line of the book‚ Homer asks the muse to give him inspiration to sing of the anger of Achilles‚ son of Peleus. Apollo sent a plague to the achaeans because Agamemnon would not return Chryses’ daughter‚ Chryseis‚ despite his offering to pay a large ransom for her return. Calchas thinks that the powers that be will be angered by what he was about to say‚ so he asks Achilles to promise to protect him from the forces of the angered king. The argument between Agamemnon and achilles that causes Achilles
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After the last shots of Civil War were heard‚ and following the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln‚ the South had been humiliated and devastated. The repercussions of war included loss of life‚ land‚ and livelihood. Patriarchy and racism remained entrenched‚ but the emancipation of slaves significantly transformed the social landscape of the South. Liberated slaves started from scratch without access to cultural or social capital‚ and many eventually migrated north. African-American
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During the war‚ Cervantes received two shots to the chest and shattered his hand (Starkie xii-xvi). On the way back from battle‚ Cervantes and some of his fellow comrades were attacked and taken prisoner by Turkish Mercenary Pirates and held for ransom (Mancing 3-4). Cervantes was held at a higher cost than his brother and the other soldiers because he had impressive letters of recommendation in his pocket that the captors got ahold of (Mancing 4-5). Since his family was so poor‚ they were only
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Reading Assignment #1 Study Questions: The Iliad 1. What is the main conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles in Book 1? a. Achilles and Agamemnon’s conflict is a bit of a long story that is loaded with lots of details. b. Agamemnon took Chryseis‚ Apollos’s priest’s‚ Chryses’s‚ daughter‚ as plunder during a raid on Troy. Agamemnon did not accept Chryses respectful plea for his daughter’s freedom in exchange for a wealthy sum. Chryses then prays to Apollo for vengeance and justice. Apollo responds
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But women are always attracted to heroes. And though he is poor and has met no wider success in life‚ Basil Ransom is heroic. He is heroic in his self-confidence‚ his certainty and his defiance of the spirit of radical democracy. In her book Sexual Personae‚ Camille Paglia sees that Basil is an eminent character among James’ male protagonists in being "a virile
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rationale in another study. The researchers asked participants to imagine that their great‚ great grandfather‚ a wealthy shipping magnate‚ had been kidnapped about 150 years ago. The kidnappers demanded and received a large ransom that bankrupted the shipping magnate. That ransom was used to start a successful company that still survives today and is worth $100 million. Participants were asked whether they would be willing to be a part of a large suit against the present-day company that could net
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Agamemnon was blessed to have such an enormous army‚ and this is quite possibly the only reason why he was such a powerful leader. If‚ however‚ Agamemnon had a smaller army‚ would he have still been such a strong leader? No‚ and the reasons are very extensive because not only was he very negative‚ but he also boasted in his power. Agamemnon was described by Homer as a powerful leader‚ but he neglected to show us many reasons why he was so strong. The reason why Homer did not show us many of those
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Our Lady of La Vang‚ also known as Đức Mẹ La Vang in Vietnamese‚ is a Marian apparition. In 1798‚ when Vietnamese Christians were persecuted for their faith‚ many of those Christians hid in a jungle in La Vang. While they were taking refuge in the jungle‚ they would often pray and say the rosary. However‚ many people became ill because of the conditions in the jungle. One day‚ a lady dressed in an áo dài‚ a traditional Vietnamese dress‚ carried a child in her arms with two angels beside her and appeared
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Pablo Escobar is well known throughout the world as one of their greatest outlaws. He grew from obscurity to be the leading cocaine distributor in the world. He led an empire of terror‚ drugs‚ money‚ and violence. He was a gangster and outlaw in the ranks of icons such as Al Capone‚ Bonnie and Clyde‚ and John Gotti. He can only be understood by looking at the man’s early life‚ his rise to ultimate power‚ and the absolute necessity of ending his reign of terror by any means. Pablo Escobar was born
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