What are the ideal characteristics of a Greek warrior in The Iliad? Compare and contrast the characters of Hector and Achilles. How are they alike and different? Do you favor one more than the other? Why? As an ideal‚ the Greek warrior combined superhuman and human qualities. The ideal characteristics included such factors as bravery‚ honor‚ and glory. The aim of every hero is to achieve kleos‚ the “glory” or “renown” that one wins in the eyes of others by performing great deeds. Honor is
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The film‚ Once Were Warriors foregrounds the issue that Maori are a culture that has lost its way .The invited reading is that the Maori community deals with domestic violence‚ poverty‚ gangs and alcoholism. The film positions the viewers to believe that Maori men are violent‚ as the film portrays them in a negative way. By exploiting the representation that Maori men are brutal alcoholics and dangerous‚ viewers are positioned to agree with the expressions of the film. This representation is evident
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Jonathan Edwards uses the three appeals pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos in his sermon “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” to persuade unconverted members of the congregation to become born again through Christ. He uses pathos‚ which is emotional appeals to evoke the audience’s emotions such as fear‚ anger‚ sadness‚ and many more. By using connotative diction‚ syntax‚ and personal anecdotes he is able to create an emotional appeal. Edwards uses logical appeals‚ which is logos to appeal to the audience’s
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Ethos‚ Pathos and Logos Even someone living under a rock has most likely heard of the ongoing debate for and against outsourcing. Outsourcing is defined as enlisting help from an outside supplier or manufacturer in order to increase profit. To make someone gain interest in one’s view on something such as outsourcing‚ one needs to make a persuasive argument. A good persuasive argument contains three aspects: ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos. Ethos is established in the character or displayed character of
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Family over Everything The film Warrior was released September 9‚ 2011 by director‚ writer and producer Gavin O’Connor. O’Connor takes us through a story of two former MMA fighting brothers dealing with a harsh family past (“Warrior”). Gavin has also directed the 2000 film‚ Tumbleweeds‚ and the winner of the Best Sports Movie Award in 2004‚ Miracle (“Gavin O’Connor”). Tom Hardy (Tommy Conlon) was also featured in a major 2010 film‚ Inception‚ and This Means War in 2012. He also played one of the
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The 13th Warrior‚ a movie by Michael Crichton‚ along with John McTiernan. From the author of Jurassic Park together with the director of Die Hard‚ the majority expected this movie to be a smash at the box office. Consequently‚ it became one of the worst flops in history with nearly all critics calling it an exceptionally expensive forfeiture of $94‚150‚551. But why did it plunge with such an accomplished author and director involved? A film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times‚ Roger Ebert‚ wrote “this
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10 years ago on the 10th of July 1985 2 limpet mine bombs set by French DGSE agents on the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior shook New Zealand’s history forever. A Portuguese Greenpeace crew member Fernando Pereira was killed in the explosions and it is a tragedy that New Zealand will never be able to forget. It all started when the Americans bombed Hiroshima to end the Second World War in 1945. America had also won the race to be the first country to hold the power of the atomic bomb. There
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Robin Hood is perhaps one of the most iconic English luminaries‚ an outlaw living in Sherwood Forest with his ‘Merry Men’ . His ethos of “robbing from the rich and giving to the poor” made him adored by many‚ as he is seen as a figure who fought for the downtrodden. He was a commoner who was truculent against the aristocrats and fought the inequitable ruling of them. He was a dexterous archer and swordsman that courageously defended his fellow commoners and his Merry Men . Some dispute if
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just guns‚ bombs‚ death‚ and freedom. Trying to live with yourself after a rough war‚ is not easy. On November 16‚ 2016‚ I saw Trinity High School’s department of theatre art’s performance of The Warriors. This play was written by William P. Bradford II‚ a graduate of Trinity High School. The Warriors is written about veterans of wars trying to handle life with PTSD. The play begins as smoke slithers onto the stage. Veteran 1(Loui Chang) stumbles onto the stage and delivers a brief background of
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The first thing that grabs my attention with this advertisement is an example of “ethos” because they used a well-known figure‚ Katy Perry‚ to promote their product. When you see celebrities that are promoting brands it makes people think “If this product is good enough for them‚ it is good enough for me.” I feel this mentality occurs more frequently when a celebrity is promoting make up and skin care products. With celebrities having money‚ they could buy the best brands out there‚ so when you see
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