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    An Essay on how Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island has developed throughout the story Jim gets involved in the adventure because his parents own the Admiral Benbow inn where Billy Bones comes to stay. Jim retrieves the map of Treasure Island from Billy Bones and then becomes cabin boy on the Hispaniola. Jim becomes aware of Silver’s plot‚ informs his comrades‚ meets Ben Gunn‚ recaptures the Hispaniola‚ and then returns to Bristol with the treasure. In the first chapters‚ Jim is an easily frightened

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    "human" scene in the entire poem . In the midst of the dreadful gulf of war and anger there occurs an intimate moment between two men who ironically have much in common below the surface. Priam‚ old and fragile‚ makes his way to the camp of the enemy ’s greatest warrior late at night. He bears what little treasures have not been exhausted by the ten-year conflict and plans to plead for the rightful return of his son ’s body. This is his final heroic endeavor. And perhaps‚ because he has just lost

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    "Treasure Island" Set in the days of sails and ships‚ buried treasure and pirates‚ Treasure Island is an epic tale of a young boy by the name of Hawkins‚ and his search for the buried treasure of the notorious Captain Flint. Treasure Island is written by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 94)‚ his other texts include The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped. I choose to read and review this book because I was familiar with some of Stevenson’s other work and I had also watched and enjoyed

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    Achilles‚ Priam too experiences‚ “grief that racks him… for his son Hector.” Beyond this‚ Priam also is worried by the responsibility that he has to save his kingdom‚ “ravaged and threatened with extinction.” Like Achilles‚ Priam has long hidden his past as Pordaces and this past leads him to believe himself as a‚ “pretender‚ substitute‚” and a‚” great one of this Earth‚ only be default.” These thoughts are unfamiliar to that of a king and Malouf brings out these thoughts to show Priam is indeed

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    long as he shows his participation and grief. When Hector and Achilles faced each other he had great determination into killing his foe in spite of his best friend‚ twirling his shaft twice at Hector killing him. Achilles seems to be sensitive once Priam brings up his father‚ then his mood changes and sadness fills the room. Overall‚ Achilles seems to have much love between his companions. 2. In your opinion‚ does Achilles’ loyalty to his friend Patroclus justify the way he treats Hector? Yes‚

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    Homers epic The Iliad explores this notion of heroism through the characterization of King Priam‚ directly battling the contextual hero of the time‚ Achilles. Through descriptive language and stylistic conventions‚ Malouf showcases that it is the emotional and physical struggle that a man must face to ultimately attain glory‚ thus becoming a hero. This statement is epitomized through the contrasting protagonists Priam and Achilles‚ who are both sequentially transformed through their metaphysical journey

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    CL 301 September 30‚ 2013 Response Paper 1 Priam and Hector Father and son relationships in The Iliad are not like you would see in America or in our culture today‚ but there is still a developed love for one another. Priam and Hector had a very strong and admirable relationship‚ yet it didn’t come from seeing each other every day. Fatherly affection is not touchy-feely‚ nor is it necessarily given unconditionally or freely. Rather‚ a son must earn his father’s respect and admiration‚ and it

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    Major Essay Question: In the novel ‘Ransom’‚ Malouf provides us with characters‚ which each in their own way represent aspects of the heroic ideal. Discuss the statement in relation to Achilles and EITHER Somax or Priam. In your response you should consider how Malouf uses Language and other stylistic features to depict the different types of heroes presented. Quotes: Highlighted yellow Questionable quotes: Highlighted green Techniques: Highlighted light blue Questionable Techniques:

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    His name was changed from Podarces to Priam‚ meaning “price paid”. This change influences Priam to break away from being “one of those who have no story that will ever be told”. By bringing back his son’s body‚ he changes his entity and diminishes his weak identity to one of courage and heroism and returns “as a man

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    of men.’ Discuss.In David Malouf’s Ransom‚ the fall of Hector‚ “the noblest warrior” in all of Troy‚ causes Priam to become certain of the atrocities soon to befall Troy and its citizens‚ infusing his responsibilities as a king with a sense of guilt which stems from his “weak protection”. However‚ after receiving a vision of him from the goddess Iris‚ with no symbols of “royal dignity”‚ Priam embarks on the seemingly ill-fated journey to retrieve his sons’ body. While the fate of all men is predetermined

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