Homer‚ substance in one’s identity seems only attainable through seeking glory. Rather than substance‚ the name that they are given serves more as a title than a true summary of their character. Despite the myriad of “heroes”‚ The Iliad displays the worst traits of man in all including the heroes themselves as well as the venerable gods of Olympos. Even with these horrible traits‚ can their extraordinary accomplishments truly compensate and catapult them to hero status? A world that claims to hold
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Imagine going to a Middle School assembly and having Bod (a character from (The Graveyard Book) speak to the class. He would be a good choice because he is kind to everyone. He is also entertaining because of all the adventures he has been on. Bod would also be a good choice because he has a lot of good information to tell. Bod would be a good guest speaker because he is kind‚ entertaining‚ and has a lot of information to tell‚ Bod would be a good guest speaker because he is kind. He is kind because
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The castle character chart English Misc Darryl is tough‚ "That man has principals" sal respects darryl Darryl Kerrigan body language - assertive when challenging/defending family‚ towers over messenger person‚ serious face‚slightly hunched shoulders. Hand gestures Tense and aggressive when Threatened At dinner table relaxed‚ proud and dressed to nines After court defeat played with food and slightly saddened Dialogue "You’re dreamin’/ tell’en his dreamin’ " has
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The Significance beyond the Mark In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” he focuses on two main characters‚ Georgiana‚ a beautiful woman with a “crimson… mark… on her left cheek [in the shape of a] human hand” (Hawthorne 6)‚ and Georgiana’s husband‚ Aylmer‚ which is very obsessed with Georgiana’s birthmark. Hawthorne focuses on these two characters due to the great significance they both have with the mark on Georgiana’s face. In the novel‚ Aylmer wants to remove Georgiana’s birthmark because he
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Gordan Korman‚ Capricorn Anderson’s life has changed for the better. Have you ever heard of a thirteen year old who got arrested two times in less than two months for doing a silly thing like driving‚ and being underage while doing it? Cap Anderson is a flower child‚ who lives in Garland Farms with his sixty-seven year old grandmother‚ Rain‚ who educates him until she has an accident. Cap is different from other characters because Cap comes from Garland which is a whole different world. In Garland
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Macbeth‚ the main character in the Shakespeare play with the same name‚ is a very complex and interesting character. Throughout the play Macbeth exposes his overwhelming thirst for power. Macbeth attains this power by a eliminating those who stand in his way. It is Macbeth’s ever growing thirst for power that exposes him as a cruel hearted individual and ultimately causes his downfall. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is exposed as a coward. In the open of Act 1‚ Scene 7‚ Macbeth ponders the
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Character Analysis: Caliban The character of Caliban is generally thought to be one of the author’s master-pieces. It is not indeed pleasant to see this character on the stage any more than it is to see the god Pan personated there. He is one of the wildest and most abstract characters from Shakespeare. His deformity of both body and mind is redeemed by the power and truth of the imagination displayed in it. Shakespeare has described the brutal mind of Caliban in contrast with the pure and original
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what sets them apart. Because Rama was considered the perfect man and was the reincarnation of Vishnu (page 10)‚ he had a lot of redeeming qualities. One the virtues Rama had was the ability to be merciful and I believe this is something he stood by well. He had the ability to defeat Ravana earlier than their final battle‚ but instead of finishing the fight while Ravana cowered in fear‚ Rama let Ravana recover. I suppose his mercy could be taken in a sarcastic way‚ but I think he genuinely wanted to
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When children experience trauma throughout their childhood‚ it can manifest in dangerous ways in their later life. Much like what happens to Truddi Chase‚ the main character and narrator of the novel. She was subjected to physical‚ sexual‚ and emotional abuse from the age of two. This abuse she suffered by the hands of her mother and stepfather is the reason that she developed ‘the troops’ which is how she refers to her other personalities. The troops are made up of over 92 different and distant
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Omar N. Bradley. Rikki-Tikki in the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi had to be brave when he was scared. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that love is able to give courage to everyone. Rikki Tikki is a brave and kind character in this story. As written in the text‚ Rikki-tikki’s eyes grew red again‚ and he danced up to Karait with the peculiar rocking‚ swaying motion that he had inherited from his family. This shows that Rikki-Tikki gets angry when people are getting hurt
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