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    Odysseus and his son kill all of the suitors instead of just their leader, which created an exhilarating addition. Lastly, producers add suspense to films and portray happy endings because it is what satisfies the audience. Odysseus is disguised as a beggar to buildup the viewers suspense, while ending the movie in relief when Penelope recognizes him. That way, the audience is left with a happy ending and makes the movie more…

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    -People eat pork, shoats, and rams. -People eat parts of goat and carry the food in baskets. Social Structure: -Distinct social classes are seen, such as beggars, nobles, servants, and peasants. -Guests are treated as equals to their hosts. -Beggars are of the lowest social class. Clothing: -People of the noble class wear cloaks and tunics.…

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    gas attack he has experience first-hand in the front-line of WWI. He uses the language techniques simile, to describe the appearance of soldiers, to refute the lesson exposed by many other poems that war is sweet and right. “Bent double like old beggars under sacks” and “coughing like hags” as the opening line of his poem. This gives the reader an unexpected view of soldiers’ appearance that many other…

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    29. Greek myths sometimes explained natural phenomena. As seafaring people, the Greeks would be affected by hazards of the sea. What natural dangers of the sea are represented by Scylla and Charybdis? Scylla represent the natural dangers of the sea in the form of dangerous rocks, while Charybdis represents the natural dangers of a whirlpool. 30. Why do the men not try to fight Scylla even though she presents a danger? The men do not try to fight of Scylla because they know that she is…

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    the heart of the Greenwich Village on 113 Macdougal Street. Joe Gould depicts an aspiring writer who is alienated from every social circle possible due to his status as a beggar. Connecting this conception to a concept discussed in class is the portrayal and perspective on philosophers as similar to that of Joe Gould: an ugly beggar seen as an outsider to the city. This idea will be further examined with the discussion of the Minetta Tavern as the location of focus, past and present, and Gould’s…

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    The example that Brunner uses to describe God coming to man is that of a King “dismounting from his horse” to take the hand of a beggar (15). While no illustrations are perfect, this does not begin to capture the immensity of what Jesus did on the cross. Jesus not only came down to take the beggar hand, but also walked with the beggar and washed the dirty feet of the beggar. If Brunner had gone into more detail in this section, he may have been able to better explain the immensity of Jesus’ work…

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    Joseph Campbell was the author of The Hero With a Thousand Faces , a novel which outlined the idea of the hero’s journey. His novel identified the common patterns that were found in most myths, stories and spiritual traditions. Campbell expanded this knowledge by creating a detailed framework that identified the twelve stages of the hero’s journey. His guidelines provide an accurate description of the hero’s journey, as proven in many popular stories and it is clearly presented in the South…

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    Sweden has long been known to be a neutral country in wars and has not been involved in any wars for over two hundred years. The citizens of Sweden enjoy a strong economy, higher education and health care, and an extremely low crime rate. Home of the Nobel Peace Prize, Sweden strives for equality and peace in their own nation and throughout the world. Sweden may be one of the most desirable countries due to its stable economy and welfare systems. Motivated to improve the lifestyle of all…

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    should have reasoning, way of thinking and wrote a work of satire resulting in “A Modest Proposal.” The setting was in Ireland where areas were overpopulating and women could not afford to care for their children, which resulted in the women becoming beggars. Jonathan Swift took this situation to create his work of satire from the point of view of an enlightened thinker. He took one topic to the extreme to catch the attention of enlightened extremists to show that the logical response for…

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    women from various backgrounds and ethnicities came to North America for a different lifestyle. Indentured servants and slaves were taken to the New World to aid in labor shortages. Moreover; various groups of orphans, beggars, criminals, Scottish and Irish prisoners, orphans, beggars, and abductees were taken to British colonies without their consent. In addition, about 75% of the settlers from the Chesapeake area in the 1600s were indentured servants. Also, slaves were transferred to North…

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