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    Agamemnon Essay 7

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    Ribble 2 splendors without fear thrown in my path"(922-924). Then‚ contradicting what he said‚ he walks on the carpet. Clytemnestra knew he was very proud‚ and knew that he would walk on the carpet if provoked. She knew that by saying "If Priam had won as you have‚ what would he have done?"(935) would cause Agamemnon to commit an ultimate act of hubris‚ an act of mortal pride or arrogance. Clytemnestra knew that Agamemnon was a very weak person and could easily

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    Dante's Inferno Notes

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    "Inferno" Notes on 7th circle of Hell-Violence Capeneus = Round Three- Violence Against God(blasphemy) A huge and powerful warrior-king who virtually embodies defiance against his highest god‚ Capaneus is an exemplary blasphemer--with blasphemy understood as direct violence against God. Still‚ it is striking that Dante selects a pagan character to represent one of the few specifically religious sins punished in hell. Dante’s portrayal of Capaneus in Inferno 14.43-72--his large size and scornful

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    Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Study Guide Act I Questions Act I Scene 1 : Horatio’s opinion of the ghost before and after he sees it‚ is that the ghost is Old Hamlet‚ the dead king. He looks just like Hamlet’s father that was supposedly bitten by a poisonous snake. This ghost was dressed in armor‚ head to toe. Act I Scene 1 : Claudius announced that he is the new king of Denmark when the beloved king Hamlet is dead and also stated that he is now married to Hamlet’s Mother‚ old Hamlet’s

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    The Shield of Achilles

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    The reflection of the uncreated in the created necessarily presents itself under diverse aspects‚ and even under an indefinite variety of aspects‚ each of which has about it something whole and total‚ so that there are a multiplicity of visions of the cosmos‚ all equally possible and legitimate in so far as they spring from the universal and immutable principles. Titus Burkhardt. To every shield‚ there is another side‚ hidden. A. N. Whitehead. In the Hesiodic account of the world-ages

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    Achilles and Hector are both extraordinary warriors for their armed forces. Achilles takes charge of the Greek armed force‚ while Hector is in charge of the Trojans. Hector and Achilles both have pride in themselves and want their people to respect them. Hector and Achilles are both heros of their particular sides. However‚ even with all these comparable qualities‚ they both are have similar qualities they are also different in many ways. Hector is considered an egoist ‚ Hector is a family man

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    were in Shakespeare’s time. The second act of any Shakespearean tragic play is an act of choice. In this act the tragic hero chooses to involve himself in evil‚ while everything seems to be going well for him. Through the recitation of the death of Priam‚ Hamlet’s third soliloquy‚ and Hamlet’s seeming deteriorating mental state the reader is gaining all of the insights that the second act of any Shakespearean play are supposed to provide.

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    Iliad Notes

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    Iliad Book1 Agamemnon takes Chryseis the daughter of chryses after the achaens sack a Trojan-allied town and capture two beautiful women. Then chryses ask for his daughter back offering a ransom but was refused. He then prays to Apollo for help and Apollo listens and sends plague to the camp causing many deaths. After 10 days of suffering Achilles calls assembly and ask for deity to tell why its happening. Calchas the seer told that he needs to return chryses‚ but Agamemnon became angry and would

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    Treason Against Troy

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    How far would you go if someone took everything from you‚ what would you do to get it back? Would you use your past skills to find and kill the one that took everything‚ would you go to your brother‚ who just so happens to be High King of Greece‚ and call for a mass invasion? Well Menelaus did get everything taken from him‚ well‚ maybe not everything‚ just Helen‚ his lovely wife and a large amount of his gold. Paris is the reason for the Trojan War‚ Paris is the reason for the destruction of his

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    Fate In The Iliad

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    at hand seems unfavorable‚ mortals put faith into fate to come through for them. Demigods in the epic accept the fact that they can not change fate. When Helen stands on the Trojan city walls watching the duel between Menelaos and Paris‚ she tells Priam‚ “Painful death would have been sweeter for me‚ on that day I joined your son‚ and left my bridal chamber‚ my brothers‚ my grown child‚ my childhood friends! But no death came‚ though I have pined and wept” (Homer III‚ 205-209). Helen describes

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    Trojan War and Troy

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    and people were either out of date or not even involved in some cases. However‚ the actors portrayed what Homer described perfectly. Achilles was strong and considered immortal‚ Hektor was the bravest and modest leader of Troy under the rule of Priam. Helen was extremely beautiful while Paris was naïve and weak. All of the characters involved had important roles whose actions were cause of many important events. However‚ if you relate back to Homer and back to what historians have discovered

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