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    Spyridakis Fall 2013 REQUIRED READINGS J. Oates‚ Babylon N. K. Sanders‚ ed.‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh J. A. Wilson‚ The Culture of Ancient Egypt H. M. Orlinsky‚ Ancient Israel Before the midterm‚ read relevant chapters on the main Mesopotamian cultures in Oates ’ Babylon as well as the Sanders and Wilson books. Orlinsky ’s Ancient Israel should be read in the second part of the course‚ along with relevant materials on Persia in Oates ’ Babylon. These readings supplement the lectures

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    James Joyce: A Life for the Storybooks February 2‚ 1882‚ James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born into a middle-class family in Dublin‚ Ireland. Joyce was just another little boy‚ but he grew into an author‚ one of the best authors‚ he changed how people told stories and how they thought about the world. One of the most interesting factors of Joyce is the connection between his life and works‚ one story that illustrates this quite well is his short story Araby. Most authors write about their life

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    American Revolution was a fight for independence from England. The war shows an assembly of the thirteen colonies and more importantly thousands of Americans. This included a variety of races‚ and gender. However‚ in Revolutionary Mothers author‚ Carol Berkin‚ mentions that women’s accomplishments during the conflict are often forgotten. Throughout the novel Berkin describes many events that showcase women’s efforts during the war. In the American Revolution women contributions were critical and

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    Tina Yuan ENG3U1-06 Ms. Lawton November 30‚ 2009 Comparison and Contrast Persuasive Essay Being a girl who’s born and raised in a Chinese family‚ I always heard people making comments about how girls are useless. Maybe is because I am a teenager‚ now the more I hear about it ‚ the more I am rebellious to it. In my opinion‚ girls will always be superior than boys. From the inside to the outside‚ girls have better appearance‚ better personality‚ and even better social status. First of all

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    March 2011 Comparison Essay Tragedy can be caused physically or emotionally to someone. This causes different values of magnitude to different people‚ ( the degree of importance/impact). Both Oedipus in Oedipus Rex by John Bennet and Creon in Antigone by Sophocles go through tragedy that reflects importance and has a big impact. Creon in comparison to Oedipus exhibits a higher degree of magnitude because his sinful actions

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    Contrast and Comparison Essay “Preventive medicine” There are many problems in the world. Each country has its own political and economical problems no matter how it is developed. Also there are issues that affects entire world‚ like global warming‚ “doomsday”‚ economical crisis and etc. Nowadays different governments start to pay their attention on another problem – people’s health because country cannot be without people. There are some big differences in medical problems between developed and

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    story written by James Joyce about Gabriel‚ a man who is facing troubles with his wife‚ Gretta. Gabriel stumbled upon Gretta in an intense trance‚ while a certain song is playing. Gabriel soon finds out that Gretta had a past lover who had died for her‚ and he understands that she still shows emotion for him. Gabriel feels alone and troubled for the first time in his life. This story shows his great suffering in the marriage and how it came to be. “The Dead‚” written by James Joyce‚ is a short story that

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    James Joyce: Symbols of Religion in his short story “Araby” Alongside the dawn of the twentieth century appeared an author by the name of James Joyce. Joyce introduced the idea that language can be manipulated and transformed into a new original meaning. “Some critics considered the work a masterpiece‚ though many readers found it incomprehensible” (The Literature 1). Joyce’s stories were not welcomed with open‚ inviting arms; instead they were undesired by publishers and his books were immensely

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    employer no ill will because he believes that Scrooge’s life is lonely. 
Through the alternating and contradistinctive personality‚ lives‚ and heart‚ in which Dickens has created between Scrooge and Cratchit‚ he creates a superior understanding and comparison‚ on how the rich behaved towards the poor or “working class”. Dickens also shows how the working-class may have been underdeveloped and in finical hardship‚ but still found the warmth and incredible feelings of love and faith within the simplest

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    Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 dystopian novels comparison and contrast essay Aldous Huxley and George Orwell were British 20th century writers famous for writing dystopian novels. Their novels describe fictional near future society’s that have gone wrong and although they are fictional the events and the setting of the novels were based on the history and events of the contemporary early- mid 20th century – the time when both novels were written. It was the time

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