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    The composer of "Shrek" has encouraged many morals such as ’Don’t judge a book by its cover’‚ ’Good always wins over the evil’ and "No good deed always goes unrewarded’. The composer of Shrek uses film techniques to convey these morals. Film techniques such as lighting‚ music‚ camera angles‚ setting and costumes. One of the most important morals the composer of Shrek encourages is ’Don’t judge a book by its cover’. This means people cannot judge something or somebody simply by looking at their appearance

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    The Land of Opportunity The American Dream is a magnet to the less fortunate‚ a symbol of hope. In John Adams’ article “The Epic of America” explains how immigrants should be defined not by their racial status but by their experience and ability to work hard. Immigrants come to America for a life of freedom‚ prosperity and a better life for the next generations. Many migrants that come to America are predominantly parents or children looking for their parents that left them when they were young children

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    things such as power or pride. Throughout the British epic poem Beowulf‚ there are many killings and deaths. Grendel (a gigantic‚ troll-like ogre) kills Danish thanes‚ Beowulf comes to the rescue and kills Grendel and his mother. Also Beowulf kills a dragon and gets killed by the dragon. The most important theme of the great epic poem Beowulf is ’death.’ By the death of the enemy‚ characters in the poem earn pride and dignity. The poem is about a hero from the land of the Geats to help the kingdom of

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    The Odyssey Hero Paper We all know who a hero is‚ right? The person who saves the day and is willing to risk their life and does nothing but good in the world. The Odyssey is about a man named Odysseus who encounters many mythical creatures on his way home to Ithaca‚ and those creatures try to stop and kill Odysseus from getting home. He then lands on Calypso’s island where she keeps him captive for 7 years until Hermes orders Calypso to let him go. When Odysseus finally gets home‚ he and his son

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    heroes The Anglo-Saxon culture created many heroes through lore and legend‚ but only a fraction of those heroes survived. The epic poem Beowulf shown the life of an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon man‚ but even though his qualities during that age made Beowulf a hero‚ some question whether his heroism is truly characteristic of a modern day hero. A hero in Beowulf’s age could be a hero in ours‚ if he/she had qualities like leadership‚ or courage. But‚ heroes could become quite the opposite if their intentions

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    come to mind when you think of good. An old epic poem kept alive by the Anglo Saxons represents all of these thoughts. An epic poem that consisted of many conflicts both good and evil. A strong hero and loyal warrior‚ who battles against the demons‚ and dragons from hell. A warrior born to sacrifice his life to save others. A man who swam across the ocean to uphold an image‚ a man who traveled many miles to avoid defeat? Beowulf a classical fictional hero who struggled against three evil monsters‚

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    The Mesopotamian “Epic of Gilgamesh”‚ at its core‚ is a story of heroic deeds. The epic details Gilgamesh overcoming several obstacles in his quest to becoming an exceptional leader and warrior. This particular epic has been since 2300 B.C.E. and‚ not surprisingly‚ it has been used as a source of inspiration for many years. Specifically‚ in the 1994 episode of “Batman: The Animated Series” entitled Bane‚ the titular villain is subjected to an invasive experimental procedure that had been dubbed Project

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    differences that distinguish the two tales and their reliability. The epic of Gilgamesh‚ written by the Sumerians between 2700 B.C. and 600 B.C.‚ is the most famous parallel to the story of Noah in the bible. It focuses on the king of Uruk Gilgamesh‚ and his quest for immortality after the death of his friend. This quest leads him to Utnapishtim‚ (character equivalent to the biblical Noah) who is the “immortal flood hero” (Wikipedia). Utnapishtim then recounts to Gilgamesh the story of how he

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    way‚ and strengthened Rome ten-fold? Why‚ Julius Caesar did! Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor and he changed a strong republic into a total democracy. As the emperor‚ he conquered a lot of land and made a lot of enemies. I believe he was a hero and all of the bad things he did were justified with the result he made. Julius Caesar was an amazing generol in the military. His amazing military leadership skills are the main reason why he became the emperor. To become emperor‚ he had to defeat

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    In “Beowulf”‚ written by an author unknown‚ many people consider Beowulf to be the hero‚ because of its epic poem status‚ I would disagree with this statement. Some characteristics that can be attributed to heroes are: educated‚ just‚ humble‚ strong‚ and selfless. While this is only a short list some of these characteristics hold true for Beowulf. Unfortunately‚ a hero must have all of these adjectives‚ and many of these do not apply to Beowulf. Throughout the novel‚ there were many instances of

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