brought with us to build a sand castle. I dumped buckets of wet sand onto the dry portion of the beach and called it a castle. Finished with the initial task, I started to dig deep trenches within the sand and that
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character, goes through years of trials and terrors along the seas to return home to Ithaka. Although he does make the treacherous journey to his kingdom, he still has to empty out his castle of cruel suitors. Therefore, he can’t yet be reunited with his wife and son. To prevent an assassination on arriving at the castle, the goddess Athena resolves to mask Odysseus as a poor, unfamiliar, and elderly beggar and commands him to visit the swine herder. Eumaios, a swine herder to a disguised Odysseus, who
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When I opened my eyes I discovered I was laying on the ground outside, in a semi open field that had a few bare trees spotted in the area, with a creepy slight breeze, in the middle of the night. I assumed it was winter so I looked around for the nearest building I could find to warm up, and sitting off in the distance at the edge of a near cliff was a castle. This castle gleamed with dark purple walls and a black roofing scheme. So I headed for the castle no questions asked. “I wonder where I
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repayment of the previous year. He, the Green Knight, raises his ax and barely nicks Sir Gawain the first two attempts, on the third attempt he pierces Sir Gawain’s skin. Gawain asked why three blows and the knight answered,” The first one was for receiving kisses from my wife as well as returning them, the second for keeping the belt my wife has given to you since I planned all of it and the third for the blow I received from you one year ago.(Sir Gawain and the Green Knight p92) As you can tell
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since Dracula was published, the Blood Countess has exercised a powerful fascination on many writers and film-makers. However, recently, there have been many books and films that go against the usual image of Bathory, and take a new look at her. Through my essay, I hope to give a fresh look at the life and death of Countess Elizabeth Bathory and pick out the truth from many myths surrounding her, due to the portrayal of Elizabeth Bathory’s crimes in popular culture. Countess Erzsébet Báthory, also known
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alongside my cousin on the way to school. The bustling downtown LA traffic did not stop us. We walked down the crime-filled streets, crossed the hazardous streets, and eventually made it to our destinations. Enrolled in preschool where I danced and played happily with my friends, no one would guess that I was usually at home crestfallen without anybody looking after me. My dad was working 3 low wage jobs, my mom sewing at a clothing factory, and I was walking back and forth from school and home. My cousin’s
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the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Her Pepperup potion worked instantly, though it left the drinker smoking at the ears for several hours afterward. Ginny Weasley, who had been looking pale, was bullied into taking some by Percy. The steam pouring from under her vivid hair gave the impression that her whole head was on fire. Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end;
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The warm summer sun is baking my skin like bread, the cool ocean breeze is whipping my hair, and I am floating on the calm cool waves gliding to the mushy surface of the sand. I can feel the burning hot sand cooking my feet like steak to a medium rare. The sand feels like I am stepping in lava with every step comes more pain, which makes me yearn to get to the cool salty sensation of the ocean. I can feel shells piercing through my skin like sharp knives poised and glad to kill. Seeing the vicious
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disagreed—by law, the ruler of the kingdom must rule within wedlock; otherwise the kingdom would be passed down. “Let my son have it, let him take my place, I will never be fit to rule over house, let alone a kingdom. Find him a bride, and arrange the wedding and coronation under the light of the next moon. This will be my final act as king. Now let me retire to my chambers beside my passed wife.” The young prince looked in horror—his shock after losing his mother was now tenfold after hearing he would
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since Dracula was published, the Blood Countess has exercised a powerful fascination on many writers and film-makers. However, recently, there have been many books and films that go against the usual image of Bathory, and take a new look at her. Through my essay, I hope to give a fresh look at the life and death of Countess Elizabeth Bathory and pick out the truth from many myths surrounding her, due to the portrayal of Elizabeth Bathory’s crimes in popular culture. Countess Erzsébet Báthory, also known
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