language and paintings of heroes Dorians: Inhabited Crete; fought with Ionians in the Peloponnesian War Oracle: “priestesses of Apollo”; predicted the future from the temples of Apollo‚ which were really caves with toxic gases Theseus and the Minotaur: Greek myth where Theseus defeats Minotaur‚ half-human and half-bull‚ and becomes King of the Greek people. He decides he doesn’t want to rule over them and gives the power to the people. 4 aspects of a city-state: 1. Small 2. On a hill 3. Market
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail A British Parody By: Norwin Adarve Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been a comic success in the film industry for almost four decades. The main reason for its success is because the jokes have kept the audience laughing whether they watched it in 1975 or just saw the comedy for the first time yesterday. Monty Python and the Holy Grail would fall under two categories of comedy‚ a satire and a parody. In contemporary usage‚ a parody is a work that imitates another
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1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE William shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwichshire‚ England. There is no definite record of his birth but his baptism was recorded by the church‚ thus his birthday is assumed to be 23 of April. Shakespeare ‚ the son of John shakespeare‚ a successful trademan‚ and of Mary Arden. Shakespeare attended King Edward VI Grammar School‚ which may have provided education in Latin grammar and literature. In 1582‚ he married Anne Hathaway
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Romantic Comedy. The first topic that I’ve picked are allusions.Metaphors are compared in this story shown in movies or plays today that can give an allusion of the real play.My first example is “To you your father should be as a god” says Theseus to Hermia in act one scene one. It is an allusion because he compares her father to a god. It uses metaphors because he is comparing two unlike things together. My second example is “a crew of patches” said by the country bumpkins. This is an allusion
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Greek Mythology Greek Mythology IINTRODUCTION Greek Mythology‚ set of diverse traditional tales told by the ancient Greeks about the exploits of gods and heroes and their relations with ordinary mortals. The ancient Greeks worshiped many gods within a culture that tolerated diversity. Unlike other belief systems‚ Greek culture recognized no single truth or code and produced no sacred‚ written text like the Bible or the Qur’an. Stories about the origins and actions of Greek divinities varied widely
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Poseidon once married a Nereid‚ Amphitrite‚ and produced Triton who was half-human and half-fish. He also impregnated the Gorgon Medusa to give birth to Chrysaor and Pegasus‚ the flying horse. The rape of Aethra by Poseidon resulted in the birth of Theseus; and he turned Caeneus into a man‚ at her request‚ after raping her. Another rape involved Amymone when she tried to escape from a satyr and Poseidon saved her. Other offspring of Poseidon include: Eumolpus‚ the Giant Sinis‚ Polyphemus‚ Orion‚ King
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for war. The third aspect is Gods‚ goddesses‚ and heroes. People in Greece believed in multiple gods and goddesses. Some people in America are still polytheistic and believe in the Greek gods today. Some of the Greek heroes were Hercules‚ Achilles‚ Theseus and many more. Just like the Greeks Americans today also had heroes such as George Washington‚ Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king. The forth most similar aspect is the Greek democracy. Athens (a city in Greece) had the first world known democracy
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2010 The supernatural in A Midsummer Night’s Dream “A midsummer night’s dream is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens‚ Theseus‚ and the Queen of the Amazons‚ Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors‚ who are manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. ”(Wikipedia‚ A midsummer
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Demetrius‚ because before actually watching the movie‚ I pictured Demetrius to be a blond. Therefore‚ an actor much like Matt Damon might’ve been better at this part; however‚ Christian Bale is accomplishing his role quite convincingly to change my mind. Theseus and Hippolyta were very well casted because in truth‚ while reading the play‚ I never really pictured their appearances to resemble anyone in particular; therefore‚ watching the movie really helped me to get an idea of how those two might look like
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and they both tell Helena. Helena is so desperate to be favoured by Demetrius that she betrays them and tells Demetrius the plan. Once everyone is in the woods‚ we are introduced to the group of actors who decide which part they must play for Duke Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding. This part of the play introduces the characteristics of some of the characters and gives us a basic idea of the purpose of the actors in other scenes.
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