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Odysseus? A Hero?
Number of Words: 541 / Number of Pages: 2
... to make. Odysseus did not consider the results of his decisions.
Odysseus endangered his men. Odysseus said, "Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman… no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends" (Homer 900). Refusing to ignore the Cyclops, showed how Odysseus didn’t care about possible dangers that would affect his men. As a leader, Odysseus should have considered what may be good for his men. Odysseus said to his men, "I’ll make the crossing… with my own company…for they be wild savages…" (Homer 898). Even though Odysseus knew that there would be possible dangers, he still made the crossing. ...
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Philosophy - Socrates View Of
Number of Words: 1034 / Number of Pages: 4
... not yet acquired or possessed.” In other words we want what
we do not have, and at times cannot have. Love for Socrates is a superficial
occurrence and only based on the things in life that seem to be pleasing to the eye.
But in the times when The Symposium was written that tended to be the case more
often than not.
No one is in need of what they already have. To possess something to its
fullest is to have it, and therefore there is no need to ever have it again, or anymore
for that matter. What we don’t think of when we hear a statement like that is that
in the future we may not experience what we d ...
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Grapes Of Wrath 8
Number of Words: 3193 / Number of Pages: 12
... been forced out of their home in Oklahoma and must migrate west to California, with the other sharecroppers, in the hopes of finding work and land. The trip is filled with hardships. Grampa Joad, who had not wanted to leave the family farm, dies of a stroke the first night of the trip. This foreshadows how their trip is going to go the entire way. They borrow a quilt from the Wilsons, another family of sharecroppers who the Joads have met along the road, and bury Grampa. They pair up with the Wilson family and head on. Next, Granma Joad gets sick and keeps getting sicker as they head west. An ...
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Why Has Mary Turner Been Murdered?
Number of Words: 450 / Number of Pages: 2
... or even superior to a white, he might have been proud because he had been teached by missionaries that white normally higher than blacks and now he is in the higher position. He had been in charge of a white person, what an exceptional position! Then from one day to the other he lost his job what had been his task day by day. This for him satisfying position, although Mary had been dependant on him, he had now lost. Later, when he is has left she realises how much she needs him for example the next morning her tea is not there et cetera.). He lost his control mainly because of Tony Marston who could no ...
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Comparison Between Gandhi And Hitler
Number of Words: 1574 / Number of Pages: 6
... viewed even today. He began to take charge; he began to lead his people.
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria in 1889, about the time that Gandhi was realizing his mission in life. Like Mohandas K. Gandhi, Hitler was very smart as a child. Being the son of a public servant, he was able to attend the best schools and was able to partake in any extra-curricular activities he desired. All his father wanted was for his son to follow in his footsteps and attain the rank of public servant or even better, but the boy was very stubborn and when his father refused to let him chase a career as an art ...
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The Tempest
Number of Words: 1036 / Number of Pages: 4
... Adventure" was rebuilt on the island, which was not as menacing as the storm itself, and nearly a year later the ship rejoined the fleet in Virginia. By many, this was deemed a miracle.
Some believe it was this shipwreck that prompted Shakespeare to write this political, yet comic play which involves usurpation, mockery, love, reconciliation and forgiveness.
It all starts with Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, being banished by his brother, Antonio, who illegally usurps the throne.
Basically, the first thing Antonio does in scene I is curse the boatswain: "Hang, cur, hang, you wh ...
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Antigone 7
Number of Words: 1111 / Number of Pages: 5
... 502, lines 43-52
She didn't lie to get her out of trouble nor blame her accused actions on someone else. I think that this would show and tell people not to be afraid to say or do what you think is right. Antigone would be a good role model for many people. She wanted to do the right thing for her dead brother. Yet her idea of the right thing to do didn't agree with some people such as Creon. She didn't care about anything else except to do the proper thing, giving her brother a proper burial. She wanted to do the unthinkable- to go and disobey a law that had just been recently made. Peo ...
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Analysis -Compare And Contrast
Number of Words: 630 / Number of Pages: 3
... when she lied. The old adage which says," What a tangled web weave when we first start to deceive." We humans can't handle the truth. We think we know what is the truth. What that really is just bullshit. It's arrogance-playing tricks on our minds making us think we are in control of our lives. If we really were in control of our lives then why can't we control every little aspect of it that gives discomfort? Because we can't, because we don't know how, and eventually the truth will show that is we don't what the truth really is. Using the slippery slope logic one can conclude that the two stories ...
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The Threat Of Nuclear War
Number of Words: 947 / Number of Pages: 4
... there shouldn't be, and as a result many safe guards are
removed that are in place to prevent an accidental launch. It is feared
that under these circumstances it would be quite easy for a flock of geese
to set off a nuclear war. Another fear is that a smaller nation, such as
recent Korea, could gain control of, and utilize nuclear weapons, and
trigger a war between the super powers. This type is called a catalytic
nuclear war.
There are two types of control over the operation of nuclear
weapons: positive and negative. Plans implemented in order to prevent
unauthorized use of the nuclear weap ...
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Comparing William Faulkners Tw
Number of Words: 1118 / Number of Pages: 5
... chooses to murder Homer. ¡§Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and learning forward, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair¡¨ (¡§A Rose for Emily¡¨, 130), Faulkner implies that Miss Emily actually sleeps with the corpse. She must love Homer deeply, to endure the rotten smell and appearance of the dead body. She even enjoys being with it. ¡§The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace¡¨ (¡§A Rose for Emily¡¨, 130). Although she picks the most ridiculous way to express love, her courage to choose her own ...
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