DaAlexandra Baro Moderation Paper I April 23‚ 2013 Slapstick My first problem was the ghost of Darius. I think that he came in anger. I had done this miserable thing to my copy of Aeschylus’ Persians – I had given it a fringe of those little yellow flags whose purpose it is to destroy the appearance of any fine-looking book. I had been assigned one of the first papers I’d write here‚ and I am sure that wanted to hold off for another moment that unspooling experience by scrambling to organize
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The Style and Content of William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was a man who is known for his extraordinary writings of the nineteenth century‚ and is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the English language. Yeats was a poet with extensive knowledge and was thought to have been born ahead of his time. Throughout his poetry and literary works he uses a combination of technique and style to express his meaningful ideas. Yeats became a pioneering poet who had a revolutionary type of
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Throughout history‚ nightmares have played a role in peoples’ lives. Evidence of that can be found in many different media. In Ancient Greek plays‚ nightmares are often a symbolic representation of a fact‚ like in Aeschylus ’s Oresteia‚ where Clytemnestra dreams of giving birth to a snake and later gets murdered by her son‚ Orestes. Other examples can be found in Shakespeare and a lot of horror movies. Nightmares are common; everyone has them once in a while. You wake up‚ feel relieved‚ and move
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From Feeble to Firm In the epic poem “The Odyssey” by Homer‚ the first four books contain the transformation of Odysseus’ son Telemachus from a weak child to a strong and confident man. This growth prepares the reader for the similar challenges Odysseus will face throughout the rest of the epic. However‚ this change could not occur without the help of Athena‚ who inspires Telemachus to stand up to the suitors and go on a quest to find his father. Nestor and Menelaus will also guide Telemachus to
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of course‚ from the fact that he ’s out for news of his father Odysseus? 8. What exactly does Nestor tell Telemachus about the War and the return home? Why does he dwell upon the fate of Agamemnon‚ killed by Aegisthus‚ the lover of Clytemnestra? Provide analysis. Book IV 9. How does
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head so easily away fromt the gods cry of help and toward the body of Agamemnon’s wife he could have seen what he had coming to him and not have been blind sighted‚ his fate of death by Orestes could have changed and he still live‚ though not with Clytemnestra. So‚ the gods had many powers that mortals could never possess‚ one of those on the lengthy list entitles them to yield the ability to not only tell but try and change people’s future. The gods really did show great love to some of the mortals
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Agamemnon was blessed to have such an enormous army‚ and this is quite possibly the only reason why he was such a powerful leader. If‚ however‚ Agamemnon had a smaller army‚ would he have still been such a strong leader? No‚ and the reasons are very extensive because not only was he very negative‚ but he also boasted in his power. Agamemnon was described by Homer as a powerful leader‚ but he neglected to show us many reasons why he was so strong. The reason why Homer did not show us many of those
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Tension between an individual and life experiences is what creates interest in the poetry of William Butler Yeats. To what extent does this statement reflect your response to Easter 1916 and at least one other Yeats poem set for study Yeats derives his poetic strength from the fusion of his life experiences and his perspective of the world. The tension in the poetry is deeply rooted in the troubled political context of his time and the personal disappointment he suffered throughout his life. He
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There are many themes of forgetting and remembering in the Odyssey of Homer. When you have a great love for someone or something it shall never be forgotten. Both Penelope and Odysseus show the importance of memory throughout The Odyssey of homer over and over again. The theme of memory and forgetting does not show only love between Penelope and Odysseus but also an important principle in the upkeep of the correct social interactions. Penelope tells the singer Phemios that she does not want to
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and guidance as they are weak and fragile‚ without a steady male hand to guide them‚ these women apppear to be lost and inconsolable. - but she also has some of the traits associated with the seductresses seen in The Odyssey‚ such as Circe and Clytemnestra. Following the role of a mother figure‚ Penelope mourns her lost love‚ seemingly oblivious (at first) to
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