spreaded by word of mouth, mostly by monks. The tales eventually were heard by a man named Beowulf fourteen winters since the terror started. When beowulf heard the news him and some of his men rode to herot and he was set on ending the terror and killing the monster Grendel. Beowulf will eventually defeat the monster in battle and be Herot’s courageous hero. Throughout the story Beowulf shows many qualities of being a hero. One of the qualities he posessed was being courageous. Beowulf was very brave
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India’s jungles. Rikki speaks to the other animals that live in the family garden and is warned of two very dangerous cobras, Nag and Nagaina. These cobras are angry at the family for moving into an area which they used to dominate. Rikki ends up killing both of these cobras and saving the family’s lives on multiple occasions. (Kipling) Rikki has many admirable qualities that were present during the story, these included his loyalty towards the family and his courage. Rudyard Kipling was an English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. For us to uphold this legacy and honor, we must recognize and value the full history of Dr. King and the racial movements. We can volunteer for communities to get better qualities. Another way to up hold Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to have a discussion about this movement and efforts
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a play that mocked his father’s murder and Claudius’ guilty conscience showed immediately following the play. Once he figured out that the ghost was telling the truth the first thing that popped into his head was to seek revenge for his father by killing his uncle. The certainty of his uncle’s guilt made Hamlet more furious than ever and it is what provoked him to seek revenge and kill his uncle in the end. Hamlet wants Claudius to not only admit his guilt of murdering his father but to suffer for
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inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dongs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must dir—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead Oh, kinsman! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack
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what lead to the demise of many other characters in the story. A Scottish nobleman and general at the beginning of the play, he quickly manages to rise to power as the King of Scotland after hesitantly resorting to performing immoral acts, such as killing Duncan, the country’s previous king, to fulfill his ambitions. Ironically, this trait of his is exactly what leads to his death by the end of the play. Macbeth’s false ambitions that arose out of the desire to fulfill the evil witches’ prophecies
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one man, it hurt a nation. A single shot killed 39-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. At the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, a sniper from about “50-100 yards away,” shot and struck Dr. King’s neck, while instantaneously killing him (“Martin Luther King Slain” 139). From the crime scene, F.B.I. investigators traced a “white Mustang automobile,” and an “‘unusually large’ amount of physical evidence” (Waldron 1). With fingerprints, the actual rifle, and eyewitnesses as definite
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Zach McKinnell Mrs. Ivey Honors English 9 2\8\15 To Kill A Mockingbird was one of the best books of the twentieth century. It has lots of good morals and shows how people learn lessons. In this book there are many instances where people follow Atticus’ advice. When he says you need to walk in someone’s shoes before you can judge their lives. Throughout the book people learn about this lesson more and more. One example is when Scout walks in Boo’s shoes. During the story Scout was on Boo’s
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offends Creon, his brother-in-law and uncle; insults his friend, Tiresias the blind prophet; kills his father; and destroys Jocasta, his mother and his queen. Fatal flaws demolished the lives of both Oedipus and Othello. Othello was so proud of his honor and bravery that he didn’t recognize his violent temper and Iago’s mind tricks. Oedipus was so proud of his cleverness that he tried so hard to escape his own fate. With all that said, these were honestly just a couple of comparable traits between
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Application Test Character’s Name: Terrance James Alderson Nickname/ Alias: Terry, TJ, Terr. The 11th Generation Alder, The Hummingbird. Date of Birth: 01/06/1996 Place of Birth: Izmir, Turkey Residence: Manchester, England Height: 6 ft 2' Weight: 142 lbs Hair color Jet Black Hair/ Facial Hair: Medium long hair. Slight scruff, trying to grow a full beard Eye color: Light Brown Tattoos/ Marks: Small cut scar next
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