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    out until he is strengthened again by the gods. The similes used in these books compare the leaders and great fighters like Ajax and Hector to magnificent creatures like horses‚ lions‚ and eagles. It is interesting that these people are compared to valiant beasts like these‚ and the foot soldiers are compared more than once to a pack of hounds led by their master. In book fifteen‚ Ajax lifts an enormous pike some forty feet long‚ and uses it to vault from ship to ship. He is compared to an eagle in

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    one of us discovered this precious land of Puerto Rico there was one group that was ahead of us and they were known as the Taino Indians. The Taino Indians inhabited the territory and called it the island Borinquen‚ meaning‚” the great land of the valiant and noble Lord” or “land of the great Lords”. On November 19‚ 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered the island in his second voyage to the New

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    and  the  thanks  that  they  deserve.  We  thank  them  for  protecting  us  from  those  who  mean  to  do  us  harm.  After  all  they  have  done  for  us‚  medals   seem  insufficient.  All  veterans  deserve  to  be  recognized  for  their  valiant actions.  Veterans‚  who  have  served  in  wars‚  such  as  Vietnam‚  the  Korean  Expedition‚  and  most  recently‚ the war in  Iraq‚ had to spend months at a time‚ not only away from their family‚ but also  in  very  dangerous  battle  zones. 

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    gigilid). These organizational patterns present even before the time of Spanish colonialism in the archipelago shows that the island’s early settlers were able to handle themselves and were masters of trading‚ farming‚ hunting and were also valiant warriors. Well‚ most of us think that it is unfair for the Spaniards to abuse the land and brand our ancestors

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    I believe Macbeth is both a victim and a villain and over the course of the play his character changes. Macbeth is a tragic hero because he possessed qualities of hero: a person from a noble family‚ basically good‚ but‚ plagued by his ambition‚ ends up committing horrible act‚ bringing his own downfall‚ leaving us with pity and terror. Macbeth is a victim of fate because of the three witches‚ the influence of his wife‚ and his own fears. Because the witches fueled his greed by telling him how no

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    ACT 2 SCENE 2 INTRODUCTION Good afternoon. I’m going to tell you about the disposition of Julius Caesar’s wife Calpurnia‚ during the early morning hours on the Ides of March which was also the day Caesar was to be crowned king but‚ was assassinated instead. BRIEF SUMMARY The scene opens with thunder and lightning accompanied by torrential rain since the night before when Calpurnia is deeply disturbed by horrid nightmares of Caesar being slaughtered by sadistic murderers (sadistic because they were

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    movies are men but women can also be called a hero. A hero is kind of like a role model. A role model is someone you look up to and so are heroes! Every person who has a hero looks up to their hero. Some heroes are the brave‚ courageous‚ and valiant men and women that serve in our military. These are people that are just like you and I. They do not have any extraordinary superpowers besides a sense of duty towards this country and the people that inhabit it. They travel across oceans and leave

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    teachings taught to each and every Filipino child. Since the imposition of the compulsory Rizal courses‚ Rizal has been a part of every Filipino student’s learning journey – inspiring lives‚ guiding people. However‚ despite these remarkable works and valiant acts he had demonstrated as well as those teachings he had left for us to ponder upon‚ there are still some who seem unhappy and discontented with what Rizal had done. According to them‚ Rizal’s being a hero should be reconsidered since he became

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    Dr. Martin Luther King wrote “I Have Seen the Mountaintop.” In the year 1968 In a time where the negroe population was being severely mistreated. King was outraged at this matter and was desperate to make a change. His plan was to unite the negroe community and the American people as one by making them think not what will happen to me if I do this but what will happen to them if I do not. He was fighting for what America was initially founded upon‚ all men are created equal and their inalienable

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    Two valiant heroes each looked up to by their cultures with strength beyond measure and tremendous power. The two predominant characters in this essay are thesues; a great hero to Athens and Beowulf; the renowned hero who fights the troll like monster Grendel. His mother Aethra raised Theseus. Indoctrinated that his father was the eminent Poseidon the god of the sea. When Theseus turned the age of 16 his mother explained to Theseus he was the child of Aegeus the king of Athens. Aethra instructed

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