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    Book 11, Vergil's Aeneid

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    Bella! Horrida Bella! In Book 11 of Virgil’s Aeneid‚ a political assembly convenes prior to the final approach of Aeneas’ troops on Latium. King Latinus gathers his principal men to hear the news brought back from the emissaries sent to implore Diomedes to return to battle on their behalf. Diomedes‚ a lead in Homeric poetry‚ is well known as a fierce warrior. His ambitions are well represented in his battlefield speech to Aeneas‚ Talk not of flight‚ for I shall not listen to you: I am of a race

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    Indian Civilization

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    INDIAN CIVILIZATION Also called Indus Valley Civilization; the earliest in South Asia Contemporary with Bronze Age civilizations in pre-dynastic Egypt‚ Mesopotamia Compared to the other Bronze Age civilizations‚ Indus Valley Civilization was unspectacular Early civilizations of the Indian sub-continent were centred on two major river valleys: The Indus River and its tributaries‚ especially the Saraswati River Valley (2600-1500BCE) – associated with Dravidians. Called Harappan Culture The Ganges

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    socrates paper

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    PHI 150 Socrates Paper Socrates is believed to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time and he is credited as being the founder of western philosophy. This paper will explain some of his views to the most fundamental questions of today’s age. These questions will include topics about morality‚ the human condition‚ solution‚ and death. After Socrates’ views on these topics are explained‚ a critique will be done on his answers. I will start out by explaining exactly who Socrates is

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    The passage of new legislation is so notoriously difficult‚ and very few bills survive from the countless introduced in the United States Congress; Government in America: People‚ Politics‚ and Policy describes the passage of law in relation to the mere complexity of Congress’ structure as anything short of “remarkable” (Lineberry‚ Robert L.‚ George C. Edwards III‚ and Martin P. Wattenberg). The illustration in the right conveys the trend of senatorial paralysis as a lawmaking institution‚ with the

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    Okonkwo’s Fear of Unoka: The Driving Force for his Demise Commenting on his relationship with his father‚ acclaimed American writer Mark Twain noted‚ “When I was a boy of fourteen‚ my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one‚ I was astonished by how much he’d learned in seven years.” In his typical satirical tone‚ Twain makes an unmistakable point; maturity enables individuals to recognize and appreciate the experiences of one’s elders

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    gilgamesh and creon

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    There are many great stories and tales that come from the Ancient Civilization‚ two of them being Sophocles’ Antigone and the epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh tells the story of the careless king of Uruk‚ that is looking for immortality‚ who later becomes a wise and responsible king‚ and the other‚ Antigone‚ tells the story of the king of Thebes that is clouded by his own power‚ who loses everything important to him and is left with sorrow and guilt. Creon‚ from Antigone‚ and Gilgamesh are considered

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    Brave New World extrapolates from contemporary contextual trends that Huxley found ideologically frightening into the dystopian future of the totalitarian “World of State” of “632 A.F” after Ford‚ to speculate about a future society that combines the follies and vices of both Capitalism and Communism. In the novel‚ verisimilitude transmogrifies into speculation about social order as‚ within the “London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre‚” humans are engineered and “decanted” in a Henry Ford-like mass-production

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    life‚ but the main story of Homer’s Iliad‚ however‚ starts once there is the ignition of wrath among prominent characters of the story like Agamemnon and Achilles. In the normal state‚ people are capable of behaving rationally‚ using experience and wisdom to guide their action. However‚ during the main action of the Iliad‚ the wrath of Achilles and that of other dominant characters creates an unfortunate situation that results in many wars and bloodsheds and causes much destruction. In such a terrible

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    Throughout Douglas Adams’ The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy a number of satirical techniques are used to question and condemn often serious and controversial targets of satire. The vices and follies of Arthur Dent- the main character and representative of the human race throughout the novel- are exposed and ridiculed for the entirety of the story. Within the novel‚ politics‚ in particular bureaucracy is a target of satire‚ especially so regarding the unpleasant race of the Vogons. Skilfully‚

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    Josephine Baker

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    “Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone‚ when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul‚ when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free‚ when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.” Josephine Baker‚ what an incredible woman. When thinking of Josephine‚ the first image that would pop up for most would be of her dancing to jazz in a banana skirt. A performance that gained her a lot of fame‚ but in truth she is

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