forest spirit’s head. Princess Mononoke and Ashitaka manage to return the spirit’s head and the spirit heals the land and the prince’s curse. The princess goes back to the forest and the forest starts to grow back after the whole ordeal. Spirits are the main focus in both Princess Mononoke and Kojiki. Both stories are based around these “spirits” and are seen as the guiding force of their worlds. An example of this can be seen when the spirits fight back against the humans in Princess Mononoke. Similarly
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years on end‚ he maintains this being of nobility‚ making this formidable character’s journey through life something we still discuss today. One of the only things people of that time had to bring them together were stories. These rightfully named epics were told across the land so they had to be something memorable. In such a time of despondency these people needed something to hold onto and believe would get them through‚ and that was Beowulf. Their simplistic thinking of right and wrong made it
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Summary Gilgamesh was a historical king of Uruk in Babylonia‚ on the River Euphrates in what is now Iraq; he lived about 2700 BCE. Many stories and songs were told and sung‚ and later written down‚ about Gilgamesh‚ The earliest of that have survived date to about 2000 BCE‚ and are in the Sumerian language. These Sumerian Gilgamesh stories were integrated into a longer poem‚ versions of which survive not only in Akkadian (a Semitic language‚ related to Hebrew and
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intelligence to overthrow an evil kingdom and make everything “right”. My definition of an epic hero is someone who can overcome passed mistakes and struggle to become a better person internally‚ while leading‚ staying loyal and sacrificing what needs to be sacrificed for the sake of his or her people. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Odysseus‚ son of Laertes‚ is challenged to his true potential of being an epic hero. He is challenged to make decisions not only for his sake‚ but for his men’s sake
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Disney’s Pocahontas has a storyline‚ which disregards many elements from the actual history. Disney is also known to apply its own values‚ morals and themes to existing materials. This tendency can be further analyzed when we look deep into what exactly has been “Disneyficated” in the story of Pocahontas. Pochahontas’ Americanized image‚ “sanitizing” of Pochahontas’ age-controversial relationship with John Smith and the exceptional display of non-submissive female traits. Native Americans have
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Beowulf was an epic story written over 1000 years ago. Stories have to be in a certain form in order to be considered an epic. First of all epics started out just being stories passed from generation to generation to pass the time. However‚ as years went by they were used to show morals‚ teach lessons‚ and still to entertain the audience in even more ways. Beowulf is a perfect example of an epic. In the earlier years it was told just to tell‚ but now it is used to not only tell a story but to teach
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October 30‚ 2011 Princess Diana and her death Diana‚ the Princess of Wales‚ was greatly admired by many in her lifetime. She did not have an easy life; a failed marriage‚ fighting for her identity‚ finding love‚ sharing her time with her sons‚ and so much we will never know. Through everything‚ her status with the people of the nation still stood strong. Diana was born in 1961; her father is the 8th Earl Spencer. Lady Diana Frances Spencer is her full name and she was said to be a rather shy
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Being a hero is not just fighting monsters or saving people but there is more to an epic hero than that. Beowulf has shown that he is more than your ordinary‚ run-of-the-mill hero. Beowulf shows that he has “larger than life” qualities. No ordinary man can exert the amount of strength that Beowulf did as he lifted the sword made by giants‚ which was found in Grendel’s lair (_). As Beowulf swims with thirty coats of mail in the battle that Hygelac would soon die in‚ Beowulf presents his endurance
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Tribute to Princess Diana Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience about Princess Diana and her contributions to the world. Thesis: Princess Diana was a very kind hearted woman‚ noble by blood‚ famous by marriage‚ but used her public light in a positive way. Organizational Pattern/Division: Extemporaneous Introduction I. What is the definition of a princess? Someone who is simply beautiful or lucky enough to come from a royal bloodline? II. Princess or not‚ I believe
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Gilgamesh: The First Epic Hero Throughout literature there are many heroes. However‚ the Epic of Gilgamesh was the first written epic‚ making Gilgamesh the first recorded epic hero. Gilgamesh possesses many qualities traditionally associated with epic heroes‚ and fits the mold perfectly. These five qualities are that the hero is born under unusual circumstances‚ he or she leave their family to live with someone else‚ an event occurs that leads to an adventure or quest‚ the hero has divine or supernatural
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