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    AP English Allusions

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    Lazarus  John the Baptist  Last Supper  Judas  Crucifixion and Resurrection  Doubting Thomas  Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse  Greek and Roman Mythology Group 2  Medusa  Oedipus (the Sphinx‚ Antigone)  Antigone  The Trojan War (the fall of Troy‚  Achilles‚ Hector‚ Paris‚ Helen‚ and the Trojan  Horse)  Midas  Bacchus  Agamemnon‚ Orestes‚ and Electra (also known  in whole as The Oresteia)  Leda and the Swan  Pandora  Odysseus/Ulysses   King Arthur Legends  Uther and Igraine and the story of Arthur’s birth 

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    read Edith Hamilton’s synopsis of the Trojan War‚ and after reading‚ we watched the Warner Brothers 2004 Production of Troy. The movie and the myth were both based on the Trojan War. They were both very interesting‚ and captivating. It was stimulating to see it in 2 different points of views. Both the movie and the myth of Troy were great. They had similarities‚ but there were also some very strong differences. In Edith Hamilton’s Synopsis of the Trojan War‚ it focused on many of the gods of Olympus

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    Baer Goolsby Honors World Lit 4 April 2013 Ulysses In Hell In Dante’s Inferno‚ Ulysses‚ a man known for his skillful word weaving‚ is sent into eternal damnation in Hell by Dante. In the Odyssey‚ after the Trojan War ends‚ Ulysses sails back to Ithaca. In the Inferno‚ Ulysses recounts the story about how he convinced his men to sail with him past the Pillars of Hercules. It was previously believed that nothing lay behind these pillars‚ until Ulysses and his men discover the Mountain of Purgatory

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE FILM “TROY” (A FILM BY WOLFGANG PETERSEN) A Final Assignment submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Bahasa Indonesia by Durratus Sadiyah 2201409087 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Leadership is a human subject and as such is a complex matter. Leading others is not simply a matter of style

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    The poem shows the lives of the soldiers during the Trojan War‚ the battles‚ honor‚ and revenge (Schultz). The poem is loosely portrayed in the 2004 film‚ Troy‚ screenplay written by David Benioff. Between the two‚ several areas that overlap. Yet‚ poem and film have many differences from the actions of the characters to the way the film ended. There were parts of the film that was correct. The Trojan War was between Trojans and Greece. The war started because Helen‚ wife of Menelaus‚ was taken

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    Achilles  Book 2: The Great Gathering of Armies  Book 3: Helen Reviews the Champions  Book 4: The Truce Erupts in War  Book 5: Diomodes Fights the Gods  Book 6: Hector Returns to Troy  Book 7: Ajax Duels in Hector  Book 8: The Tide of Battle Turns  Book 9: The Embassy to Achilles  Book 10: Marauding Through the Night  Book 11: Agamemnon’s Day of Glory  Book 12: The Trojans Storm the Rampart  Book 13: Battling for the Ships  Book 14: Hera Outflanks Zeus  Book 15: The Achaean Armies at

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    the brutal Trojan War and how the Trojans were destroyed in the tenth year. Nonchalantly‚ the Greeks celebrated and won prizes‚ while Troy was burned to the ground‚ leaving the remaining stragglers to run away under the leadership of Aeneas. Focused on the Trojans’ journey to the founding of Rome‚ The Aeneid portrays the good aspects of the Trojan life compared to the battling Greeks as shown in The Iliad. Although‚ in The Iliad‚ the Greeks uphold their morals with pride‚ the Trojans write their

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    In the text Mythology by Edith Hamilton‚ women are portrayed as being property and objects. During this time women were seen to be not as "good" as men. They saw perfection in relationships between men and young male adults as the best relationships to have. However‚ homosexuality was frowned upon. Men were considered knowledgeable and educated‚ but women were seen as a burden placed on man by the Gods. When it came to women nothing was valuable about them but their beauty. When a woman was beautiful

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    Comparison and Contrast: Achilles and Hector In Homer ’s epic poem‚ The Iliad‚ the subject is war. The Greek army has traveled to Troy to battle the Trojan army‚ resulting in a war that rages on for the better part of a ten year time span. The men of both armies fight not only for their prospective sides‚ but also for their own personal glory‚ which is consistent with the heroic warrior code of ancient Greece. Two of the main characters‚ Achilles and Hector‚ both continuously display a complexity

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    notable civilizations known for this was the land of Ancient Greece. Though the Greeks have countless amounts of action-packed tales‚ “The Odyssey” told by Homer is an epic poem which shows the struggles of the hero returning home from the violent Trojan War. Most Greek heroes were shown to be righteous‚ pure‚ and gave the effect that they could do nothing wrong. In this epic‚ Odysseus is portrayed as more of a human in comparison to other Greek heroes due to the fact that he does many good and bad

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