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    while Achilles’s a negative. In other words‚ along with Beowulf’s pride comes a sense of comitatus because he fulfills his promises to the Danish king‚ Hrothgar‚ “We have gone through with a glorious [endeavor] and been much favored in this fight…” (Heaney 65). On the contrary‚ Achilles does not pledge allegiance to anyone in particular. Therefore‚ his pride becomes misconstrued into a negative attribute‚ rather than positive Achilles’s pride and stubbornness causes the Trojan War due to

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    AT A POTATO DIGGING

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    people emigrated – many to America. The first section of the poem is written in alternately rhymed quatrains that describe a rural scene of potato digging that is clearly in progress much later than a similar scene around the time of the famine. Heaney describes a “mechanical digger” that “wrecks the drill”. Already we ain the machine age and there is a sense that it is destructive. Humans are presented as insects who “swarm in behind”‚ having to “stoop to fill / Wicker creels”. People seem obeisant

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    Money over more

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    ballads as well as some of his own songs. A good bit of his original music was directed to the trials of the working class. The second act I saw was Seamus Kennedy. Seamus was also a solo singer‚ song writer who had come from Belfast Northern Ireland. I was interested in that because one of my favorite writers‚ C.S. Lewis grew up in Belfast. Seamus was a big personality on stage and would often make the crowd interact with his songs. The third and final group I saw was called the Driscoll School

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    Operative Report

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    pregnancy was noted affecting approximately the distal half of the fallopian tube. Following this a Heaney clamp was placed in the mesosalpinx and another curved Heaney clamp was placed in the proximal aspect of the left fallopian tube beyond the area of the ectopic pregnancy. A partial salpingectomy was then performed‚ removing the portion of the left fallopian tube containing the ectopic pregnancy. Heaney clamps were then replaced with suture No. 1 Vicryl. Hemostasis was checked again and no bleeding

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    Theme Of Fate In Beowulf

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    Kingship‚ Fate and God in Beowulf”). They did not believe in a higher being‚ god‚ and believed there was nothing after death. They believe that fate controls their destiny‚ not themselves. Heaney makes many references to an impersonal fate that control the men’s destinies. “Fate goes ever as fate must” (Heaney 455). Fate does whatever it pleases and goes however it wants. Anglo-Saxons believe that people are powerless against fate. If it is their fate to be devoured by monsters‚ then there is nothing

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    acknowledgment of Beowulf causes the readers to instantly recognize that Beowulf is a well-respected man. Beowulf’s magnitude is seen at the very beginning of the poem as the narrator states‚ "The man whose name was known for courage‚ the Geat Leader" (Heaney 25). Beowulf is announced to the Danish people with magnificence. Before proving Beowulf’s heroic qualities‚ the viewers are conscious of the fact that Beowulf is a great warrior and the son of a well admired man. It can be distinguished that

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    Beowulf - the Ideal Hero

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    hero‚ the highest good is glory and the highest evil is shame. Beowulf‚ the son of Ecgtheow and Hygelac’s thane is introduced by Heaney as a valiant warrior. The reader immediately notices that Beowulf is well respected. The tone of the work suggests that even the narrator holds him in high esteem‚ "the man whose name was known for courage‚ the Geat Leader" (Heaney‚ 11) (the chapter is entitled "The Hero comes to Heorot"). Beowulf is introduced with grandeur. He is allowed to mention his own

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    How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster) Notes Introduction Archetypes: Faustian deal with the devil (i.e. trade soul for something he/she wants) Spring (i.e. youth‚ promise‚ rebirth‚ renewal‚ fertility) Comedic traits: tragic downfall is threatened but avoided hero wrestles with his/her own demons and comes out victorious What do I look for in literature? - A set of patterns - Interpretive options (readers draw their own conclusions but must be able to support it) - Details ALL

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    OPERATIVE REPORT

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    pregnancy was noted affecting approximately the distal half of the fallopian tube. Following the Heaney clamp was placed in the mesosalpinx and another curved Heaney clamp was placed in the proximal aspect of the left fallopian tube beyond the area of the ectopic pregnancy. A partial salpingectomy was performed‚ removing the portion of the left fallopian tube containing the ectopic pregnancy. Heaney clamps were then replaced with sutures of No. 1 Vicryl. Hemostasis checked again and no bleeding was

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    sold the Xbox to begin with but the actual people who came up with the creation of the Xbox. Kevin Bachus‚ Seamus Blackley‚ Otto Berkes‚ and Ted Hase formed the software giant’s first console. Kevin Bachus was the co-creator of the original Microsoft Xbox. Bachus joined Dave & Buster’s as its senior vice president of entertainment and games strategy in 2012 (22 Oct. 2012). According to Hall‚ Seamus Blackley‚ another one of the designers of the original Xbox‚ wanted the Xbox’s remote to be big and bulky

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