Once upon a time on mount Olympus‚ there was an argument between two very important god and goddess. Apollo‚ the god of music‚ poetry‚ healing‚ and the sun‚ was arguing with Artemis‚ the goddess of the hunt‚ archery‚ and the moon. They were both siblings of Zeus and Leto. All of the Olympian gods were gathered around them listening. They were arguing about which is more important‚ the moon or the sun. They decided that they had to hold a competition to see which the superior one was. The winner would
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6) A. Clytemnestra / Vengeful B. “She proclaimed…’Here likes my husband dead‚ struck down justly by my hand‚’...It was his blood that stained her dress and face and she was glad.” (Hamilton 356) C. Ten years had passed since the start of the Trojan war‚ but Agamemnon’s murder of his daughter had not been forgotten. Ever since the fateful day when the king of Mycenae had his own child slain to appease Artemis‚ his wife had waited to take her vengeance. She had taken a lover and all the people of the
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Agamemnon-Final Response The main theme in Agamemnon is revenge. It is clearly shown throughout the play and it is even seen in other works unrelated to the story. In order to get to war‚ Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter‚ Iphigenia. Clytemnestra‚ wants revenge‚ in the form of death‚ on Agamemnon after this event. In addition‚ she wants Agamemnon to die because he has had a mistress during the time he is at war‚ and because she wants to continue to have her affair with Aegisthus‚ Agamemnon’s
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In The Encomium of Helen Gorgias‚ uses his sophistic knowledge to persuade his audience into believing that Helen should not be blamed for the chaos that she is blamed for. Rhetorical figures are just about everywhere they add influence to Gorgias’ speech‚ and allow him to not only express his ideas‚ but also get into the mind of the audience subliminally. Rhyming and parisosis allow Gorgias flow freely through his speech adding in persuasive information here and there that otherwise would have
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Helen Levitt was born on August 31‚ 1913 and lived a successful and long life. In fact‚ she didn’t pass until March 29‚ 2009. Levitt was an American photographer who was particularly prominent for "street photography" around New York City. She was known as a common “street shooter.” Levitt grew up in Brooklyn‚ where she later dropped out of high school‚ and taught herself photography while working for a commercial photographer. While teaching classes in art to children in 1937‚ Levitt became
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It was not so long ago when our journey began. For most of us‚ we entered LNHS with nothing more than a dream‚ and today‚ together we stand as survivors armed with knowledge‚ skills and values to bring this dream closer to reality. To others‚ graduation may simply be equated as the end of the tunnel‚ or a breath of relief‚ or an exultation over freedom‚ but after years under the nurture of our alma mater‚ we know it is much more than any of these. Life is an open road‚ and though we’ve studied its
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Rizal’s Poem: My Last Farewell Mi Ultimo Adios was the farewell poem of Rizal that originally had no title and was unsigned. This was believed as Rizal’s last will because he wrote it on the night before he was executed. Also through this poem‚ Rizal was giving his last message to his countrymen. For him‚ offering his life was the best way he could show his love for the country. Even he was going to die‚ he was not resentful instead he challenged the each of the Filipinos to serve and love our
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By WinnieYin The Analysis of Antithesis in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130 【Summary】This paper is a study of the approach of antithesis‚ which is embodied in Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 and sonnet 130. By the comparison between his fair friend and a summer’s day‚ we can see the contrast is one of the major approaches employed in these two sonnets. This is an effective way to make the objective prominent. While his greatness does not lie in the adoption of this common way of writing‚ it lies in
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Summary In this poem‚ the speaker invokes a series of metaphors to characterize the nature of what he perceives to be his old age. In the first quatrain‚ he tells the beloved that his age is like a “time of year‚” late autumn‚ when the leaves have almost completely fallen from the trees‚ and the weather has grown cold‚ and the birds have left their branches. In the second quatrain‚ he then says that his age is like late twilight‚ “As after sunset fadeth in the west‚” and the remaining light is
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Narrative Poem Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story‚ often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metred verse. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long‚ and the story it relates to may be complex. It is usually dramatic‚ with objectives‚ diverse characters‚ and meter. Narrative poems include epics‚ ballads‚ idylls‚ and lays. Some narrative poetry takes the form of a novel in verse. An example of this
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