies show plenty of noble traits; the warrior that shows the most noble traits is the great Achaean warrior‚ Achilles. Despite the fact that Hector killed Achilles’s prodigy‚ and close friend‚ Patroclus he found pity for Troy’s King‚ Priam. The release of Hector’s body to Priam was an Noble act by Achilles. Achilles respected Troy’s burial traditions for a prince and held back the Achaean army for twelve days. Achilles knew that

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    The Menin of Achilles

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    Anger is significant in the Iliad because most of the central events that take place in it are fueled by anger. The first time anger becomes important to the Iliad is Achilles’ anger at Agamemnon and his selfish decisions. Achilles is angry because Agamemnon brought the wrath of Apollo down upon the entire Greek force. Apollo is angry at Agamemnon because he rudely refused to return his war prize‚ Chryseis‚ to her father Chryses‚ who is a priest of Apollo‚ and Chryses prays to Apollo that he would

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    Achilles Tendon

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    Achilles Tendon The Achilles tendon is a tough band of threadlike tissue that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone. The Achilles tendon is also called the calcaneal tendon. The calf muscles unite into one band of tissue‚ which becomes the Achilles tendon at the low end of the calf. The Achilles tendon then inserts into the heel bone. Small sacs of fluid called bursa cushion the Achilles tendon at the heel.  The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body. When the calf

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    Flaws Of Achilles

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    Achilles possesses superhuman strength and has a close relationship with the gods; he has all the marks of a great warrior‚ and indeed is proved to be the mightiest man in the Achaean army. At the beginning his mind is calm and collected‚ he stands up justly for the men around him and shows understanding when confronting Agamemnon‚ however his deep-seated character flaws constantly hinder his ability to act with nobility and integrity constantly. He cannot control his arrogance or the rage that surges

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    Achilles the Godlike

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    Achilles: A God Among Men Achilles plays a major part in Homer’s The Iliad. He is one of the bravest Greek soldiers and the best fighter they have. The epic revolves around his role in the Trojan War and his rage. Achilles has been referred to as "godlike" a number of times and it is deeper than the fact that he has an immortal mother. Being "godlike" seems to be the highest compliment that anyone could receive‚ but to the ancient Greeks it was more of a back-handed compliment than anything. Literally

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    The Shield of Achilles

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    Theme W.H.Auden’s "The Shield of Achilles" is thematically quite similar to Eliot’s "Wasteland" in its depiction of a world devoid of principles and ethics that in its march for success has lost the true meaning of life as echoed in phrases like "an unintelligible multitude"‚ "column by column in a cloud of dust". etc. An analysis exemplifies how the Homeric myth is rendered into an allegory of the contemporary times. A conceptual construct drives us from myth to reality‚ where reality is supposed

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    Rupture Of Achilles

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    The mythical Greek warrior‚ Achilles was extraordinarily strong‚ courageous and was said to be invincible‚ and he was‚ until an arrow pierced his Achilles tendon. The Achilles tendon stretches down the lower leg to the heel and connects the calf muscle to the heel. You can have many different injuries to this tendon‚ and one of them is the rupturing of the tendon. It is usually a distinct diagnosis‚ whether the Achilles is rupture or not. There are both surgical and non-surgical treatment options

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    Song Of Achilles

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    The Song of Achilles is a novel by Madeline Miller. This novel is about two men‚ Achilles‚ and Patroclus. They first meet when Patroclus gets exiled from his kingdom because he accidentally killed another boy. Achilles’ father takes Patroclus in and trains him with the rest of the boys that take refuge in Achilles’s kingdom. The two boys grow up with each other which in turns makes them have many adventures together. First‚ they both go to Chiron‚ a centaur that trains heroes like Hercules. Then

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    Shield of Achilles

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    The Shield of Achilles W.H.Auden 1. Central Feeling/Themes A Juxtaposition between the cultured and civilized world and the corrupt and oppressed world War A Lack of freedom and independence Drawing the line between reality and the image one chooses to see The irony of what something that looks marvelous (what Thetis sees) is actually disastrous (what Hephaestos portrays on the shield) 2.What happens - Thetis goes to Hephaestos to create a shield for her invincible‚ "iron-hearted"‚ "man-slaying"

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