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    35. Dante, The Devine Comedy Hell (Inferno) Summary: In the beginning Dante has realized that he has strayed from the right way and Virgil has taken on the task of setting him right, but the task will be difficult for Dante must go through hell, purgatory, and then see the light of God. Dante tells Virgil to lead the way to the “sad halls of hell” and the unknown poet tells him to follow. As they embark on their journey Dante begins to feel uneasy as they approach hell, but Beatrice reassures…

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    discrimination shown throughout the series. Pure bloods see anyone of muggle dissent as filthy and unfit to be a wizard. They also see any creatures or nonhumans as beneath them and treat them harshly. These Muggleborn wizards and non-human beings such as centaurs, goblins, and house-elves, form the lower class in the wizarding world. Throughout the book these minority groups are greatly mistreated. There is clear prejudice, racism, and discrimination towards the lower class. Voldemort and…

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    The Voyager spacecraft program started the worlds endeavor to explore farther regions of our local solar system. The program takes in hand the idea behind the Planetary Grand Tour. In which they would utilize the rare alignment of the planets in their favor, so that the craft would take less time and fuel, having the ability to visit Jupiter and Saturn. With the main mission, the study of both Saturn, and Jupiter, including the planets’ moons, rings, and atmospheric composition. Later, one of…

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    said a deep voice. “Are you Chiron?” I asked. “Yes, I am,” he responded. “Who are you.” “I am Phlegon, son of hephaestus, I have been sent here by my dad himself to train to become a hero so I can slay the telekine king.” “Mmm, I see,” said the centaur. “So, what should I do first?” I asked. “You can climb this mountain to prove that you are worthy of my training,” he said. “What!” “Complaining won’t help.” He said calmly, “you said you wanted training worthy of a hero, did you not?”…

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    Essay On The Parthenon

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    The Parthenon was a temple built to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and was served as a place of worship for the Greeks. It was placed in the highest point on Acropolis of Athens so that it could be seen from far away and close to the gods. Athena was a daughter of Zeus and the Titan Metis. Zeus fell in love with Metis and she became pregnant. An oracle predicted that Metis would have a girl first and later a boy, and the boy would be powerful enough to overthrow Zeus when he grew up. In fear of…

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    The Chronicles of Narnia is known for their talking animals, centaurs, dwarfs, giants and minotaurs. One of the most important characters in this book is Aslan. Aslan is the king and the God of Narnia. He guides the 4 children on how to fight the White Witch and even sacrifices his own life for Edmund. The night that…

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    Jason Informative Speech

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    this paper I will be telling you events before the Argonauts, the journey to get the Golden Fleece, and the end of Jason’s story. Jason’s story starts when he was a young boy living in ancient Greece. As a baby Jason was sent to live with the centaur Chiron. His uncle Pelias murdered Jason’s father, Aeson, the king of Iolcus. Lolus was a pretty big town in ancient Greece, it is where the modern town of Volos is. Pelias also killed Jason’s siblings. Jason was away so he did not worry about…

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    was Linus, son of Apollo. Hercules had a short temper, it was showed when he killed Linus with a blow from his stool (or lute). He was then sent to live with herdsmen in the mountains to toughen him up, and there he came into contact with the wise centaur Cheiron. At Hercules got older, Hera still wanted to kill him. She went to Hercules and messed with his mind. Since she got into his head when he saw his wife, he bashed her head in, and when he saw his children, he bash their heads in as…

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    Why did she write A Wrinkle in time I think she wrote the wrinkle in time because she liked science and fantasy. So she made a book that could be made with those things. She also liked Albert Einstein so she made him part of the book who is Meg’s younger brother Charles Wallace. I think she sees herself as Meg. Also, it mentions a tesseract. But we’ll get to that later because now we’re talking about the characters. Charles Wallace Murry is a bright young boy who is very smart and can “see…

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    Art history Precious akaya 10/11/2015 Early life For my research paper, I've chosen the early life and work of Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Buonarrotto. I choose him because he played such an enormous part in art history in the age of the Renaissance. The Renaissance, (the rebirth), was a time that artists expanded their horizon, studied and invented new ways of painting that brought significant change to the art world. Also, this time period connects the end of the Middle Ages to the…

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