THE GLENCOE LITERATURE LIBRARY Study Guide for Beowulf A translation by Burton Raffel Meet the Geats‚ Danes‚ and Swedes of Beowulf B y the time that Beowulf was written down‚ Germanic tribes from Scandinavia and elsewhere in northern Europe had been invading England’s shores for centuries. The principal human characters in Beowulf hail from three Scandinavian tribes: the Geats‚ the Danes‚ and the Swedes. The genealogy of these tribes is shown below. THE GEATS Swerting Hrethel Herbald
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Janelle C. Gajardo IV-1 Mrs.Dimacutac December 5‚ 2011 Elements in the Periodic Table Trivia l Actinium (Ac) - radioactive element found in uranium ores‚ used in equilibrium with its decay products as a source of alpha rays.The name originates from the Greek word ’aktinos’ meaning ray or beam. l Argon (Ar) - they don’t often interact with other elements. This caused early mappers of the periodic table‚ such as Dmitri Mendeleev‚ to think of them as proud and noble. l Carbon (C) - can
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taken from the run down orphanage she calls her home‚ and where she has lived with her cat Rufus‚ when she is kidnapped by the hideous Madam Medusa. Madam Medusa required a child to slip down a crevice‚ to search for a diamond in Devil’s Bayou‚ which is supposed to be the biggest diamond in the world The Devil’s Eye. Threatened and scared by not only Madam Medusa herself but the two monstrous crocodiles she keeps as pets‚ Brutus and Nero‚ she sends a note in a bottle asking for help. By pure luck the
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Angela Davis 7/27/2014 Humanities Paper #2 Athena On the top of Mt. Olympus lived one of the greatest goddesses‚ Athena. Athena was known as a goddess of war‚ wisdom and arts. She is portrayed as strong‚ fair and merciful. She helped many warriors on their journeys. She was greatly admired by humans for her contributions to man. Athena was also very intelligent and thoughtful; she rarely lost her temper and pushed for a solution that was beneficial. As you read on you will find that Athena
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There are no multicellular plants in the oceans Most are photosynthetic single cells Cambrian is in Paleozoic era Called Cambrian explosion‚ because in this 70 million years. We have an explosion of every multicellular organism. Wednesday October 31st‚ 2012 CAMBRIAN Phanerozoic Eon Eras: Paleozoic (most recent : 550 Ma until now) – multicellular organisms in the oceans The periods in the Paleozoic era are: Cambrian Ordovician: end is one of the 5 mass extinctions. So many organisms
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Monsters and creatures of Greek mythology Homer the Odyssey tells the tale of a journey of the hero Odysseus and the journey through danger‚ temptation‚ and self evaluation. The monsters of greek mythology test the heroic side of a person and that’s what they did to Odysseus. “This time his opponents are not military‚ instead‚ he encounters various monsters who try to keep him from his wife penelope.” Greek mythology first developed in 700 bc‚ with that a poet named Hesiod’s Theogony who
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Grand Canyon and coastal California are easily recognizable because of their overuse by Television. England has diverse geography largely unfamiliar to American audience; they also shot at several locations in Spain and Pestume in southern Italy for Medusa sequence. In the Mount Olympus scene the goddess’ are seen wearing a variety of toga styles‚ some featuring a deep v-neck‚ while others wide arms holes with open sleeves with slits such as the one depicted in Athena‚ Herakles‚ and “Atlas with the
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The Perseid Meteor Shower (pur-see-id) is one of the most famous meteor showers. This is not only because of the exceedingly high amount of meteors‚ but also due to its lengthy appearance in the night sky. The Perseids can occupy the sky for up to six weeks between the middle of July and the end of August. The Perseids can be seen when Earth passes through Comet Swift-Tuttle‚ however‚ the most meteors will be visible when Earth passes through the densest‚ dustiest area of Swift-Tuttle. The
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With close reference to The Devil’s Wife‚ explore how Duffy presents power and compare this with her presentation of power in other poems In “Dirt”‚ Duffy tells the tale of Myra Hindley who‚ in conjunction with Ian Brady murdered six young children. Written as a dramatic monologue‚ Duffy is able to evoke a sense of empathy in her reader‚ thus enabling them to form a better understanding of the speaker’s situation‚ making the poem all the more effective. The majority of the poems in this collection
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Arianna Mrs. Sani English 1 23 September 2013 Athena: Goddess of Wisdom In Greek mythology‚ there are many deites. The Greeks had a God or Goddess for nearly everything. They needed a way to explain the existence of animals‚ humans‚ or natural phenomena. Athena was the Greek Goddess of War and Wisdom; her roman counterpart is Minerva. Athena was one of the most powerful of the goddesses. She was called the daughter of Zeus; but the Greeks believed that she had sprung full grown from his
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