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    The sirens can be described as scary‚ strange‚ and unnatural. While the crewmen are focused‚ Odysseus is curious. The paintings communicates the idea of punishment. Meanwhile in book twelve the idea that’s being communicated is Odysseus being a hero. Odysseus and the sirens can be different but at the same time it can be similar. The sirens is the song that everyone wants to listen to. Everyone who hears this song‚ it is a song to get help. Some of the sirens regret singing the song‚ as they

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    In book twelve‚the picture‚and the poem about thee sirens are different and alike in many ways.The sirens can be described as noisy‚ irritating‚ and unusual. While the crewmen aren’t listening to the sirens sing because they have ear plugs in and Odysseus is listening to the sirens because he feels as an leader he needs to.The painting communicates the idea that the sirens are birds singing.While book twelve communicates the idea that Odysseus talks about his journey and ends it with telling king

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    The Song of Solomon Summary: Written by the wisest man to ever live‚ Solomon‚ “Song of Songs” is a composition of lyric poems which portrays the theme of love between a man and a woman and can be seen almost written as a diary of sorts. The book explores the feelings‚ hopes‚ fears‚ and the passion between a man and a woman. It can be seen as a celebration of human sexuality. Just through the first few chapters‚ we learn so much of what a relationship is supposed to look like for the believer and

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    not‚ have used the southern landscape in their works to explore the complex relationships African-American communities have with the South. In her poem “Southern Song‚” Margaret Walker (1915 – 1998) sings a praise song to the southern suns and southern land despite the “mobs” and “a nightmare full of oil and flame." Southern Song I want my body bathed again by southern suns‚ my soul reclaimed again from southern land. I want to rest again in southern fields

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    In the script “Odysseus and the Sirens”‚ Odysseus‚ a Greek soldier‚ is a true hero. This is shown through his actions‚ words‚ and thoughts from other present characters. He portrays many heroic characteristics throughout the entirety of the script‚ consisting of selflessness‚ dedication‚ and bravery. He demonstrates these acts through‚ selflessly risking his life for the sake of others. Dedicating his time to defeating an opposing enemy‚ and being brave as he faces a deadly situation. The first

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    Both poems of "Sirens" have many things in common and some things ordinary from what’s in the poem. In the first version of the poem sirens‚ it seems that it goes into more details about the actual poem. In the second version of the poem‚ it is more simple and easier to understand and comprehend better. Both versions of the poem have different tone‚ point of view‚ and something they have in common is having poetic devices such as‚ diction‚ imagery‚ etc. On the first version of the poem‚ the

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    Homer and Atwood both have a way of portraying the Sirens. Although their explanations may be quite different‚ the way of revealing the Sirens is the same. They demonstrates that the Sirens are evil creatures that with their lovely voice make the sailers listen and then they end up dying. The authors convey this image of the Sirens through use of imagery‚ tone and their point of view. Homer alike Atwood use imagery‚ so that as readers we get a visual of what the Sirens portray in their perspectives

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    “City of Thieves” towards the end of the book‚ Lev and Kolya’s bond is extremely strong. Secondly‚ in “The Siren”‚ the love between the Ocean and Kahlen develops throughout the story. Thirdly‚ in “Through the Tunnel”‚ Jerry expresses his love for his mother. Lastly‚ in Taylor Swift’s video Taylor loves her crush‚ and he develops the same love throughout the video. In The “City of Thieves”‚ “The Siren”‚ “Through the Tunnel”‚ and Taylor Swift’s music video‚ the author’s all employ dialogue to reveal love

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    LAW TONG &AIDEN 2013/9/23 AP PHYSICS B Mr. Moss THE LAB OF ATWOOD Procedure: The purpose of this experiment was to verify the predictions of Newton’s Law for an Atwood machine‚ a simple machine constructed by hanging two different masses and from a string passing over pulleys and observing their acceleration.. Newton’s Law predicts that the acceleration should be proportional to the difference between the masses and proportional to their sum‚ where = 9.8 m/s2 is the

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    Margaret Thatcher was in office for eleven years that made her the longest continually serving prime minister in parliament which in its self seems like a big achievement‚ but when Margaret was elected she had a rough start‚ which created a bad first impression. Her introduction of the poll tax also known as The Community Charge began to create a negative outcome and her refusal to form political or economic interrogation with Europe and her "Bruges Speech" worsened the bonds with her colleagues

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