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    Lidtke Mill Short Story

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    this place I am going to talk about. This Mill is type of a story that no one wants to hear about 4 ghosts that no one really knows. I am gonna tell you a story so be ready….. Once upon a ghost story a girl named Penelope‚ who opened the Lidtke Mill but then died the next day. Penelope has been just doing chores around the house like a normal girl then boom there she is dead on the floor not knowing what happen so let’s go way back to 1960 where it all happens. It was a wonderful day and something

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    Wellbelove‚ Penelope Bunce‚ Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch) is drastically unalike. In Carry On the main character Simon Snow or “the Chosen One”‚ is a realistic and complex character. He struggles with magic‚ but he strives to be his best. Simon is hardworking‚ courageous‚ and extremely resilient. His roommate‚ Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch‚ or Baz‚ even though some in his family don’t support him‚ tries to be patient with them. He is portrayed as an all-around good person. Penelope

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    1. Character : For the character I chose Katniss Everdeen from the books/ movie series of the Hunger Games. Katniss is my choice because she is the main character throught the series. It focuses mainly on the life of Katniss throughout the "Games". Katniss has green eyes and brown hair. She usually wears her hair braided down to the side. She specializes in Archery. 2. Protagonist: for the protagonist I pick Meredith Grey from the greys anatomy television series. Meredith is the main character of

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    The Odyssey; Immortality

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    The Odyssey of Homer is filled with various adventures‚ sought-after revenge‚ and harmful temptations. The war hero‚ Odysseus‚ traveled for three years‚ always trying to achieve his homecoming. In Odysseus’ fourth year‚ Zeus destroyed his ship‚ as well as his companions‚ while they were out at sea. After these losses‚ Odysseus alone was washed up onto the island of a nymph‚ Kalypso. She took him into her palace and came to love him. After time‚ she desired to make Odysseus her husband‚ offering

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    Telemachus promise that he will not tell Penelope. Odysseus thinks it would be a bad idea to storm back into the castle and demand his throne. This would mess up everything and would eventually cause a battle. Penelope decides that is time for a new husband so she tells all the suitors to string Odysseus bow and shoot it through 12 axes. No one could do it until the beggar tried‚ this is Odysseus. He then kills all of the suitors‚ starting with Alchinous. Penelope still could not believe it so she tests

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    Revenge in the Odyssey

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    The Greeks‚ as portrayed by Homer‚ are a very vengeful people. Throughout The Odyssey‚ a theme of vengeance is dominant. These displays of retribution come from different entities for fairly different reasons. So why is revenge such a factor in The Odyssey? Fear and the overwhelming feeling of payback are two answers. Homer gives numerous examples of how certain characters demonstrate their power in a fury of rage. He writes of the payback Zeus gives to those who break the rules‚ of Poseidon’s

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    Women in The Odyssey

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    women were not in the background. On the contrary‚ women were powerful. They charmed and controlled men‚ provided wisdom‚ and took care of them. The Odyssey appears to be strongly female based. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus who is the king of Ithaca. When Odysseus is called off to the Trojan War Penelope shows great faithfulness and wit. She stays faithful to her husband and waits for him for twenty years. This shows strong internal will and love for only one man‚ her husband‚ Odysseus. During

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    Part Time Indian

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    life. As Arnold‚ he lies to his friends‚ claiming he is not poor and he has a normal life. Which could not be farther from the truth because Junior happens to be very poor and his life far from normal. When the truth rears its ugly head‚ Roger and Penelope do not turn away‚ but like him even more‚ and help him through his crisis. In the end‚ his two personalities come back to one‚ because his friends at Rearden know the truth about him‚ and Rowdy befriends Junior again. When Junior decides to attend

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    Example Of Heroism Essay

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    devoted to their cause‚ and are persistent in trying to reach their goals‚ especially through hard times. An example is Penelope‚ wife of Odysseus. He went away to fight in a war‚ and didn’t come back. “Everyone by now took for granted that he was dead‚ except Penelope‚ his wife…the hope that her husband would return was faint‚ but it never died.” (Mythology‚ Edith Hamilton.) Penelope waited twenty

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    Elizabethan Sonneteers

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    Elizabethan Sonneteers Like some other literary genres the sonnet in England was imported from abroad. Most probably it was originated in Italy in the 13th century with Dante who wrote a number of sonnets to his beloved named Beatrice. A sonnet is according to M.H. Abrahm‚ “A lyric poem of fourteen lines that has a specific rhyme scheme written in iambic pentameter.” The flowering of the sonnet came with Petrarch‚ a generation later. It was Wyatt who introduced the sonnet in England. He wrote

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