Was "Troy" the Movie Accurate According to Homer? Did the movie Troy‚ released in 2004‚ accurately depict the story of Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ and was it a good movie from a critical point of view? I think it was a good movie from an entertainment standpoint‚ but it fell short in it’s comparison to Homer’s epics. As a fan of "epic" movies‚ I have watched the movie Troy a couple of times. In comparing the movie to the epic‚ there are various discrepancies between
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Importance of water use in the steel industry Water’s ever-growing importance in the industrial manufacturing arena has been demonstrated by an increasing concern regarding the sufficiency of both its quantity and quality for use in industrial applications. In general‚ water is used in steelmaking as a: coolant for equipment‚ furnaces‚ and intermediate steel shapes; cleansing agent to remove scale from steel products; source of steam; medium for lubricating oils and cleaning solutions;
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Dante’s Inferno‚ the Divine Comedy is a 14th century great book of poetry where in the poem; Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. The poem starts on Maundy Thursday in the year 1300 where to keep his religious theme; Dante describes the Harrowing of Hell. Upon reading through the book‚ I have decided to cover CANTO XI‚ The plan of Hell. I will try to go with the different levels of hell and the type of people living in it as described by Virgil‚ to Dante. Dante
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Alice Paul was a women’s rights activist during the 1900’s and she became the official advocate for suffrage‚ through the NAWSA. (Katherine H. Adams and Michael L. Keene‚ 1) In her young life‚ she had already accomplished so much then women who had fought for suffrage in the past. She was a radical figure for all women in her day. (Siegel‚ 1) She worked to bring suffrage or the right to vote to all women in the United States. (Siegel‚ 1) Alice Paul dedicated most of her life to the ratification of
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Have you ever seen a disabled boy learn to walk‚ run or swim? In the story‚” The Scarlet Ibis” the boy named Doodle wasn’t expected to live past birth. He was born with a really thin membrane and he also couldn’t walk. But‚ by staying strong and with the help of his brother taught him how to walk and do other little kid things but with a price. Doodle stayed strong throughout the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the story‚ but also the theme‚ “Never give up trying.” In the beginning Doodle wasn’t
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Dr. Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) invents a teleporting machine‚ then tries it on himself. Unfortunately a fly enters the transportation chamber with him and in the process their genes got mixed. Brundle’s body and mind start to change he is a lot more powerful than before‚ he can think better and faster‚ but then he begins to transform into something he later name ’Brundlefly’ he loses nails‚ then teeth. His girlfriend (Geena Davies) is pregnant but she doesn’t know whether it’s a Brundle or a Brundlefly
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Asian and Latino Americans Introduction Throughout the world’s existence there have been many different cultures that have submerged. In modern day there are Native Americans‚ African Americans‚ Irish Americans and so on. Within the different cultures‚ each one has their own different rituals‚ customs‚ social-economic status‚ political views‚ and cultural beliefs. In the different cultures there are several ways that the differentiation can be distinguishably inferred about the two cultures
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In the story “The Revolt of Mother” the there are 4 main characters. The youngest son Sammy‚ the oldest child Nana‚ mother Sarah‚ and the father Adam. They all live in a very small house with very limited space. Sarah does not have much room to store her pots and pans‚ cook‚ sleep‚ or relax. The 2 kids live upstairs in unfinished bedrooms‚ with little to no space. Everyday Sarah and her daughter are constantly cleaning up after Adam. He sits at the dinner tables‚ eats‚ then leaves his food on the
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How do people make a living by working in a quarry? In the novel “Princess Academy” That how Miri’s village survives. Everyone in the village works in the quarry and loves to do it. Now most people hate working but when everyone is helping and singing in time how can you not love it? It is Miri’s dream to work in the quarry but she learns that is not where she is need. Quarries are a way of live for some people and is the only way they can earn a living. A quarry is a place‚ typically
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In the Korean war‚ North Korea invaded the South so that they could have all of Korea. The South was struggling to keep the North out so the UN came in to help and fight. The UN pushed the North back to their side of the 38th parallel but decided while they are doing so good they would wipe out communism there. The UN started to push the North very far back on their side but this set of China’s alarm and China sent thousands of troops over to fight the UN. The UN and China came to a stalemate a little
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