poet’s son falling into the bed of nettles in a garden. The poet aptly uses the word“bed”‚ a term often associated with comfort that ironically the nettles cannot provide. The “green spears”‚ a metaphor for the flower stalks‚ show his discontent with the latter‚ therefore portraying them as a weapon of destruction. A spear is a weapon of war and killing‚ inducing war and blood imagery. The poet’s interesting word choice in the description of the nettle bed as a “regiment of spite” portrays them as an
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The book Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a 1950’s best seller and is read in many schools across the nation today. It is compelling and addictive and the further the reader gets into the story‚ the easier it becomes to read. Ralph and Jack are the two ‘leaders’ in the book. Although‚ Jack isn’t chosen as the leader at first‚ as he descends into savagery and loses innocence‚ he has more and more influence on some of the boys. The two boys‚ Ralph and Jack‚ are very different but they
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defence because the chain mail was flexible enough to allow the knight to move about easily and protected the wearer from sharp edges of blades‚ therefore preventing the wearer from being cut by weapons such as swords and pierced by weapons such as spears. As blacksmiths knowledge of metal working continued to grow so did the different range of protective equipment. In the 12th century‚ blacksmiths were able to create various forms of clothing made out of chain mail such as a coif which was a chain
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down on his fingers‚ mouthing the numbers. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Jack leapt out of the bush‚ the others following as the formed a circle around the pig. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” The stabbed at the pig with their sharp spears‚ the pig squealing viciously as it tried to escape the trap that the masked monsters had led it into. Their chant increased in volume until they couldn’t hear anything but the frantic squealing of the pig and the hideous song that propelled them.
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The viking’s most well known weapons are their close combat weapons. Shields‚ spears‚ swords‚ and axes were common weapons among warriors. “Typical Viking shields were 80-90cm (32-36 inches) in diameter.”(William R. Short‚ Viking Shields). Shields were larger and from the surviving ones from the Gokstad ship‚ were as big as 94 cm
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It wasn’t easy though. They said that they wanted to see if he was the strongest‚ there ever was. And being part giant and god‚ he couldn’t resist the urge to boast. They tried to chain him up with three of the strongest ropes in the universe‚ three different times‚ but they all snapped in half. They had the dwarves make an invincible chain. Realizing what they were trying to do‚ he made one of the gods put his hand into his mouth when they chained him up. And the brave Tyr‚ volunteered and when
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An off-road vehicle accident involving Britany Spears’ niece‚ Maddie Aldridge‚ 8‚ on Feb. 5 has heightened safety concerns over the age children should operate the vehicles‚ which are often used recreationally. Maddie was riding in a Polaris off-road vehicle at her home in Kentwood‚ Louisiana‚ when the vehicle flipped into a pond. Initial reports say Jamie Lynn Spears‚ stepfather Jamie Watson and other family couldn’t free her from the seat-belt and safety netting‚ leaving her submerged for several
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king would be victorious. The king is in his chariot with his attendants. He is throwing a spear into a lion‚ which already has several fatal wounds on its body. All around the royal chariot is a pathetic trail of dead and dying animals pierced by far more arrows than needed to kill them. All around the chariot are the bodies of dead lions littering the ground‚ most overkilled with far more arrows and spears necessary to kill the beasts. The artist does a fantastic job of showing the rippling muscles
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She clutched her spear and went into the gloomy structure. She wandered around until she found the dungeon and looked around. She saw Kristoff in the tiny cell. "Aurora looked out!" He cried. With lightning reflexes‚ Aurora spun and stabbed Maleficent with her spear. Maleficent fell to the ground in agonizing pain. Aurora freed Kristoff and headed back to the other princesses.
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The world is round. Seems like pretty common knowledge‚ right? Well‚ without the circumnavigation of the globe performed by Portuguese native Ferdinand Magellan‚ people might still believe that the world is flat. Magellan is very much responsible for a good part of what we know about the world we live in. First Circumnavigation of the Globe‚ begun in 1519‚ was an attempt to prove that the Moluccas were actually property of Spain. Finding a route between the Moluccas and Spanish Peru would be argument
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