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    In the story Odyssey by Homer Odysseus action against the wooers and the people that were involved were justified. The wooers technically exiled there king. Then the wooers wanted to get rid of everything and everyone who were loyal to Odysseus and they wanted to cover up that Odysseus was actually gone. First in the beginning it said that Odysseus was thrown out of the ship that just tells you that something is going on there is something that someone wanted to do because if they wanted

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    Is Odysseus An Epic Hero?

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    whether or not Odysseus really is an epic hero. Sometimes‚ Odysseus really acts like a hero‚ but sometimes not. In the Trojan War‚ he was very strong and brave‚ and he protected his men‚ but in book 9-12‚ he doesn’t seem to be the leader of his crew because they decide against his warning more than once. In book 11‚ he gets scared of the spirits of the dead and runs away. Furthermore‚ in my opinion it is never right to kill people‚ not even in a war. So‚ though it was to save his crew‚ it is not

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    Roald Dahl successfully presents scary or creepy moments and ideas in his writing by having the personalities of his characters be very eerie and questionable‚ or not what people should normally be like in real life. He includes events or scenarios that aren’t all blood and gore‚ but things you would never expect would happen or see people do. This is what makes Dahl’s stories quite odd and unusual. In Lamb to the Slaughter‚ the vibes from the two characters‚ (Mr. and Mrs. Malony) seem very out

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    show that the argument of whether revenge is justified varies greatly‚ not so much depending on a situation itself‚ but on the perspective a person has on the situation. Going back to the first example‚ a judge who might be deciding the appropriate punishment for the impaired driver would probably immediately decide that the driver deserves to have their license revoked‚ and that the driver was stupid for driving under the influence no matter what his excuse. However‚ the wife of the driver [who

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    Carlos Malvarez Malvarez 1 10/29/12 ISS1120 701801 M.W.F 10:00-10:50 Is Capital Punishment Justified? Is capital punishment justified? Should people convicted of crime be punished in a hard way? Should the state of Florida remain the same rules for capital punishment? My answer is yes‚ it should stay the same way it is if we want the world to be a better place for living. The State must remain punishing people for first degree murder‚ capital drug trafficking‚ and capital sexual

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    virtues which define us as humans. Odysseus virtues are the only things which keep him alive in the face of incredible danger at the hands of natural threats. Today we live insulated and protected from hostility nature. We do not have the virtue in the same capacity as those which enable Odysseus to survive. In Odyssey many people consider Odysseus as a man of virtues and vice. He was declare as a man of virtues during the time Polyphemos start to eat is men‚ Odysseus almost kills Polyphemos but he

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    “Lamb To The Slaughter” Thematic Essay Roald Dahl dystopian story “Lamb To The Slaughter” takes places in a small town that’s peaceful and quiet. Until a wife of a police office killed her husband with a leg of lamb and not having any guilt about it. Enraged that he man was leaving her another woman while she’s pregnant with her first child with him. One lesson in the story suggest is you may not know what’s under your noses until you’re eating it. From the beginning‚ the description and detail

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    Is Terrorism Ever Justified? “Terrorism has no justification‚ no matter what pretext terrorist use for their deeds.” Says Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour‚ a Tunisian Culture and Preservation of Heritage Minister. (UN News Centre.) Many people view terrorism the same way as Ben Achour‚ especially in America. But there are also many of those‚ such as Alan Dershowitz‚ who counter with questions like‚ “Is ‘terrorist’ just a negative version of ‘freedom righter’?” and “How are civilian deaths in terrorism

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    play about revenge. In the play Hamlet‚ it leads me to believe that revenge is not justified in any way. Because Claudius dies‚ Hamlet dies‚ Ophelia‚ Horatio all die at the end of the play. The first reason why the Hamlet play is proof that revenge is not justified. Hamlet is the main character of the play trying to figure out how to get revenge on Claudius. Claudius killed hamlets father by pouring poison in his father’s ear. In order to become the new king of Denmark. And to steel the old kings

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    World History Period. 2 March 25‚ 2012 Historical Analysis Slaughterhouse Five is a novel based off of the fire-bombing of Dresden. This story depicts the horrors of World War Two and the mental turmoil that it caused some of the soldiers that fought in it. Slaughterhouse Five teaches us how anyone can be changed by war not matter what your circumstances before it. War is an atrocity that is commonly glorified in today’s world for no good reason. It not only kills millions but wounds everyone

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