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    about humble men falling in love with women who were admirer and adored by their lovers. Furthermore‚ intense love between men and women became a central subject in European literature‚ like between Tristan and Iseult‚ Lancelot and Guinevere‚ or Aeneas and Dido. But it was not question of marriage. Actually‚ marriage and love did not match very well together but then Renaissance literature developed the concepts of love and marriage and recorded the evolution of the relation between them. In the Renaissance

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    Andrew David 6/21/2014 Aliso Viejo Middle School Part 1 Chapter 1 1. The 12 Olympians gained control when Zeus dethroned Cronus and seized power. 2. I most identify with Hephaestus is because of my love of building and crafting. 3. Hera would punish the women Zeus fell in love with even if they were tricked and her anger even fallowed the children. Hera also threw Hephaestus off of mount Olympus because of his deformities. The reasons are not always justified‚ but the reason they are might be because

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    The language of the second stanza poses more difficult problems for the reader. Leda’s ‘vague fingers’ (5) and ‘loosening thighs’ (6) suggest that‚ although she is hurt and helpless‚ there is a brief moment of mutual sexual pleasure. Cullingford argues that ‘male representations of rape as pleasurable for women are extremely dangerous’ but I would say that the implication is equally as dangerous for men and women alike. For men‚ it could be said that Leda’s reaction justifies Jove imposing himself

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    DIDO ELIZABETH BELLE A BLACK GIRL AT KENWOOD An account of a protegée of the 1st Lord Mansfield by Gene Adams It is fascinating but little known that during the later eighteenth century Kenwood was the home‚ for perhaps the first 30 years of her life‚ of a young black girl called Dido Elizabeth Belle (or Lindsay)‚ born c 1763. She was a member of the family and household of William Murray‚ 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705—93) and Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. According to family

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    Greek Mythology  I  INTRODUCTION  Temple of Apollo at Didyma  The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma‚ Turkey (about 300 bc). The temple supposedly housed an oracle  who foretold the future to those seeking knowledge. The predictions of the oracles‚ delivered in the form of riddles‚  often brought unexpected results to the seeker. With Ionic columns reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) high‚ these ruins  suggest the former grandeur of the ancient temple.  Bernard Cox/Bridgeman Art Library‚ London/New York 

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    Literature Circle Role SUMMMARIZER Name: Angelika Faith S. Gabiola Year & Section: III – Chlorine Literature Circle Name: Date: September 23‚2012 Title of the book: The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Author: William Shakespeare Chapters/Pages: 5-119 Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. Your group discussion will start with 1-2 minute statement that covers the key points‚ main

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    ENTRY I Part I – Section I I-THE GODS The Greeks believed that the Earth was here before the gods; the gods did not create the universe‚ instead the universe made the gods. So the heaven and earth were the first parents‚ after them came the titans‚ and following them came the gods and goddesses. The titans were known to be big and of great strength. The one titan who over-ruled the rest was Cornus‚ also known as Saturn. He reigned until Zeus- his son dethroned him. Zeus was amongst the twelve

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    raised in luxury‚ richly educated‚ becomes the father of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay who’s born to a slave mother. While the purpose of the movie can be simply about the difficulties of love and how can people understand the issue that love has no color‚ the movie isn’t only about

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    Christianity. In his writing he talks about crying for Dido after reading The Aeneid. Why is his reference to Dido Important in his confession? What role does his education play in his Confession and in his conversion to Christianity? Augustine was born to a Christian

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    they are not really being punished. Dante’s description of Limbo indicates that this is not an altogether terrible place to spend Eternity. However‚ they do not have any hope of ever reaching God and Paradise‚ so wistful sighs permeate the air. Aeneas‚ Virgil‚ Homer‚ Horace‚ Livy‚ Aristotle‚ Socrates‚ Catullus‚ Ovid‚ Lucan‚ etc. Circle I  "Limbo" These are some of the souls that Virgil‚ as Dante’s guide‚ introduces him to. Obviously‚ most of these names sound quite familiar. Just as obviously

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