Basketball Courts :Modern century Warzones. Gone are the days when sports were the best extra curriculars and doing exceptionally well in them reaped innumerable benefits.As sports in highschool become increasingly competitive‚ they start bringing more harm than benefit.The movie "O" which is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Othello" deals with similar issues .It shows Hugo as a character obsessed with succeeding in basketball and winning his father’s attention by fair or unfair means.While
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computers were able to help both in office and at home (Odin). Even though computers were very expensive at that time‚ many middle class families could afford to have one at home. Therefore‚ the personal computer industry started in the 1970s. J. Odin‚ a professor of University of Hawaii at Manoa‚ writes: “With the development of Random Access Memory (RAM) and invention of microprocessors‚ the personal computer industry took off in the seventies” (Odin). The idea that computers could be used not only
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plot‚ and sequence of events‚ but he set his movie in modern times. It takes place in a primarily white high school where Odin‚ playing the part of Othello‚ is a basketball star who leads his team to many victories. His right-hand-man‚ Michel (playing Cassio) is always there for him‚ helping in any way he can. Hugo plays the part of Iago. He shows a lot of jealousy towards Odin and Desi (playing Desdemona) being in a relationship as well as all of Odin’s skills. The characters that create this
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Sacred Places A sacred place can be interpreted as many things that can and cannot be seen or visited. The majority of all mythologies have some sort of sacred place that is associated with it. A sacred place doesn’t have to be a heaven or hell. It can be an altar‚ ruin‚ place of sacrifice‚ ritual spot‚ burial site‚ cultural migration lines‚ pictographs‚ and any other place that could be essential to a culture. (Leonard & McClure‚ 2004‚ "Gulliford ’s Nine Categories of Sacred Places"). One of the
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Traditional Viking Religion The Vikings’ religious beliefs were constantly changing and evolving. They had many different ways of worshiping‚ and viewing their gods. It was dependent completely on where you lived‚ in what era‚ and what your social class was‚ though the Vikings weren’t very strict on this. Most of these beliefs were recorded after Christianity had already taken hold of the Viking culture. But‚ it seems that under their outer appearance of ‘good little Christians’‚ they were still
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Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures Tracey Walker HUM/105-Wk2- World Mythology June 12‚ 2014 Sharon Worely Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures Two myths that I have chosen for my paper are on the Norse culture of Iceland Vikings and the Genesis creation of the Hebrew origin of Christian culture. Both creation myths begin with a void where chaos or conflict develops. The Norse myth narrates a conflict between the fiery realm or Muspell and the dark‚ cold realm of
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wife. Together they had a son named Bor and his son was named Odin. In time Odin became the king of all gods. Odin and the other gods could not abide by the evil acts of Ymir and they killed him. They used Ymir’s body to form the earth. His blood converted into the sea‚ flesh became the land‚ bones were the mountains and his hair became the trees. They formed the sky with Ymir’s skull which was held up by four towering pillars. Odin then acquired sparks from Muspell to create the sun and moon and
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Today or Better Left Alone “Romeo + Juliet” succeeds to convey Shakespeare ’s play by the same name. The film was filmed in Verona‚ California set in the 1950s. The interesting part of the setting is that both Verona and Venice are cities in Italy and California. When talking about this movie‚ it ’s easy to get lost in the memories of Shakespeare ’s play and‚ while the majority of people will remember most scenes; I enjoy looking outside of the norm‚ something overlooked by the majority of people
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Norse gods. This is of similar to the twelve chief Roman gods and goddesses. Odin was the chief god and only had one eye‚ while the god of war‚ Tyr‚ only had one arm. This meant that in Northern Europe‚ this mythology did not emphasize on the gods and goddesses beauty. Buri was the the first Norse god and was the grandfather of Odin. According to Norse mythology‚ the world was created when Frost-Giant Ymir was killed by Odin and his brothers. There are five supernatural races in the Norse religion.
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