Jubilee Garcia AP English August 20‚ 2013 Summer Assignment Biblical Allusions Allusion: Cain Origin: Hebrew Bible‚ Book of Genesis 4:1 Brief Explanation/Summary: Cain is a character in the Hebrew bible portraying jealousy and anger. Cain is the child of Adam and eve. Shortly‚ after Adam and Eve were asked to leave the Garden of Eden‚ Cain was born. He is the child of eve‚ first murder of a human being‚ and the first human being to fall under a curse. Cain was jealous and angry due
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sister of Clytemnestra‚ who married Agamemnon. Her suitors came from all parts of Greece‚ and from among them she chose Menelaus‚ Agamemnon’s younger brother. During an absence of Menelaus‚ however‚ Helen fled to Troy with Paris‚ son of the Trojan king Priam; when Paris was slain‚ she married his brother Deiphobus‚ whom she betrayed to Menelaus when Troy was subsequently captured. Menelaus and she then returned to Sparta‚ where they lived happily until their deaths. Heracles- Heracles
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The ancient legend of Troy‚ recorded in Homer’s epic poem "The Iliad" Oxford (trans. Robert Fitzgerald University Press 1974) has been retold in many other forms‚ the most recent being the blockbuster film "Troy" (2004‚ Wolfgang Peterson). "Troy" is a basic retelling of the myth‚ lacking many elements of the book thus containing many inaccuracies. However‚ it appeals to a modern day audience shortening and condensing stories from the "Iliad"‚ "Odyssey" and "Aenead" and greatly reducing the time span
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The Pinnacle of Hamlet (How the soliloquies of Hamlet’s first two speeches come to a finale in his third.) Trio’s are the basis of history; take a look at the trio of the Three Musketeers‚ the Stooges‚ Marcus Brutus‚ Julius Caesar‚ and Mark Antony. There is something magical about the power of three. Shakespeare recognized this and often had may triples that he used to catch people’s attention. Brutus was Caesar’s best friend but‚ “Yet Brutus knows that he has no personal reason to destroy Caesar
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slaughters Achilles’ dear companion‚ Patroclus‚ inciting Achilles to continue battling. The Greeks drive the Trojans back to their fortress. Achilles murders Hector. He mishandle the cadaver be that as it may‚ in the last pages of the ballad‚ returns it to Priam for burial service respects. The Iliad closes there‚ before Achilles bites the dust from a bolt shot into his foot rear area‚ before the Greeks enter Troy by methods for an empty wooden steed and crush the
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was honored and remembered for a few short years but did not make a positive long-lasting effect on his people because he was heartless towards everyone around him‚ including his own people. The only moment of compassion we see is when Achilles lets Priam have his son’s body back to be honored like he should be. “Your son is released sir‚ as you ordered. He is lying on a pallet. At dawn’s first light you will go see him yourself.” (line 647 The
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Hector B) Achilles C) Odysseus D) Pria Correct Answer(s):C 9. In the Greek’s war with Troy‚ he was the Greek’s greatest warrior whose argument with Agamemnon is the subject of Homer’s Iliad. A) Hector B) Achilles C) Odysseus D) Priam Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): B 10. This term identifies the pair of spirals forming the capital on an Ionic column. A) capital B) flute C) volute D) relief Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):
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Thesis Statement: Women play a major role in the Iliad. Examining the impact of female characters in an epic dominated by war and the men who fought it. Major female characters include Helen‚ Briseis‚ Athena‚ Aphrodite‚ Hera ‚ Thetis and Chrysies. The Iliad is first and foremost an epic poem about a war waged by men. Even though there are no female warriors ‚ apart from the goddesses‚ women play a major role in defining the course of it. The roots of the war can be traced back to the beauty
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Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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112). She was taken by the prince Paris of Troy‚ who wished to claim Helen as his own. Helen was nothing more than a prize for Paris to win‚ and claim bragging rights over. The war is started when the men of Greece set out to “sail to the kingdom of Priam for her rescue” and win her back (Miller 113). Even when the Greeks discover that Helen does not wish to leave Troy‚ the war continues‚ since Menelaus’s wishes for Helen to return are more important to the Greek men than her happiness is . The
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