AP English Literature and Composition Character Name(s) _______________________________________________________________ Score _____ / 30 I. Provide an example of each of these literary terms for character from any of the short stories in this section. Characterization: Antihero: Dynamic: Static: Foil: Flat: Stock: Round: Saving Sourdi by May-Lee Chai (Page 121) 1. How does your response to Nea develop over the course of the story? Is she a dynamic or static character?
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ReseaJasmine Morrisey Humanities 201.002 Fall 2012 November 30‚ 2012 Research Paper The Epics of Sundiata and the Odyssey An epic is a long narrative poem that recounts the doings of a legendary hero whose action determines the fate of people or a nation surrounding them. The epic of Sundiata recapitulates the story of the foundation of the Mali Empire. The epic is told by the griot‚ an African oral storyteller who is responsible for persevering and maintaining historical stories. The epic
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the king of Sparta and the husband of Helen‚ the queen of Sparta. Menelaus helped lead the Greeks in the Trojan war. During the war‚ Menelaus helped his brother Agamemnon lead an expedition against Troy. The leader of Troy was named Paris. After the war‚ Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy. This kidnapping led to the Greeks creating the plan for the Trojan Horse. The Trojan horse was built by Epeius‚ a master carpenter‚ in 1250 B.C.E.. The Greeks were frustrated because they had been
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War Horse: Theatre Review Before I went to theatre‚ I was expecting puppets to be moving and for it to be an emotional play. We (my drama class) went to the ‘New London Theatre in west. We went to go and watch the play ‘War Horse ‘which the book was written by Michael Morpurgo. The directors of the play are Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. The person who had the idea of the novel and playwright was Nick Stafford. As soon as we got to the theatre‚ my first impression was ‘Wow ‘.It was so big and
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How the Greek gods influenced the Trojan War What a Greek mythology event be without Greek Gods? The Trojan War is just one example of what role the Greek gods play in Greek mythology. The Trojan War was a war that took place between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greek gods influenced the personalities and actions of the Greeks and Trojans.Throughout the Trojan War the Gods played a major part on both war sides the Olympic Gods. All the gods had different reasons of why they
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Years ago before the Trojan war‚ gods and goddesses of ancient Greece started to establish themselves after gods Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ and Hades overthrew the Titans. Zeus‚ Hades‚ and Poseidon divided the earth among themselves and Zeus ruled the earth along with his family and other his and goddesses who all live in Mountain Olympus. The Olympians would always pick fights with one another which usually led to the manipulation of mortals. The Trojan war had started because of the Olympians constant jealousy
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Poseidon is one of the three major gods and also was one of the most worshipped/respected gods of Olympus. He is widely know as the Greek god of the sea‚ earthquakes‚ and horses. Poseidon was the son of Kronos and Rhea (Kuiper 1). He had five siblings‚ two brothers and three sisters (Sellers 1). Poseidon had played a major part in the war against the titans to gain freedom. Once Poseidon helped defeat his father‚ Kronos‚ and the other evil creatures of the world‚ he obtained the control over the
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Falls in Horses By Veronica Spaulding What is a rotational fall‚ and what can we do to prevent them? There has been a lot of discussion among the eventing community about how to prevent rotational falls — a fall where the horse hits a fence with its front legs or chest and its body somersaults over the fence‚ with the fence acting as a pivot point. In such tragedies‚ the rider is thrown out of the saddle and flies over the jump before the horse. In a worst case scenario‚ the horse can land on
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A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS Class of 2004 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts BY Melissa Williamson 2 “If it weren’t for my horse‚ I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.” Every time I hear this quote by comedian Lewis Black I want to roll on the floor‚ laughing. Black goes on to say he overheard this and if you think about it for more than three minutes‚ blood will shoot out your nose. Or you could have an aneurysm. This is very much like figuring out where
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The Trojan War was a Big Event in both Greek history and mythology. Many Warriors‚ Gods‚ and Goddesses appeared in this war. Whether or not they were titled as a hero or not is debateable‚ but in this war many gods and goddesses choose to fight against each other. Achilles was one of the biggest aspects in the war and one of the best warriors on the battlefield. Whether or not Achilles was a hero is questionable. Achilles was born to Pelus the king of Myrmidons and Thetis a sea nymph. Thetis‚ his
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