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    Lost moon : the perilous voyage of Apollo 13 was written by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. It was published by Houghton Mifflin, in 1994 and tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission that almost resulted in a catastrophe. In April of 1970, Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts were sent by NASA on America 's fifth mission to the moon. Fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13 due to an electrical fault, one of the oxygen tanks exploded, causing its oxygen and power to begin to…

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    In Raiders of the Lost Ark by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman, we see how the story is an example of an Epic. We see how brave and wise Indiana Jones is when he figures out how to get out of situations and how he figures out different ancient articles. Even when he travels around the world like to South America and Nepal and also Cairo. Also ,how he has superhuman abilities such as punching people out of cars and sliding under cars without getting hurt. There also is a lot of supernatural things…

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    Richard achieves evilness in the play, but does not remain unstoppable. John Milton’s demonic epic poem Paradise Lost, provides readers with demons and evilness between specific characters. Heaven and hell or god and Satan, demonstrate an opposite relationship between each other. While god remains peaceful and pleasing, Satan sustains the life of hatred and over confidence…

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    Once he or she gives into a desire, the person can fully see the consequences and adjust his or her wrongful behavior, so the person will be able to control that desire in a sensible manner. Plato’s Phaedrus, Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Milton’s Paradise Lost depict fallen people, who had to learn to manage their desires. In these works, the characters fall due…

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    Paradise lost is a poem written by John Milton that explains the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and how they were tempted by one of God’s fallen angels Satan. Throughout the books Satan defies God and the debate starts whether Satan is a hero or anti-hero. I find in books one and two Satan appears more of a hero and that Blake was of not the Devils party. Book one of paradise lost explains that Milton was not of the devils’ party in regards to Satan was once an angel of light until…

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    wrong just blame the women and let the men be. Things use to be that men were the reason behind bad outcomes. The roles have switched without any evidence of why. Two works that portray this thought really well are Othello by Shakespeare and Paradise Lost by John Milton. Both works have women who are blamed for the outcomes that happen. Whether they are rightly or wrongly accused they are still accused. This happens a lot in society today. It’s like men can’t do any wrong and that things will…

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    Lost boys of sudan This article talks about the lost boys of sudan, in this article the sudanese people were ruled by england and egypt. The people from sudan had to fight for their freedom but unfortunately Lost. So had to travel from sudan all the way to ethiopia to find freedom but on the way people died because of, hunger, dehydration and exhaustion and some died because of wild animal attacks. Other people died of drowning trying to cross the river. Many people died because of fighting…

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    the Paradise Lost John Milton was English poet with a strong view of his religious beliefs. He was disowned from his family when he changed from his original Catholic religion. He then went on to study and did well in his academics. He later on wrote pamphlets and articles on his view of religion and how churches should be more merciful with the rules for Christians to follow. He was known for his opinion being expressed boldly and not being afraid to say it to the world. Paradise Lost was his…

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    characters, Eve and Satan, from his “patriarchal” epic, Paradise Lost. From this epic and the novel, Eve, Satan, and The Wretch are represented as “fallen angels”, who are the characters that have sinned against their Creator and releasing a hell upon their world. Eve being feminine and representing a “fallen angel” then signifies that all “fallen angels” related to Eve are feminine and are below a patriarchy world. In Paradise Lost, John Milton constructs a patriarchal setting…

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    fictional Superman. While these personas may seem appropriate for today’s interpretation of “hero,” Aristotle’s hero is a tragic one. Heroes, as defined by Aristotle, can come in many perhaps improbable forms, and the hero in John Milton’s Paradise Lost is no exception. Milton’s…

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