Gates of Fire By: Steven Pressfield Subject Person- Spartan Warriors Place- Greece 480 B.C. Event- Battle of Thermoplae. Concept- Xeones recounts his life leading up to the battle. Object- Greek city-states consisting of 300 Spartan Warriors‚ 400 Thebans‚ 700 Thespian Volunteers And around 900 Helots Fought The Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae. Reason For Choosing Book Prior to reading this novel I had some knowledge of the Battle of Thermopylae. I watched the movie 300last year
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Cleveland Cavaliers Must do to Get Back in the NBA Finals With the Golden State Warriors Win last night they now have a 2-0 lead in the NBA finals. They have out scored the Cleveland Cavaliers by a combined 48 points in the first two games. If the Cavs want to make this a competitive series‚ there are a few things they must address before game three on Wednesday night. Bench Production The production of the Warriors’ bench and the lack of production from the Cavaliers bench has been a big story
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200-225) The idea of giving and following in the path of his father is a very Christian idea. He is depicted as both a warrior‚ and later a great and noble king. The Anglo-Saxons believed that true greatness‚ such as that found in kings was passed down through generations of true Christian men‚ but the warrior is a typical Pagan archetype. By depicting Beowulf as both‚ the Pagan warrior when he is younger and as the more Christian king as he grown older‚ he reflects that change in society at the time
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Anul I RE Beowulf Beowulf is the oldest epic poem in the English language. It was written in Old English‚ the language of the Saxons. In the 19th century the poem began to be called by the name of its Scandinavian hero. Historical elements run through the poem‚ but both the hero and the story are fiction. The poem was composed between the 8th and the 11th centuries. The text exists in only one manuscript which dates from about the year 1000. The manuscript was burned in 1731. Kevin S
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Introduction and Background Beowulf‚ a poem written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet‚ is considered one of the most important works in all of English literature. However‚ it was almost a forgotten work. Written in the Anglo-Saxon era‚ only one Beowulf manuscript survived into modern times‚ and it was almost destroyed in a fire in the 1700s. While it survived the fire‚ it continued to languish. However‚ when interest in Old English documents surged in the 1900s‚ people became interested in Beowulf
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speaks‚ his troops listen. And‚ they’ll follow this charismatic leader to their glorious deaths if need be. It’s not just his commanding accent when he yells "Sparrrr-tahhnns!" It’s his devotion to his land and his people. And‚ though I am not a warrior‚ even I would have picked up a spear and shield to strike furiously with valiant heart to lay low any enemies before me. "300" is "Sin City" and "Gladiator" mixed together and coated with a luster that you can only find on fresh-from-the-factory
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more than one way throughout the story of Beowulf. One example of this relationship is the comitatus shown by Beowulf to Lord Hrothgar and his tribe‚ when he arrives to help defend the tribe against the monstrous Grendel‚ as well as when the young warrior Wiglaf comes to Beowulf’s aid as he is battling a dragon in the final moments of his life. Even though both of these examples show an extreme loyalty to a leader‚ they are different in the aspect of purity. The comitatus shown by Wiglaf to Beowulf
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Prologue Robinpaw‚ the apprentice of Larksong‚ trotted along the trail out of Lightningclan’s camp. She was training to someday be a warrior and fight alongside her clan in battles without the constant watchfulness of a mentor. She was six moons old‚ old enough to become a warrior‚ and expected her assessment and naming ceremony soon with the other apprentices of Lightningclan. She stopped to shake out her white and brown fur before hearing her name called‚ “Robinpaw!” Note her mentor but the medicine
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to urge them to stand firm and defeat the evils of the Catholic Spanish militia. Realizing her status in the sixteenth century era‚ the Queen’s brief lecture was not a precedent for her gender roles and her hierarchal position. By utilization of warrior diction‚ fearless tone‚ and religious references‚ Queen Elizabeth I creates
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Terra-cotta Warrior Army Qin Shi Huang‚ founder of the Qin dynasty from 221-207bc went beyond functional design with his motif collection because in his tomb before death‚ he brought over 8‚000 sculptures including a council of high-ranking officials‚ musicians‚ dancers‚ acrobats‚ as well as the terra-cotta warriors which signified afterlife protection of everything that the emperor valued in his tomb. One of Chinas best military leaders Qin Shi Huang ruled during the previously mentioned years
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