...Characteristics of the Epic Hero The form of the poem suggests that the material dealt with should be "events which have a certain grandeur and importance, and come from a life of action, especially of violent action such as war" (see C. M. Bowra, From Virgil to Milton, p. 1). 1. The hero is not only a warrior and a leader, but also a polished speaker who can address councils of chieftains or elders with eloquence and confidence. (Beowulf, 258-259) 2. The hero possesses distinctive weapons of great size and power, often heirlooms or presents from the gods. (Grendel, 102-125) 3. The hero must undertake a long, perilous journey, often involving a descent into the Underworld (Greek, "Neukeia"), which tests his endurance, courage, and cunning. (Beowulf, 539-541) 4. Although his fellows may be great warriors (like Achilles and Beowulf, he may have a comitatus, or group of noble followers with whom he grew up), he undertakes a task that no one else dare attempt. (Beowulf’s fellows 206-209) 5. Whatever virtues his race most prizes, these the epic hero as a cultural exemplar possesses in abundance. (Beowulf, 415-418) 6. The concept of arete (Greek for "bringing virtue to perfection") is crucial to understanding the epic protagonist. (Beowulf 340-347) 7. The hero establishes his nobility through single combat. A hero gains little honour by slaying a lesser mortal, but only by challenging heroes like himself or adversaries of superhuman power. (Beowulf removing his...
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...“Jeez, you scared me.” Scott was standing in the doorway, arms crossed in front of his chest. “I’m sorry about St-” “Why did you do that, huh?” “It was an accident.” “Didn’t look like it.” Why would he say something like that? I stood up and tried to leave the changing room. Yeah, ‘tried’, because Scott pushed me against the wall next to the door, pinning my arms above my head. “If you hurt my best friend again,” His nose was almost touching mine. “Then what, break my leg?” For some reason I managed to free myself out of his grip. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that.” “Didn’t look like it.” I mocked. “Don’t be stupid Y/N.” I was pacing in the changing room before he said that sentence. “Don’t be stupid? You’re the only stupid one in this room...
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...This water walking ball has become popular as one cool game for kids. You may feel you had trapped in an old balloon when you step into the giant and transparent ball. But you will know it is not odd but terrific and outlandish. To the old people, they may remember one old British show called The Prisoner. In it, the bouncing balloons are used as security robots to chase Patrick McGoohan on the beach. Yes, the fun you get from this ball is the same to that you got from this show. You immediately can start your water trip when you have stepped into the giant transparent ball. Is it easyto walk on water? Of course not. By then it is possible that you may find yourself busy in struggling and flopping. It looks like that you have been one trapped...
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...family, I only earned a few dollars a day.” “I was told this is why you wanted to kill him, did you?” “No, of course not, i'm not a psychopath. It was just a raise I'm over it. When did he die?” Ok this person was obviously out of the equation but I decided to tell him what happened and then he sees something and runs, never to be seen again. “Jeez, guess he breaks down in interviews.” I go and find the next person, Chris Salazar. “Excuse me sir, are you Chris Salazar?” “Yes,that would be me, how can I help you today? If you need new soles for your shoes I can get those done for you in a gif.” He looks at me as if I’m just another customer. I show him my badge and his smile fades. “So you're one of those people eh, well step into my office and then we’ll talk.” we step into an empty room with 2 beers and a table. I look at him with a face that says that says it all You’re kidding me right? You call this your office? “I know what you’re thinking and you're right but it's all I got after that Thomas kid took all my customers, you know I used to be the best in town before he came? A couple of thousand here and there until I was robbed.” Jeez he made this Barnes guy sound all bad. Later he tells me that he was a good guy and that he even helped him from time to time. “How long have you held a grudge against him and what made you want to kill him?” He shakes, funny it was the same way the Newman kid shook. This was getting a bit weird, even for me. Did I drink too much or am I losing...
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...and as a result he votes for guilty, the 9th Jurors old age becomes one of the greatest factors which influences his judgement of the boy ; when the 5th Jurors personal experience in a slum causes further doubts to form in his mind It is clear throughout the play that personal experience is a means of making the right decision. The 3rd Juror’s painful memory of his own son inspires his decision and as a result he votes for guilty. His son who left him when he had an argument similar to the one the defendant has with his father which causes him to assume that all teenagers are the same. His generalisation of teenagers as a whole and empathy dismisses the possibility that the boy may not be guilty. This is apparent when the 3rd juror says:” jeez, I can feel that knife goin’ in.”(Act 2 page 59) His anger for the boy grows as the play progresses and several times he makes reference to his own son. This is proven when he says:” when he was sixteen we had a battle…”(Act 1 page 12)Perhaps it is for this very reason that the 3rd Juror is so determined to vote for not guilty no matter how convincing the facts were. He says: “well what d’ya want? I say he’s not guilty.”(Act 2 page 58).He remains stubborn to the very end until the 8th Juror reminds him that the defendant is not his son. Hence the 3rd juror’s past experience with his son prevents him from making a logical decision. The 9th Juror’s old age is one of the many factors that influence...
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...any financial goals that I want, isn’t it? My logic applies in my academic life too. During secondary school, teachers and friends would ask whether I would choose to go to college or to polytechnic after my ‘O’ levels. My answer would always be ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I haven’t thought of it’. Why should I give a thought on where I should go after my ‘O’ levels? As long as I do well in my ‘O’ levels, I would have the luxury of pondering that question and seeking out the many options that will be open to me if my results are good so shouldn’t I strive to study hard first and get the best results? Definition of me: l realise I think and interpret things differently from most people but yet i am able to think like a normal person sometimes. Jeez. What am I talking about? I really have no idea how to define who I am. So from my definition of myself, I guess I will be someone who will work hard for the present and refuse to let myself be distracted by whether my actions will bear fruit in the end. My self-confidence is justified on the grounds that I pride...
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...the testing ground to detect and resolve possible problems before the global launch. The Times website had been mostly free for its entire existence, except for a few months in 2006–2007 when TimesSelect was launched. Traditional newspapers had been struggling to maintain profitability in the online medium, and they were eager to see how the public would react to the creation of a paywall at the most popular news website in the U.S. Martin Nisenholtz, the senior vice president of Digital Operations at The Times, was optimistic about the willingness of users to pay: I think the majority of people are honest and care about great journalism and The New York Times. When you look at the research that we’ve done, tons of people actually say, “Jeez, we’ve felt sort of guilty getting this for free all these years. We actually want to step up and pay, because we know we’re supporting a valuable institution.2 However, many commentators, both in the blogosphere and in the traditional media, were openly critical of this approach. Michael DeGusta, a blogger, represented the critics’ view: “It’s sad that instead of competing for the future by pricing for the digital age, The...
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...Issues- Scientists view bodies that have been donated to science as a burden. Some scientists have no idea of what to do with the cadaver according to this author. After a person donates their body, they expect for their body to be used for medical research. However, there are instances in which the body is used for other experiments such as exhibits which people might not feel very comfortable with. Targets- The main targets of this satire are scientists, deceased bodies, doctors, hospitals, anatomical laboratories. Satirist’s point of view/stance- The author believes that when people donate their bodies to anatomical laboratories, they don’t do anything to the bodies. In the satire, the author states, “‘Honestly, we’re using this specimen...
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...Rose Sterling returned to her desk and sat back in her chair, glancing at the relatively thick pile of papers adjacent to her. She sighs and turns to her computer, ‘Better get to work.’ She was part of the investigation bureau in her hometown of thompson, Manitoba and was usually assigned very violent and horrible cases consisting of murder, sexual assault and arson. After 10 years of working there, she had hardened and virtually nothing could phase her. She was typing away and making phone calls until she felt hands on her shoulders. “What is it Christopher?” she said in a monotone voice. “Hi~how's it going Roe” Christopher Green greeted her in a flamboyant voice, “And I thought you promised to call me Chris.” Rose moved Chris’s hands...
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...Dear,Principal I think that we should not conduct random locker searches because many students would feel like it's a waste of time.What they mean by that is that nothing will be in the locker except their personal properties.They would also think that you're invading their only personal space they have in this school.Many of us students would rather have metal detectors that we would have to go through in the morning.Those reasons are way we are saying that random locker searches shouldn’t be conducted and this what we’re trying to explain to you. If you’re wondering how this would be a waste of time (which it would).They mean that many of the students don’t bring inappropriate items.If students did it would only specific students ( like the bad ones).What i'm saying is since we have a system of doing bad things those on the list should been the ones to get the locker searches.If you don’t want to do there is a solution to this....
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...I broke a sweat.Suddenly I heard,”Get ready to blast off and we will see you back here in under one minute.” The next thing I knew I was atop the hill looking at the breathtakingly beautiful skyline of Pittsburgh. I could feel my breakfast slosh around in my stomach. I decided to close my eyes and hold on for dear life. “Why did I do this!”, I yelled at the top of my lungs. “Don’t worry”, Ryan said,”we are almost done.” All of the sudden, I felt the ride come to an abrupt stop. I opened my eyes and was overcome with joy. The ride was actually over! I could see the line full of people and I could hear loud chatter. As soon as I got off the ride I dashed over to Michael’s mom standing near the booth and I saw my picture on the ride. “Jeez! You look really scared.”, said Kai. “That’s because I was.”, I shot back. As shown above, I was terrified by the Skyrocket. First, we arrived at Kennywood and I decided to ride the Skyrocket even though I was scared. Next, we wait in line for a half an hour and I ride the Skyrocket. Finally, the ride ends and I see my humiliating picture. I learned that you should always try to face your fears. What is your biggest fear and how have you tried to confront it? ...
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...“Will you just SHUT UP!?!?” I say to him. “OkOk… you didn’t have to scream it at me… jeez” I roll my eyes at him. “You were obviously the one screaming…” I tell him. “Whatever… Why did you turn off the electric fence anyway?” He states. “Well… I kinda want to… um… escape the office cube…” I say. “WHAT!?!? YOU WANT TO ESCAPE THE OFFICE CUBE?!?!” Gerald screams yet another time. “Yes, and can we please just get out of here?” I say. “Whatevs…” Gerald says. “Can we please go now?!?” I ask. “Whatever you want BUDDY!” Gerald comments. “CAN YOU PLEASE STOP CALLING ME BUDDY!” I shout. “If you want to BUD!” “Whatever…” I mumble. We start off on our adventure across the field. “Ugh… I’m sooo thirsty….” I state a few seconds in. “IT'S A-OK BUD!” Gerald says. A couple minutes later, we find a small house full of glowing yellow and green eyes...
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...They took Henrietta’s cells for their own benefit- and while it did benefit others lives, the Lacks family was suffering terribly. John Hopkins forgot that behind HeLa, was Henrietta, a mother. John Hopkins forgot that she was even a real person, who loved to dress up and do her hair. To them, she was just another image on a screen, a dream that would turn reality into a nightmare for the Lacks family. “When I saw those toenails,” Mary told me years later, “I nearly fainted. I thought, Oh jeez, she’s a real person.” (90). To the media, Henrietta was another way to rile up the people- to prove that the scientists were messing with us, the people they should be...
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...(p. 135 l. 3.). At first Bateman reaches for a ten dollar bill, but reconsiders and finds a five dollar bill instead. But before handing the homeless man the money, Bateman begins to interrogate him. The questions escalate from questions of genuine curiosity such as: “is this (a five dollar bill) what you need?”(p. 135 l. 6) into rude questions:” If you’re so hungry, why don’t you get a job?” — “I lost my job” — “Why? .. Were you drinking? Is that why you lost it? Insider trading? Just joking. No, really. Were you drinking on the job?”. (p. 135 ll. 13-19). The homeless man keeps telling Bateman that he is hungry and cold, but instead of feeling empathy for his situation, Bateman finds his behaviour irritating. “I know that, I know that … Jeez you’re like a broken record. I’m trying to help you” (p. 135 ll. 31-32). Bateman then begins to feel annoyed by the homeless man, and insults him by telling him that he reeks of excreta and ends the conversation deciding not to give him any money. “Do you know what a fucking loser you...
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...GREASE IS THE TIME, IS THE PLACE, IS THE MOTION GREASE IS THE WORD AND GREASE IS THE WAY WE ARE FEELIN’ Grease Grease – 43 – THIS IS A TIME OF ILLUSION, WRAPPED UP IN TROUBLE LACED IN CONFUSION, WHAT ARE WE DOIN’ HERE? GREASE IS THE WORD, IS THE WORD, THAT YOU HEARD IT’S GOT GROOVE IT’S GOT MEANING GREASE IS THE TIME, IS THE PLACE, IS THE MOTION AND GREASE IS THE WAY WE ARE FEELIN’ GREASE IS THE WORD, IS THE WORD, IS THE WORD, IS THE WORD Scene 2 The Greasers stalk off as the scene shifts to the high school cafeteria. Jan and Marty enter, wearing their Pink Ladies jackets and carrying trays loaded, with food. As each female character enters she joins the others at one large table. Jan Grease Jeez, I wish it was still summer. God, it's only a quarter after twelve and I feel like I been here a whole year already. Marty Yeah, what a drag. Hey, you wanna sit here? Grease – 45 –...
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