Homer‚ depicts the mythological story of the Trojan war. The moral lessons‚ values‚ and beneficiary information presented in the story makes it worthwhile. The miscellaneous themes‚ ideas and lessons presented‚ allows this story to be meaningful modern day. Although The Iliad is old and outdated‚ it is still relevant and useful today because of it’s portrayal of love‚ hate‚ and war. In The Iliad‚ love is the first cause of war. Paris‚ son of Priam and Prince of Troy‚ love for Helen sparks the war. Helen
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Themes in ‘Macbeth’. Order/Disorder. * Disorder introduced with the arrival of the witches in horrible weather. * ‘In thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?’ * The Thane of Cawdor threatens established order‚ ironic as the new Thane of Cawdor also betrays the King. * ‘Assisted by that most disloyal traitor‚/ The Thane of Cawdor‚ began a dismal conflict’ * The witches prophecies tempt Macbeth into disrupting natural order. * ‘If good‚ why do I yield to that suggestion‚/ Whose horrid
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Shakespeare even after being deceased for over 400 years‚ still is relevant to our society and culture. How does this icon of English literature continually remain a firm fascination in the minds of modern day society? Despite departing this earth nearly 400 years ago‚ William Shakespeare’s legacy of written works (including 37 plays!) ensure his relevance to society‚ past and present never wanes. The timelessness of Shakespeare’s themes continue to keep his plays fresh. He dramatized basic issues:
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Shakespeare’s plays are still relevant today because of the Many of Shakespeare’s plays explore the humanity in people. He has accurately depicted many truths about the human. In Macbeth‚ one human virtue that Shakespeare points out is that even the “bad guys” have some good spirit‚ no matter how deeply buried it is. The corrupted characters in Macbeth are shown sympathetically when Macbeth sees a ghost of Banquo‚ when Lady Macbeth goes insane from guilt‚ and when Macbeth’s conscience is so full
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HOW IS NIGHT RELEVANT TO TODAY? Elie Wiesel’s book night tell us the story of the Holocaust that killed so many Jews and scarred the one that did survive for life. Elie Wiesel just so happens to be one of the luckier ones who actually survived being beat‚ seeing others being beat and killed‚ seeing babies being thrown in the air and used as a target practice. Children as well as women and feeble men were thrown in pits of fire‚ most of them alive‚ although some of them were dead. He even saw
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Is the Bible still relevant today? Sure‚ the Bible was relevant once upon a time‚ in that long-ago era of shepherds and scribes. That story of how the Hebrew people emerged from their centuries of slavery in Egypt is a gripping account‚ but does it have any connection to my world of lightning fast e-mails and jet travel? The problems of a fish swallowing a disobedient prophet named Jonah and how to get Daniel out of a den of lions seem pretty far removed from fixing my transmission or resurrecting
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Blog Post Essay 3/2/15 Is Animal Farm still relevant today? Yes‚ and in a few ways. First‚ one element of the story is how power can corrupt any leader. Power hungry leaders are almost completely normal in our society today. Secondly the book has an element of human nature. Humans have a selfish side as shown by some of the animals‚ but also a caring side as shown by other animals. Finally‚ Animal Farm is relevant today because it has an element of propaganda
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William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is an unfortunate story caught in a web of double dealing and retaliation. The setting and plot gives some understanding into present day society‚ as the play includes many issues which are still extremely relevant in today’s world. In spite of the fact that Hamlet is at this point more than 400 years of age‚ its translation of personality is ageless. The main topics in the tragedy of Hamlet are the cost of revenge‚ madness‚ and political or economical. The topics that
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Is the constitution still relevant today? Some would say that it is not and never has been. However‚ I happen to think otherwise. The constitution was written to establish our rights and freedoms as citizens. In my opinion the constitution is still relevant today. When you think of the different parts of the constitution it all makes sense. We have the amendments and our rights‚ the amendments clarify the duties of the government and branches. The bill of rights is focused on the people and their
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including persecution and the Holocaust. How is Judaism still relevant today after so many years? Many people use Judaism for stability in maintaining the order in their life. Also‚ Jewish people who share their faith from generation to generation keep the faith going. Finally‚ faithful and devoted Jews keep the faith alive with teaching others and their children in the ways of Judaism. Judaism is still relevant and existing today because of hopes for stability‚ generational sharing‚ and faithful
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