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    Meldy G. Mercado BSA2-4 Reaction Paper about Dekada 70 During the 70Th decade‚ there is inequality between men and women. Men tended to dominate women. They wanted to be followed and not contradicted by anyone when it comes in decision making. For them‚ women are weak and can’t live without them. Men are really annoying because they thought that a woman’s life depends on them. They are full of confidence and egoistic bastard and treated woman like a dog who waited for their master’s instruction

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    attributed to the Metope Painter and was created around the third quarter of fourth century B.C. South Italian vase painting has been the subject of “neglect [and] general disparagement” due to the “emphasis placed upon the study of Archaic and Classical Greek art.” South Italian art has been looked upon as “provincial and colonial‚ imply[ing] that it is somehow inferior to the art of the motherland.” Although South Italian vase painting may be a “direct descendant of the tradition of vase-painting in

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    Faith In Greek Mythology

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    Faith is perhaps the most widely important theme in Greek mythology. For one thing‚ those who hear the myths must in some way believe they are true in order for them to be meaningful. Humans‚ not only those in the myths but also those who hear the myths‚ generally go even further and believe that the gods actually exist. Characters who defy or anger the gods are punished‚ and those who honor and praise the gods find rewards. Having faith in a prophecy is better than trying to circumvent it. Faith also

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    Athena In Greek Mythology

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    Pallas Athena‚ in Greek Mythology‚ is the goddess of reason‚ justice‚ weaving‚ and war. However‚ unlike Ares‚ the other war god‚ Ares is the god of the violence and the bloodiness aspect of war‚ while Athena is the military strategy and planning aspect part of war. Athena also rules by reasoning and bloodshed‚ and if Ares ever ruled‚ he would rule by violence and fear. Athena is one of the twelve Olympian Gods. Her father is Zeus‚ the king of the sky‚ and also the kings of the gods. Athena’s parentage

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    “The Rime of Ancient Mariner” was the most powerful romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ a leader of the British Romantic movement‚ was born on October 21‚ 1772. He was a most romantic England poet who wrote his poems in romantism period. This essay will discuss the story which Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest and some of the moral implications through the study of “The Rime of Ancient Mariner’’. The story which the Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest was

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    Hymn to God, My God

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    “Hymn to God My God‚ in My Sickness” by John Donne‚ is a poem with a theme of seeing death as a friend. The poem contains biblical allusions; and Donne uses many poetic literary qualities such as symbolism‚ metaphor‚ and rhyme scheme. With these qualities‚ the author is able to develop the theme of the poem with his attitude implied in it. Primarily‚ the poem is filled with symbolism. Donne’s repetition of the East and West can be called a symbol; the sun rises east‚ and sets west. The rising of

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    Homer the Greek Poet “The Greeks recognized Homer as the educator of all Greece”. Two long epic poems‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey were written by Homer. The Iliad and the Odyssey set the start of all Greek literature. The setting of the Iliad and the Odyssey is in ancient Greece in the time frame at around 1200 B.C‚ up to 500 years after the Trojan War took place. In Homer’s poem he sometimes mentioned the name of some Greek gods. “The Olympian gods as Homer represented them became accepted all over

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    Roman and Greek Cultures by Brooke Rhodes Diana Hansen Art History 106 The Roman and Greek era is one of the most interesting and captivating times in history. From the epic poetry to the wars of Julius Caesar‚ nothing compares. Though we read about the Greeks and the Romans‚ there are a lot of similarities and differences between them both. The Greeks keep the heart of human circumstances in matters of love or war and government or social behavior (Greeks). Unlike the Greeks‚ the Roman

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    In almost every piece of literature there can be found references to the author’s or the narrator’s culture. Having an understanding of this culture can help one better understand a literary work. Reading a work that contains references to a culture can also spark interest and inspire the reader to learn more about the culture that is represented in the work. One such piece of literature is the poem "Ah Mah‚" written by Shirley Geok-lin Lim. This poem contains many references to Chinese culture that

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    1. What was the first and most important decision of African American men and women after slavery? The first and most important decision of African American men and women after slavery was reconstructing the family unit. Families would have their children taken away and forced into apprenticeships‚ the women were not submissive to their husbands for slavery instilled in them a sense of independence and in men‚ a lack of authority‚ for he was not able to protect and provide for his family. (Pg

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