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    several similarities. People’s beliefs are usually formed early in life‚ they dictate the feats of the person later on. Personages who have different beliefs can often still share much of the same qualities. In the books Beowulf‚ the translation by Seamus Heaney‚ The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ and The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the translated oral epic‚ the protagonists Beowulf‚ Odysseus‚ and Gilgamesh have polarized values‚ however they share certain attributes. Beowulf and Gilgamesh selfishly win glory for themselves

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    20th CENTURY ENGLISH POETRY Modernist poetry in English started in the early years of the 20th century with the appearance of the Imagists. In common with many other modernists‚ these poets wrote in reaction to the perceived excesses of Victorian poetry‚ with its emphasis on traditional formalism and ornate diction. In many respects‚ their criticism echoes what William Wordsworth wrote in Preface to Lyrical Ballads to instigate the Romantic movement in British poetry over a century earlier‚ criticising

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    - Prayer Before Birth (Louis MacNeice) - Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) - A mother in a Refugee Camp (Chinua Achebe) Referred to - Poem at Thirty-Nine (Alice Walker) -Death Of A Son (Jon Silkin) -Mid Term Break(Seamus Heaney) Loss is universal. An inevitable condition of life; you cannot have one without the other. Whether it is the loss of innocence of an unborn child in “Prayer Before Birth” by Louis MacNeice‚ a mother’s loss of her young child to poverty and

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    Cited: HeaneySeamus. The Redress of Poetry. New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Groux‚ 1995. Levertov‚ Denise. "Caedmon‚" The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 4th ed. Ed. Margaret Ferguson‚ Mary Jo Salter‚ Jon Stallworthy. New York: W.W. Norton and Company‚ 1996. 1575-76

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    This is a summary of three poems that I have studied for the Junior Certificate. The first one that I have studied is ‘Shall I Compare Thee?’ a sonnet written by William Shakespeare. It is number 18 of 154 sonnets that he has written. A sonnet usually consists of 14 lines but no stanzas‚ this sonnet also have a rhyming couplet. The theme of this poem is true beauty. In the poem‚ the poet examines summer as a metaphor for love. The poet believes that summer is not as similar to love‚ as you

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    Cited: SeamusHeaney‚ comp. Beowulf. Trans. Ed. New York: Norton‚ 2001. Print.

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    Laura Robles 12-I Miss Stolyarova 10-1-14 Gender Equality in Beowulf Back in the medieval ages‚ men dominated the community‚ because it was believed that they were the ones with power and strength. But‚ even though women did not appear often in the poem‚ they did play a significant role aside from just being pretty and wearing gold. In Beowulf the author introduces Wealhtheow‚ Hygd‚ Hildeburh‚ Freawaru‚ Modthryth‚ and Grendel’s mother as one of the most important women throughout the poem. The assumption

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    L.C M.K English II Pre-AP 4 May 2014 Beowulf: Looking Glass into The Past Anonymously written some time between the 7th and 8th century‚ Beowulf captures cultural‚ historical and literary worth of ancient life expressed through the original author’s viewpoint on what happened around him and his society. Although Beowulf was a highly embellished epic that gave the people of the time period something to clutch onto when “terror was everywhere and myths were few” (A Quick Guide to Beowulf)‚

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    Beowulf and Macbeth Beowulf‚ identified as an epic hero and Macbeth‚ identified as a tragic hero both are very similar and different in their own ways. The epic poem‚ Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney and the tragic play‚ Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare both have heroes as the protagonist of the story. The stories written in two different time periods‚ still can be seen with many similarities and differences. A tragic hero is of high ranking and unfortunately has a flaw that they possess

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    In Seamus Heaney’s popular translation of Beowulf‚ Grendel is nothing but a lifeless monster with zero meaning on earth. Grendel is merely a spawned creature with zero signs of intellectual thought process or consciousness. Although Grendel’s life has zero meaning‚ his existence is a quintessential representation of undesired evil in a human beings life. Grendel’s representation is that of an abominable spirit portrayed through his physical build and birth‚ his evil motives‚ and the battle between

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