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    Another place that I’ve been to recently and admired its geographical landscape is Mount St. Helens. The eruption on May 18, 1980 caused a monumental change in its geography, altering it to a point where it was unrecognizable. The current landscape is a combination of both aggradation and degradation caused by the rockslide debris that displaced the water of Spirit Lake, producing gigantic north part of the lake. When the water returned to the lake bed, it brought with it trees and soil in…

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    Mount St. Helen's is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range in Skamania County, Washington and is part of the Ring of Fire centered around the Pacific Ocean. Mount St. Helen's was created when the oceanic Jean de Fuca plate subducted beneath the North American Plate and has a long history of eruptive periods followed lengthy dormancies. Her volcanic activity was marked by thousands of years of lava and pyroclastic flows only to fall silent and then reawaken to begin her destructive cycle…

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    Marys Peak - Fir Forests Lindsay Liddell FES 342 Professor Matthew Powers MWF 10-11am Due: 10/19/15 Marys Peak is a mountain in Benton County, Oregon. At the top of the peak, on a clear day, one can see the cities of the Willamette Valley, the Cascade Range, and the Pacific Ocean. It is known for its meadows of wildflowers in spring and its fir forests uniquely populated with noble firs (Abies procera). Little data is available regarding the trees age, but there is clear variance in age,…

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    different: the Mt. Pelee eruption in 1902 and Mt. St. Helens eruption in 1980. And through comparing the two eruptions, the relationship between the damage and size of eruption will be demonstrated. There are three main types of volcanoes, stratovolcano, shield volcano, and cylinder cone volcano; both Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Pelee are stratovolcano. Although both are the same types of volcano, they have many differences from the sizes to damages. The Mt. St. Helens’ eruption in 1980 was level 5…

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    After helping Paris in his single combat with Menelaus, Aphrodite disguises herself as an old woman when approaching Helen. Homer’s contrast in word play when painting Aphrodites’ physical attributes portrays her to be creative in asserting power. The phrases “a withered hand” and “an old woman” and later on “beautiful neck,” “irresistible line of her breasts,” and “iridescent…

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    Over three thousand years ago, a bloody battle was waged between Greece and he powerful city of Troy. This battle was ignited by the sudden abduction of Queen Helen of Sparta by Prince Paris of Troy. Helen and Paris were star-crossed lovers, in which, nobody could separate them. You could compare them to the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, where the Montagues and Capulets fought, again, sparked by the love of two young lovers. Back in mythological times, Zeus, the father of the gods and god…

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    Within Euripides Iphigenia at Aulis, and Seneca’s Medea, a variety of atrocious acts take place, sparing no violence and certainly no mercy. Although Seneca and Euripides hail from much different time periods, many parallels can be drawn between the atrocious acts depicted within their works. While the scenarios that lead up to the atrocious acts that take place within Medea and Iphigenia at Aulis differ, many similarities can be found between both antagonists. In addition to the similarities,…

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    goddess of wisdom and warfare, offers success in battle. Aphrodite, goddess of love, offers the most beautiful wife in the world. Paris chooses Aphrodite, however she states that the most beautiful wife is Helen, daughter of Zeus, who is already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Paris then wins Helen heart and eloped back to Troy, which starts a war. Greek cities banded together including Argos, Athens, Corinth, Arcadia,…

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    authoritarian leader; his people are not happy with him in power. The journey he forgoes is to look for the plant of immortality, and he has to learn to deal with eventual mortal death. The Iliad is the epic occurring during a part of the Trojan war. Helen of Troy is captured by Paris and is the reason for the start of the Trojan war. The roles of women…

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    The Gods In The Iliad

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    we can the gods drive the plot with their interactions and by changing the fate of the characters. The human however do practice free will. The war of the Trojans was started by the actions of Paris, a prince. If Paris gave Menelaus back his wife, Helen, maybe this the war might have not happened. However, the humans exercise their right to free will as little as possible because the fate of their actions are not only controlled by their actions but the god’s actions as well. The gods alter what…

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