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    Kuralt.)" The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey tell the stories of two men recognizing what means the most to them in life. They journey through their quests transforming into different people from whence they first began. In the end‚ they realize they just want to be loved and be with the ones who understand them most. When comparing the epics‚ it becomes apparent that Homer had to have been influenced by The Epic of Gilgamesh before creating The Odyssey because of similarities with the heroes

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    Ancient Art Comparison

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    I will be comparing and contrasting two works of ancient art. The first is an Egyptian piece titled Pectoral Amulet depicting the god Anubis (1539-1190 BCE) which was created from faience. .http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/zoomObject.cfm?ObjectId=3371 Faience is an artificial glass-like material created from baked siliceous clay and painted with an opaque tin-oxide glaze (Hirst‚ K. n.d.). The second work is from Syria and is titled Funerary Relief Bust (231 CE)‚ and it was carved out of limestone

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    In my opinion on the movie O and that it related to the play Othello because there were many differences but all the end it did seem like an Othello ending. Like for example in the play they used swords and knives in the movie used guns. Plus‚ there was a war going on in the play but in O it was just a basketball. But both stories are still similar because both Odin and Othello both have anger and jealously. This movie was good because it did show Othello in a different way‚ but the characters were

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    I and Thou

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    In part 2 of I And Thou‚ Martin Buber examines‚ and begins to criticize‚ society’s debilitating inability to provide purpose and meaning to an individual’s life. According to Buber‚ “It is the obstacle; for the development of the ability to experience and use comes about mostly through the decrease of man’s power to enter into relation…”(Buber 48). In a short translation‚ there is an inverse relationship between the development of society (and scientific progress) and a sense of fellowship and spiritual

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    Art Comparison Essay

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    Art has been around for hundreds of years‚ expressed in a number of ways through different mediums: With painting‚ drawing‚ photography‚ music‚ and endless more. Each having smaller categories within them. One can create a portrait with different types of paint‚ chalk‚ the lens of a camera‚ pens and pencils‚ color pencils‚ and even crayons. A musician can paint a picture within one’s head‚ simply by the use of lyrics or in a few keys of a song. Separate forms of art‚ if someone would them examine

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    The Odyssey

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    The Odyssey‚ an epic poem written by Homer begins ten years after the Trojan war. The narrator calls upon the Muse asking her for inspiration so he can begin to tell the story of Odysseus and his travels. Odysseus has yet to return home to Ithaca and is on the island of Ogygia with the goddess‚ Calypso. Calypso loves Odysseus and will not let him leave the island. His son‚ Telemachus (who was an infant when Odysseus left) is now a young man. He is convinced his father is dead as suitors are taking

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    Art and the Bronco summary O. Henry’s "Art and the Bronco" tells the story of Lonny Briscoe‚ a cowboy who is also an aspiring artist. It follows his quest to sell his first painting to the state legislature; to have it hung in the capital building. Lonny sees the sale of the painting as validation of his talent and worth as a painter. What he ends up learning is that the actual value of the painting turns out to be secondary to what other feel they can gain from it. The story takes place

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    Thou and Faustus Hath

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    OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS FROM THE QUARTO OF 1604. Enter CHORUS. CHORUS. Not marching now in fields of Thrasymene‚ Where Mars did mate1 the Carthaginians; Nor sporting in the dalliance of love‚

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    significant because it shows the failure of the old to lead in times of crisis‚ when the community is just short of becoming a wasteland. Similarly‚ in Where the Girl Saves her Brother‚ a Cheyenne myth of courage‚ a young woman saves her young brother with a high pitched‚ alarming war cry. Quickly‚ in the midst of the battle she swoops up her fallen brother and saves him from the guns of the white men. Seeing the young girl’s bravery (which is unexpected)‚ the white men back off from the Indian tribes

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    Art History Comparison

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    Rogier van der Weyden’s Seven Sacraments Altarpiece depicts penance and the everyday rites of the Christian society that are executed from birth to death. Hieronymus Bosch’s Table Top of the Seven Deadly Sins exhibits the seven sins engaged by people under the watchful eye of Christ that must be accounted for on judgement day. Both works are representations of the same important idea of penance. The apparent realism of artists such as Rogier van der Weyden and Hieronymus Bosch is more than mere imitation

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