Study Guide for World Lit. Exam 2 1. What does Beowulf mean when he says that an undoomed man can escape death in battle if his courage is good? If you are undoomed you might be able to escape death if you fight well in battle. If you don’t fight well or bravely you still have a possibility of death. If you are doomed‚ no matter how you fight you’re going to die. 2. In what ways is the code by which Beowulf fights like the Greek heroic code and different? The Greek heroic code involves fighting
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Groundhog Day is a very interesting and entertaining movie about a meteorologist who becomes trapped in Punxsutawney‚ Pennsylvania. It stars the hysterical Bill Murray as Phil Connors‚ a sarcastic Philadelphia weatherman who is far too full of himself. He travels with the entourage of cameraman Larry‚ Chris Elliott‚ and his lust interest Rita‚ played by Andie MacDowell. Phil lives through the same day‚ Groundhog’s day‚ repeatedly with no consequences. Each time around he does things a bit differently
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NAGPUR Region : Vidarbha District: Nagpur Founded: 1702 A.D. Founder: Raja Buland Shah Government: Body – Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Mayor – Anil Sole (BJP) Municipal Commisioner – Shyam Wardhane Police Commisioner – Mr Kaushal Pathak Area : Captital City – 217.65 km2 Metro – 3‚780 km2 Population : Metropolitan City – 4‚405‚421 Rank – 13 Density – 20‚000/km2 (52‚000/sq mi) Metro – 2‚583‚911 Vehicle Registration : Vehicle
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Major Themes The Angry Young Man Osborne’s play was the first to explore the theme of the "Angry Young Man." This term describes a generation of post-World War II artists and working class men who generally ascribed to leftist‚ sometimes anarchist‚ politics and social views. According to cultural critics‚ these young men were not a part of any organized movement but were‚ instead‚ individuals angry at a post-Victorian Britain that refused to acknowledge their social and class alienation. Jimmy
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Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness encompasses many themes and concepts dealing with the very nature of humanity and its complexity. This novel is set up in two different locations‚ the Thames River and the Congo River. Conrad uses these two rivers to represent the different cultures that clash in this novel‚ which are the "civilized" and the "savages". While exploring these two different worlds Conrad exposes the human nature at its core through the characters in this novel proving that not
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Rain Forests Rainforests cover only 6% of the earth’s surface but they house more than half of the world’s animal and plant population. Rainforests have beautiful layered ecosystems and water features that home massive amounts of living things. There is a very diverse food chain in rainforests. Deforestation is limiting what the rainforest can provide to the world. Rainforests are very large forests that help the earth in many ways. They house many plants‚ animals‚ insects‚ and even
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A Virtue Theory is the theory that right actions follow from becoming a moral person‚ and that by becoming a moral person we will automatically know what is right and wrong. When we know what is truly right or wrong we have flourished as humans‚ and we have eudemonia. Virtue ethics is one of the main forms of normative ethics‚ and often called arêtaic ethics (arête- virtue‚ from Greek). It contrasts deontology‚ which emphasizes rules and duties. A virtue is an admirable human characteristic such
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Dante’s La Divina Commedia 1. Dante’s Life a. Born in Florence Italy (Birthplace of the Renaissance) b. Wrote in italian c. Greatest poet of all time d. Due to his political views‚ banished in 1382 2. Dante’s Work a. The Divine Comedy (EPIC POEM) i. Inferno ii. Purgatory iii. Paradise 3. Dante’s Inspiration a. Beatrice of Florentine i. Dante’s love even though both of them are married ii. Guide in Paradise b. Virgil the poet i. Guide through purgatory and inferno ii. Dante’s
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fallacy of Psychological Egoism. The fallacy of Psychological Egoism is the belief that people are only motivated by self interest but as we all know there are many things that can motivate people to do things. Take for instance the seven deadly sins; sloth‚ envy‚ gluttony‚ lust‚ anger‚ greed‚ and pride. Any one of these can be a motivating factor. So it is easy to see that the fallacy of Psychological Egoism is the erroneous belief that the only motivating factor is self interest. Furthermore you can
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Dear Mr Hodgkinson‚ I recently read your article ’Live lazy‚ live long - look at Britain’s oldest man’ that was published in ’The Guardian’ on 5th November 2012. After reading your article‚ I felt it was important to write to you explaining why I disagree with the message within your article. My first criticism is that initially you stated‚ “It seems to make sense that slow lives‚ as well as being enjoyable‚ are long lives.” I would like
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