Epic of Gilgamesh vs. Noahs Flood The epic of Gilgamesh and “Noah and the Flood” both tell stories of a treacherous flood which wiped out all of mankind. These “The Great Hymn to the Aten” is the longest of several New Kingdom praise poems to the sun god Aten. This poem‚ composed as a hymn‚ or sacred song‚ was found on the wall of a tomb built for a royal scribe named Ay and his wife. It was intended to assure their safety in the afterlife. The Egyptians had worshiped the sun—along with a host
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) This movie’s introduction is extremely effective because it is packed with suspense and action. The intro contains the famous Indiana Jones searching for a golden idol in a jungle temple. The temple collapses‚ and Indiana races for the exit while being chased by a huge rolling boulder. This is a fantastic attention grabber. Although it is a rather lengthy attention grabber‚ the motive behind searching for the Ark of the Covenant is eventually revealed‚ and the scene
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Study (Valenti‚ 99) are “choice of perpetrator‚ choice of victim‚ presence of consequences‚ rewards and punishments‚ the reason for the violence‚ weapons‚ realism‚ use of humor‚ and prolonged exposure” (Valenti‚ 100) . Raiders of the Lost Ark is a violent‚ yet well loved film which would be interesting to examine in this light. In Raiders‚ the choice of perpetrator is our hero‚ Indiana Jones. We do not think of him as “a perpetrator”‚ he is “the good guy”‚ yet he is shown bringing about
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. In the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark‚ Indiana Jones has several things helping him obtain his goals‚ including‚ his alter ego‚ being chosen by god‚ and his friends. Indiana Jones has several things helping him obtain his goals including his alter ego. In his real life Indiana Jones is Professor Dr. Jones. He teaches archeology at Marshall College. When offered to go rescue lost artifacts he becomes is other ego‚ Indiana Jones. He is like a superhero‚ because he rescues artifacts for research and
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Noah While the story and the contents of the film stays true to the Old Testaments of the Bible‚ it seems like the story takes place in a distant future after a global post-nuclear disaster‚ unlike in the Bible‚ in which the story did took place in the distant past during a time when modern civilizations first occurred. The story begins with the story of creation‚ where Adam and Eve made wrong choices and rebelled against the creator‚ and since then the world has been fallen and sinful. Corrupt
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Indiana Jones to acquire the Ark of the Covenant. Indiana Jones informs them of the history behind the Ark and is informed that the Nazis have found Tanis the last known location of the Ark. Jones informs the federal agents that he is no expert on the subject of Ark myth‚ but they should be asking Abner Ravenwood. Ravenwood collected many relics of Tanis including the head piece to the Staff of Ra. The head piece is the key to finding the Well of Souls where the Ark is kept. The Refusal Indiana
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divine and the mortal in each story? Both the Hebraic and Sumerian accounts of the flood share many of the same elements. For example‚ the gods directly warn a select few of the impending flood‚ an ark is built upon the gods’ requests‚ and both Noah and Utanapishtim are granted immortal qualities—Noah living for more than 600 years‚ and Utanapishtim living forever. However‚ the gods in the stories behave in entirely different ways. The Sumerian gods in the Epic of Gilgamesh are often at odds with
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Ramon Ramirez The Natural World: Are We a Part of it or Separated From it? The natural world is a source that many of us humans take for granted. It is full of resources that benefit all of us‚ but we should be careful as to how much of those resources we use. Even though the natural world cannot communicate with us verbally‚ its patterns allow us to do many things such as‚ predict weather. As for the question as to whether or not we humans are a part of the natural world or not‚ I think we are
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Bible 410 After the flood had passed and the Lord had dried up the land‚ Noah and his family along with the animals that God had instructed to put on the ark as well‚ came down from the vessel and became a new beginning‚ a new start for the reborn world under God. It had been sometime since the flood had passed and Noah had become a man very interested in the growing of grapes and he formed his own vineyards. He became very drunk off wine one day as he made his way to his tent‚ where he unclothed
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other world leaders to make preparations in order to save humanity by constructing arks at the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk‚ Nima was evacuated while his brother Tenzin worked in the arks. As additional funding‚ tickets to the arks were sold to private citizens for €1 billion per person. In 2012‚ fiction writer and part-time limousine driver to Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov‚ Jackson Curtis‚ picked up his children‚ Noah and Lily‚ from his ex-wife‚ Kate’s boyfriend‚ Gordon’s house. He took them camping
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