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    great in bravery‚ but modest and humble. A certain respect for balance between power‚ leadership and acceptance must be understood in order for an epic hero to truly be the stuff of legends. Where there is mighty skill and ability to slay dangers and face peril‚ intellect and wisdom must counter the brutality. I believe this exists within Beowulf‚ who although is proud and eager for glory‚ was also a "mild" man. His deeds were justifiably honorable and worthy of praise‚ and yet when met with what may

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    dominant society she grew on. Her writing maintains hidden meaning in which casual readers would see the surface intentions of her poems and not offend any male readers. However‚ inside her humble lyrics one can objectify flowing amounts of sarcasm‚ irony and negative intensity towards male to female prejudice. This humble yet sarcastic tone can be seen in the poem as an indirect attack pointed towards the male world. These ironic intentions can be seen in the first stanza of Anne Bradstreet’s’ “The Prologue”

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    questions which also helped establish a serious tone. On the other hand‚ Anthony’s speech was not as subjective and serious as Brutus presented. Anthony displays a sly tone when he talks about Caesar. When Anthony says‚ "I came to bury Caesar not praise him" he is creating a realistic tone for the citizens. Anthony was much calmer in his speech than Brutus was when he stated evident facts. Whereas‚ Brutus wanted to persuade the citizens. Anthony did not portray a lot of emotions in his speech because

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    When uploading synopsis of fonts‚ I confirm that the task is done without undue help Interlanguage Analysis A. Throughout this piece I have noticed that she does not capitalize the personal pronoun “I”. This may be because English is one of the very few languages that actually capitalizes the pronoun “I”. Another type of target language deviation would be that she often spells words phonetically. Such as “Sad” instead of said‚ “questen” instead of question and “writed” instead of written. Her use

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    Humility Speech

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    The Humble Grass Good morning teachers and friends‚ My name is Linh Chi and I’m from Vietnam. What is humility? Is it not to act arrogantly? Is it to except one’s lowly position? Or is it to act without self-respect? Well‚ humility is not an astronaut saying‚ “Oh‚ I’ve just done some travelling.” I mean‚ he went to the moon. No‚ humility is not lowering oneself; humility is to make other people feel equal and understood without devaluating oneself. For example‚ how does a man 1.6 meter tall talk

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    Jose Garcia Villa aka Doveglion. Born in Singalong‚ Manila on 5 Aug 1908. National Artist in Literature. He is the son of Simeon Villa‚ Emilio Aguinaldo’s physician‚ and Guia Garcia. He graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) High School and enrolled at at the UP College of Medicine in 1925. Villa first tried painting‚ but then turned into writing after reading Winesburg‚ Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. His poetry first gained fame—or notoriety—in 1929‚ when he was suspended for one

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    and Mr.Collins. These people are general dreadful to talk to and are not enjoyed by many. While these horrid people symbolize all that is bad and prideful within the book‚ Jane Bennet symbolizes all that is good and lovely. Her caring‚ accepting‚ humble attitude towards everything‚ along with her immaculate beauty‚ makes her a very desirable woman to be around. While her incredibly positive outlook on life gives many positive qualities‚ it also hinders her in multiple ways as well. Jane’s forgiving

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    SWINRISE 4 Activity 1 Four Cords Song ‘The Axis of Awesome’ is an Australian comedy band. According to one of these comedians‚ all the greatest hit songs used the same ‘four cords’. To prove this‚ they have brilliantly put together 20 hit songs using these four cords. Listen to the song posted in BB Week 4 folder and do the following: 1) See if you know any of the song titles or the singers and check with the answers provided on BB. 2) In your group blog‚ discuss the question‚ ‘Is it ethical

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    exclamations at the end. He also uses similes and metaphors about how he thinks God made such a majestic creature. Continuing the thought of Blake’s syntax‚ he either speaks with short sentences with an exclamation mark or a question‚ or he uses lots of commas and semicolons. He does this because he makes the tone more question filled‚ it makes it seem as if the author has a million things to

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    while they are able. The poem is written in rhyming couplets‚ a popular format in rhyming poetry. Language In the first stanza there are humorously exaggerated references to traditional romantic ideas. He speaks of spending "An hundred years" to "praise/Thine eyes" and "Two hundred to adore each breast". This is all undermined by the poem’s opening words: "Had we but world enough and time". He is presenting a courtship which may sound wonderful‚ but is one he states from the outset is impossible

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