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    For my project I chose to write about Stephen King‚ Winslow Homer‚ and Robert Frost. I chose these men because their styles are unique‚ also all three men are very widely known. In Stephen King’s book Carrie the main character had no control over her isolation. Her classmates and mother had all of the control. Whereas in The Shining Danny had complete control over his isolation. He chose not to tell his parents about his gift. In Robert Frost’s poem The Lockless Door the man in the poem was in

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    in the USA because‚ it was to reduce drinking and eliminate all the businesses that sold liquor. This lead to having illegal liquor businesses there were more businesses with liquor after the law was passed before the law. Then‚ this person called Homer C. Cummings was fighting of crime every day and came up with an idea to stop the gangsters like Al Capone. He was going to build a building in a little island in the bay of San Francisco. It was going to be called Alcatraz. Alcatraz was a huge success

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    temptress in Ramayana had fallen in love with Rama. Referring to Soorpanaka‚ "In the course of her wanderings‚ she saw Rama and fell in love and decided to seduce him by every art in her power"(Ramayana 70). This quote suggests that this demon-like character is a temptress. After Soorpanaka frightened Sita‚ Rama felt that her visit was over‚ "Do nothing that will bring on retribution and suffering. Please be gone before my brother Lakshama notices you. He will be angry."(Ramayana 71) Indeed‚ when Lakshama

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    time veterans give to fight our country. Coming home from the war veterans most times feel like they are still fighting a war. When coming back from the war most people mistreat the veterans that just fought for our country. In the poem‚ Odysseus by Homer‚ after winning the war in Troy they remain in combat mode. Odysseus and his men have to travel a long way to travel over the sea to get back home. While the men are still in combat mode as they travel back they stop at an island and let loose. In the

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    Homer speaks to his Greek audience by making the story about the demigods and partially about the gods. He makes the tale interesting and exciting by adding fights‚ love‚ and good times‚ and sometimes putting an unexpected twist on it. People believed that the Gods didn’t always control the outcome and understand the future‚ but they can change the outcome if they try. Men love these types of tales because of the adventure and thrill of it‚ causing them to want to change their lives. The Iliad appeals

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    “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” by John Keats “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” by John Keats is a poem widely recognised by critics as a pivotal moment in his development as a poet; this work is evidence of his complete mastery of the sonnet form (of which he wrote 64 in total). This poem was a key evolutionary process which would help him construct the development of his own poetic legacy: the Great Odes. Keats was enthralled by the sonnet form because it presented a

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    The paintings “The Lifeline” by Winslow Homer and “Prairie on Fire” by Charles Deas are two paintings that really struck out to me as similar. I think Homer’s painting‚ “The Lifeline”‚ is a very dramatic painting because of how the lady is just laying there passed out while this brave man is swinging across dangerous waves and rocks to get them to safety. Its very different from looking at in class because you can actually see the texture and brush strokes the artist used. When standing in front

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    Although Ulysses and Odysseus share similar traits‚ Homer would not agree with Tennyson ’s portrayal of Odysseus in the poem "Ulysses". Whereas Odysseus wishes to complete his journey and find relief‚ Ulysses seeks to continue on a never-ending one. Homer ’s Odyssey and Tennyson ’s "Ulysses" have different desires and their desires lead them on contrasting quests. The hero in Homer ’s depicts Odysseus as a hero in the process of completing a journey home. The portrayal of Ulysses is a hero that

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    “Seperate but Equal” . This article describes the struggles that were continually encountered in the endeavor to gain racial equality. In particular the struggles of a man named Plessy and the advances that he helped to make are discussed and described. Homer Plessy was born free in March of 1862‚ in New Orleans. Although there were still definite segregations laws‚ New Orleans had fewer social restrictions about intermingling between whites and blacks‚ compared to other Southern states. In the years shortly

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    of the winter‚ and all prisoners were dressed badly. Elie ’s father passed away at the camp from dysentery. Elie had to continue going on without his father. They were later rescued at Buchenwald‚ and Elie was one of the very few to survive. Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet. He is the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Odyssey mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca

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