warfare had not been very damaging. The opposing parties would line up against each other and hurl insults. Eventually they began to throw light spears‚ and after a few casualties were taken the armies retired. It was designed to raid cattle‚ not to conquer an enemy. By replacing the light throwing spear with the heavy‚ short‚ close quarters‚ stabbing spear called an assegi and adding improved cowhide shields to knock aside an enemies shield5‚ Shaka made battle significantly more deadly. Also Shaka
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and belief‚ or the lack of it‚ has always played a major part in T.S. Eliot’s canon; perhaps more than any other Modernist writer‚ Eliot reflects the zeitgeist that was described by Spears Brooker (1994) as “characterized by a collapse of faith in human innate goodness and in the inevitability of progress.” (Brooker Spears‚ 1994‚ p.61) To this end‚ this paper looks at how such issues are represented in Eliot’s early work The Waste Land (1989) that‚ as we shall see‚ can be thought of as paradigmatic
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Growing up‚ I spent all my summers in Fiji‚ lost in the world wind of family members and the Hibiscus Festival. However‚ one thing that always got my eye was the tattoos almost everyone had on the island. It was so different to what I would see in America. Each tattoo was different‚ some were the standard black‚ while others were filled in with colors. Getting a tattoo is something that should carefully be thought about. No matter how beautiful it looks‚ it is something that you will have to look
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There have been many different types of weaponry since the rock to nuclear weapons‚ some of the most influential very simple‚ and some of the most complex‚ very minor. The following ancient weapons are some of the most influential and have changed the way people fight each other‚ for better or for worse. The Egadi. The Egadi is “a triple stack of 2 foot wide blades swooped back into a fitting that snugly capped a ship’s prow.” It came into existence at about 242 BCE. It was made using the “Lost
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number of ways‚ including chemical irritation to the lung tissue‚ airway obstruction by a meconium plug‚ infection‚ and the inactivation of surfactant by the meconium” (Spear‚ 2008.) Six to twenty five percent of children born have amniotic fluid that is stained from meconium but only 2%-36% of those babies inhale the meconium (Spear‚ 2008.) Although meconium aspiration can be a serious condition‚ most cases are not severe. There are several causes for Meconium Aspiration Syndrome‚ most of which
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One-day the king’s daughter‚ Sabra was chose to be sacrificed‚ so she was taken to the cave where the dragon stayed in the town of Silene. Shortly after Princess Sabra arrived‚ Saint George came rushing through the village to save her. He stroked his spear at the dragon‚ but the dragon’s scales were so hard that it broke his weapon into a thousand pieces and Saint George fell from his horse. He pulled out his sword and charged the dragon under his wings where he had no scales and the dragon was slayed
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either by a spear or merely a scratch from an arrow‚ was wounded or killed during the progression of the story. For Zeus’ son‚ Sarpedon‚ it was a spear through the heart‚ and for Hector‚ it was the bronze of the mighty Achilles through his neck which caused his early demise. It seems that no one could escape an agonizing fate. Of these deaths‚ the most interesting and intriguing death of all is that of Achilles’ dear friend Patroclus. Although his life was taken by the mighty Hector’s spear‚ who was
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before he was called to war. The language used throughout the poem “Nettles” consists of military language‚ and a fair few metaphors‚ used to describe the pain and imagery for the nettles. “Bed seemed a curious name for those green spears‚” the term “green spears” is a metaphor
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hunters led by Jack. "At last the words of the chant floated up to them‚ across the blackened wood and ashes. ’Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood’… Jack his face smeared with clays‚ reached the to first and haled Ralph excitedly‚ with lifted spear. "Look! We’ve killed the pig- We stole upon them- We got in a circle-’ The voices broke from the hunters" (69). The theme is being shown here because the boys are so excited that they create a disturbing chant; they turn killing a pig into a glorified
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warrior‚ to sweep you away”. I believe he just knew what he was saying from probably experiencing or hearing about past kings/soldiers‚ and about when he was young‚ how in wartime he would fend off many soldiers and armies with his spear and sword “….in wartime with spear and sword against constant assaults by many tribes”‚ and him growing old shows that strength and power should not be taken for granted‚ and should not give you over confidence‚ because no man is immortal‚ and eventually their body
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