before the arrival of Columbus with the evidence of a West African presence during that period. It has been said by historians that the Nordics and the West Africans were in the Americas before Columbus arrived in 1492. Though evidence‚ such as oral sagas‚ tracing routes which it was said they took‚ artifacts‚ skeletal remains‚ among others‚ have been found to prove that they could have been present; there are still debates as to whether or not they actually came to the Americas before Columbus. Some
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too. He was a beautiful black saga boy. Forcing open the small door of my wooden cage‚ he filled my frame of vision with a broad white smile‚ and as he reached for my throat‚ the pink sequins on his shoulders winked at me. Last night‚ I dreamt that Death came to see me in hot-pink pants. He was a beautiful black saga boy and I hit him with a polished staff of yellow wood‚ and he went down. But as he reached for me once more‚ Laughing‚ laughing that saga boy laugh‚ I awoke‚ holding myself
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Flos Carmeli Institution of Quezon City #12 Carmel St. Capitol Site Fairview Park‚ Quezon City Project In English IV (A Compilation) Submitted By: Group I – IV Frances Submitted To: Mr. Gregorio P. Ebron‚ Jr. Table of Contents Introduction‚ vii Dedication‚ ix A Compilation I. Group Profile 1 II. Terms in English IV 15 III. Riddles
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Vikings and the Westward Expansion The Vikings were a sea-faring people from the North Western areas of Europe‚ specifically the area known as Scandinavia. Viking is actually a profession and not the actual type of people. The people were Norse and the term “Viking” in Norse equates to the English word “Pirate.” The Vikings were known throughout the European continent‚ specifically along the coastal countries. They were known for their quick attacks on coastal cities and monasteries to plunder
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mythological creatures‚ they still bring about strong opinions in our worlds society. In the earlier years of our world‚ vampires were seen as very scary mythological creatures. But‚ movies‚ television shows‚ and literature in the modern world such as The Twilight Series‚ Vampire Academy‚ Vampires Suck‚ and The Vampire Diaries have given vampires a more pristine‚ easy going appearance. This is different from the furious and creepy form they originally took on in movies and literature
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Erick Mejia M.A. Suzanne Abad ENC 3310 30 June 2013 ARGO Argument Argo is based on a true story happened in 1979‚ when a group of Iranians stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran‚ kidnapping some embassy employees and fleeing six diplomats at the Embassy of Canada. Becoming it in the shelter where they would be extracted by an agent of the CIA and taken back to their country. This crisis brought diplomatic headlines of the international press who followed this stress daily enntre the administration
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Love‚ Not Life‚ Lasts Forever In William Shakespeare?s Sonnet "73‚" the speaker invokes a series of metaphors to characterize the nature of his old age. The structure of the sonnet also contributes to the meaning of the poem. In the first quatrain‚ there is the final season of a year; then‚ in the second quatrain‚ only the final hours of a day; and then‚ in the third quatrain‚ the final minutes of a fire‚ before the couplet resolves the argument. The metaphors begin in the first quatrain and continue
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hadn ’t a clue as to the answer. When I turned to the sagas‚ they didn ’t tell me‚ either. Thus began the start of a massive research project that has produced the work you are about to read. The study is still not over... I am still discovering new information as the number of scholars in the fields of Viking history and Scandinavian womens ’ studies increases. Whenever I discover new information‚ I either correct or augment my work‚ so it
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meanings‚ and themes presented in the movie “Twilight Samurai”. This movie takes us through the everyday life of a 50-koku samurai. It is presented as a flashback‚ told by Iguchi Seibei’s daughter Kayana. The movie starts off with sorrow and hardships which is a very consistent theme throughout the movie. The title of the movie is very appropriate in my opinion. “Twilight Samurai” is not only the nickname that his colleagues gave him‚ but the word twilight also describes the period in Japanese history
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the Norse people saw no need to preserve long works in written form‚ even though everything was in place to do so. Only a single rune stone containing a complete poem survives‚ although many stones contain individual verses. In chapter 78 of Egils saga‚ Þorgerður asked her father Egill to compose a memorial poem‚ telling him she would carve the verses into a rune stick (rísta á kefli). Whether that was common practice or not is
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