Reaction Paper for Helen of Troy Helen Paris Priam Achilles Menelaus Hecuba Agamemnon Ulysses Hector Cassandra Aeneas Andraste Andros Diomedes Ajax Polydorus Cora Patroclu sAndromache Nestor Alpheus The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the
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My Polish Teacher’s Tie Every day there is a new story to tell like this story. Nothing to exhiting‚ just another ordinary every day story. This one is written by Helen Dunmore who is a very good poet and prosa writer. The story develops around the staff of a school where Carla Carter works... In this story we are very close to the events as it is told in the first person. We are part of Carla’s thoughts and we see everything trough her eyes. This makes the story more demanding on the reader
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citizens’ lives and society. We always knew that Helen‚ Menelaus and Paris were crucial to Greece’s history and shaped the way for numerous stories such as Homer’s The Odyssey. Helen and Paris‚ impacted the Trojan War through their strong love‚ actions‚ and decisions. Although many people influenced Greek mythology‚ Helen played a big role changing history forever. In the beginning‚ “Helen chose Menelaus‚ a prince of Mycenae‚ to be her husband” (“Helen of Troy”).
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Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0408/02 WORLD LITERATURE October/November 2014 Paper 2: Unseen 1 hour 15 minutes No Additional Materials are required. * 4 6 9 0 8 4 1 8 9 5 * READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST An answer booklet is provided inside this question paper. You should follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper ask the invigilator for a continuation booklet
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many theories that evolve around Troy. Between the book and the film there are a wealth of differences‚ and similarities only lie in the basic‚ undisputed ideas. "The Iliad" begins in the ninth year of the ten year siege of the Greeks upon Troy‚ whereas the movie shows Paris taking Helen away from Troy angering Menelaus in the process. The Greeks sail across the Aegean Sea (in ships of a questionable eighth century design www.archaeology.org/onlinereviews/troy) for vengeance upon Priam’s Kingdom‚ with
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the favor of the goddess and the love of the beautiful Helen of Troy‚ wife of Menelaus‚ the king of Sparta. Helen went with Paris to Troy‚ and an expedition to avenge the injury to Menelaus was placed under the command of Agamemnon‚ king of Mycenae. Agamemnon’s force included many famous Greek heroes‚ the most noted of whom were Achilles‚ Patroclus‚ the two Ajaxes‚ Teucer‚ Nestor‚ Odysseus‚ and Diomedes. After the Trojans refused to restore Helen to Menelaus‚ the Greek warriors assembled at the Bay
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attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events‚ such as the gathering of warriors for the siege‚ the cause of the war‚ and related concerns tend to
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because he strongly opposed communism. But then the US backed away from him because he used secret military attacks that killed many of the Haiti people. The US backed away because they didn’t want to destroy their human rights image. (Haiti under Siege Article at Socialistworker.org) -Dictator -“He attacked all national institutions” that could oppose him; he shut down everything from the press; Catholic Church‚ schools and colleges; cracked down the unions; punished his critics with torture and
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tale had been demonstrated archaeologically." - M.I. Finley‚ the World of Odysseus Introduction The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer‚ Vergil‚ Dante and many others. It is a fantastical tale of a decade-long siege of a powerful city by a massive pan-hellenic force. However‚ even though it has proved to be such a rich source of inspiration for writers‚ poets and artists throughout history‚ it is debated whether it actually took place. Heinrich Schliemann famously
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