Homer: His Life and His Works Greeks had used writing since c. 1400 BC‚ but it was not until the late 8th century BC that their literature was first written down. Greek literature began in Ionia with the brilliant epics of Homer‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. These mature products of a long tradition of oral poetry brought together a vast body of divine and heroic myths and sagas that served as a foundation for much subsequent Greek literature. The epic view of humankind had a lasting influence
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Dictatorship Red H 40 News from Judea Red H 177 The Cornflake Red H 170 A Victorian Hangman Tells His Love Yellow M 79 When First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a
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Chaucers use of sarcasm to describe his characters. Geoffrey Chaucer used sarcasm to describe his characters in "The Canterbury Tales." It will point out details that are seen in the book that help explain how he used this sarcasm to prove a point and to teach life lessons sometimes. I will also point out how this sarcasm was aimed at telling the reader his point of view about how corrupt the Catholic Church was. Chaucer uses an abundance of sarcasm‚ as opposed to seriousness‚ to describe his characters
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Emily Sullivan EN 104 Story: “Family Treasures‚” 2015 Author: Shirley Jackson 1916-1965 (Shirley struggled to fit in her whole life‚ because she was overweight and did not meet the expectations of her family. This represents her life‚ because she did not fit in at her first college and she was unhappy.) Central character: Anne Waite is a shy‚ kept-to-herself‚ sophomore in college‚ whose mother passed away the previous semester and her father previously deceased. Everyone perceives her
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of Easter? Easter is of course a Christian holiday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Many people will also love to point out Easter’s traditions are taken from Pagan culture. No one really talks about the whole bunny laying and hiding eggs though. No one really wants to talk about how it has nothing to do with Christianity anymore either. The Christian explanation for some of these things is a little odd. One thing for the eggs is they’re supposed to symbolize Jesus’s new life and his emergence
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The Mayans and Easter Islanders had common collapses in their societies. One of their downfalls was that they both erected large statues and other unnecessary monuments to show dominance over other kings in the surrounding area. This hurt the civilizations because they occupied land that could have otherwise been used for farming. Also‚ since everything was done on human power alone‚ they used more energy and later consumed more food than usual. Another one of their problems were that neither
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An Irish Airman foresees his death is about a man who has no opinion on the war‚ ‘those I fight I do not hate‚ those I guard I do not love’ this is ironic as he has no feeling as to who wins the war yet he is fighting for one side. The theme of the poem is simple and he structure is unbroken and composed‚ this is contrasts the idea of the poem as the airman knows he is going to die‚ ‘I know I shall meet my fate’ and therefore the calmness of the poem and the calmness of the airman is seen as peculiar
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W.B. Yeats has created rhythm in his poem "When You Are Old" by using a familiar meter‚ simple rhyme scheme and by enhancing these forms with effective poetic devices and substitutions. Almost everyone who has studied English has read a play written by William Shakespeare. Yeats uses the same form‚ iambic pentameter‚ to create a steady rhythm that is familiar to many readers. He uses substitution feet to deviate from the regular meter and emphasize the parts of the poem he feels are important. For
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took in the 1916 Easter Rising‚ as the most prominent female leader. She was arrested and put on trial like the other leaders of the Rising‚ but‚ because of her sex‚ she avoided execution by firing squad. Instead she served a prison sentence in Britain‚ separated from the surviving leaders of the Rising and was released in 1917‚ to then pursue a career in politics. She died in 1927‚ a hero to the people of Ireland. On Easter Monday‚ the 24th
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Lawrence describe the snake and capture his opinion of it in his poem “Snake” “Snake” by D.H. Lawrence is about a snake is living near him. The snake went to D.H. Lawrence water-trough to drink water. He describes his own feeling about the snake. After that he wants to kill it but he regretted immediately. D.H. Lawrence describes the snake in the first six stanzas. He used the sibilance ‘Softly drank through his straight gums‚ into his slack long body‚ Silently’ to describe the
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