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    Circe lives alone‚ but protects herself with trickery and witchcraft. She tricks Odysseus’s men‚ and turns them into pigs‚ which shows she has physical power and wants to be left alone. Like Medusa in Metamorphoses‚ Circe defends herself from those who intend to harm her‚ lives in a large house and controls what happens there. Odysseus eventually out tricks her‚ but she then offers help to Odysseus‚ because she respects him. She lets Odysseus

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    and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”‚ stand out the most to me.         Throughout this unit‚ I have learned that very many companies’ names are derived from Greek mythology. These include Hercules (Heracles)‚ Poseidon Seafood‚ Amazon‚ Pandora‚ Medusa (the cement company)‚ Nike‚ Odyssey Cruise Lines‚ Trident gum‚ and many others. All of these companies have given me insight about why companies would choose these names‚ where they came from‚ and what they wanted their company to be like. Among these

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    As well as this Candy and Crooks survive the story‚ because they look down and resist the temptation. Steinbeck has made cultural references by presenting Curley’s wife in this way. Her use of her eyes is similar to ancient mythical beings such as Medusa‚ who could turn people to stone with her eyes. Her portrayal as a temptress is also symbolic of the

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    Athena And Aphrodite

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    There are many examples of women in myth suffering at Athena’s hands. Arachne was turned into a spider for challenging the goddess‚ Murmix was transformed into an ant after taking credit for Athena’s plough invention (Serv. Aeneid 4.402). Beautiful Medusa became grotesque after having sex with Poseidon in Athena’s temple (Ovid.Meta.4.794-803; 6.119-20). Aithra deceived by Athena in her dream

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    Daniel in the Lion’s Den  Elijah  Jezebel  Sodom and Gomorrah  Birth of Jesus  Parable of the Prodigal Son  Lazarus  John the Baptist  Last Supper  Judas  Crucifixion and Resurrection  Doubting Thomas  Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse  Greek and Roman Mythology Group 2  Medusa  Oedipus (the Sphinx‚ Antigone)  Antigone  The Trojan War (the fall of Troy‚  Achilles‚ Hector‚ Paris‚ Helen‚ and the Trojan  Horse)  Midas  Bacchus  Agamemnon‚ Orestes‚ and Electra (also known  in whole as The Oresteia)  Leda and the Swan  Pandora 

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    Hermes was the Greek god of commerce‚ athletes‚ literature‚ poetry‚ invention‚ trade‚ roads‚ boundaries‚ shepherds‚ merchants‚ music‚ luck‚ riches‚ good fortune and travellers. His name ’Hermes’ literally means ’boundary marker’. He is quick acting‚ cunning‚ adventurous and reflected as a trickster for his ingenious personality. Hermes the second youngest of the Olympian gods‚ is son of Zeus and the mountain Nymph Maia‚ goddess of clouds‚ one of the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and one of the

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    Timothy Vita Lisa Cecere CINE 120 1 December 2010 Feminism in Aliens Having carried their gender as a burden for years‚ woman have now grown to have a massive and essential influence in worldwide cinema. Feminist film theory challenges audiences to understand the source of gender inequality. Predominantly a masculine industry‚ early film have been said to contain the "male gaze‚" where the audience is placed in the shoes of a heterosexual male and woman are a merely objects to be viewed or

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    Virgil's Journey

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    Two of the texts being reviewed is Dante’s The Divine Comedy and Farid Ud-Din Attar’s The Conference of the Birds. These two stories‚ both have an enormous attraction toward the belief in a higher power. In both stories‚ the character’s devotion is questioned. In each text‚ the quest for knowledge of the higher power is the ultimate driving force. In each story the main character embarks on a spiritual journey; however‚ each character has their own reason for going. Virgil is the guide in Dante’s

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    Jason vs. Perseus

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    sword‚ and the shield. Also through Hermes’s guidance‚ he was able to reach the place of the Hyperboreans. They gave him presents like the winged sandals‚ the magic wallet‚ and the cap which made the wearer invisible. All these were used to conquer Medusa. He made use of the materials bestowed upon him along with his own strength‚ courage‚ and skills. However‚ Jason had his comrades with him in his journey. On his search for the Golden Fleece‚ he was under the protection of the goddess Hera. She endowed

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    Animals like hydra that belong to the phylum Cnidarian have two germ layer. Cnidarians can be in two forms‚ polyp and medusa and the hydra is in the form of polyp. The gastrovascular cavity that is joined to the mouth of the cnidarian acts in digestion‚ gas exchange and also acts as the hydrostatic skeleton (Sadava et al.‚ 2011). The hydra usually lies on a basal disk‚

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