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    that‚ she tames Enkidu. Ishtar‚ when denied by Gilgamesh‚ threatens to “let the dead go up and eat the living” (10). In this epic‚ women represent great power‚ wisdom and finally temptation and evil. In the epic‚ the woman symbolizes different things. One of these is how woman use the power of love (sex) and temptation to attain a certain goal or task. When the trapper’s son tells his father of Enkidu‚ his first and immediate instinct is to send for Gilgamesh’s temple priestess‚ Shamhat‚ so she

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    book The Odyssey by Homer is a way to show how people can face many challenges in their lives. For example‚ the cyclops named Prometheus could be an example of people trying to hurt you‚ or stop you on your journey. Lotus flowers could represent temptations‚ and Aeolus meant to represent fortune and luck in going to be where you want to go‚ and underestimating how fortunate you are at a certain time. It’s easy to mix life with fiction‚ but the Odyssey merges the two beautifully. In life‚ many people

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    Instead‚ the bad temptations in their minds were brought out. This lead to hardships for these children‚ including some deaths. But despite all of this‚ they were rescued. Some argue that the book doesn’t give hope even though they survived. But the children in the end begin

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    Ray Bradbury‚ a supernatural carnival has come to the town of Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway. The carnival represents all of the evil and temptation in the world‚ and the characters of the novel learn to overcome this temptation with acceptance and fortitude. In the novel‚ the progression towards true happiness is characterized by themes of fear‚ temptation‚ and eventual acceptance of life. Death and the unknown are common terrors that have plagued the lives of everybody at some point or another

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    hard that he lost his mind and ended up killing his three children‚ his wife‚ and then finally himself. Gambling is very hazardous and can ruin people’s lives‚ just as any addiction can. It just takes a strong willed person to say no and resist the temptation no matter how hard it

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    Conscience is the human ability to distinguish right from wrong. In Jane Eyre‚ the characters demonstrate many struggles with their own consciences and their moral values. Although some characters succumb to their temptations in the novel‚ others like Jane are able to stay true to their inner selves and learn from their mistakes. One’s moral values and inner truth are the things that one must strive to find‚ and to maintain. It is important that once one finds them‚ one upholds his or her commitment

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    constantly ‚meeting crossroad where one has to decide which direction to go. Some choose to go on blindly by taking chances‚ some take calculated risk‚ and some stand lost unable to decide. Everyone desire sucess‚ working round the clock; toil in blood‚ sweat and tears; put one’s shoulder to the wheel; on one’s fear for the whole day; and the expressions can go on and on. The trouble is‚ when one’s journey comes to an abrupt halt‚ for whatever reason‚ failure sets in prominently and inevitably

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    I am a Marvel Cinematic Universe fan. Marvel has intricately planned out several years of movies‚ with each movie corresponding to the other. Because the next installment of the movie franchise‚ Ant Man‚ came out this past summer‚ I was inclined to rewatch all of the Marvel movies in order‚ so I could have the proper history and background information before seeing the next movie. It would‚ of course‚ be puerile to watch the show without a proper preperation of knowledge. It was after watching the

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    Feminism is the support for equal rights for both men and women‚ in the areas that include but are not limited to politics‚ economics‚ and social norms. In a more general sense‚ a feminist seeks a justified‚ balanced amount of opportunity for both sexes. The topic of feminism has been prevalent in more recent years‚ but not a few centuries ago. The romance novel The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850‚ highlights a female protagonist named Hester Prynne who lived in the 17th century

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    Setting is a large part of Macbeth because it sets the scene and reveals things about different characters. Act four starts out with darkness and thunder as the witches are brewing something and chanting “double‚ double toil and trouble‚ fire burn‚ and cauldron bubble.”(4.1.10-11) All of the scenes throughout Macbeth that involve the witches are very dark and creepy which represents the darkness around the witches. They chant about trouble because they are trouble. The witches are manipulative and

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