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Daniel Stratton January 14th, 2015 Ms. Martin 6th Period Grendel and the Zodiac Chapter One - Aries: the Ram Part One: Quotation “The old ram stands looking down over rockslides, stupidly triumphant” (5) Part Two: Deeper Connection The sign of Aries marks the beginning of a new cycle of the zodiac; however, there is nothing unique or special about this new cycle, because it is just like the cycle that has just ended. According to Grendel, the ram (Aries) acts the same way he did “last year at this time, and the year before, and the year before that.” All has happened before, all will happen again. Part Three: Ruling Planet Ruling planet is Mars, the god of war and this is the chapter where Grendel introduces the readers to his 12-year “idiotic war” on Heorot. Part Four: Philosophy Orphism: The theory of Orphism deals with the idea of the cyclical nature of life through reincarnation until released to Paradise. Chapter one also deals with the cyclical nature of life as Grendel becomes frustrated with the ram’s animalistic instinct to mate every season and the pointlessness of all of it. In addition, he curses the ideas of seasons and how the sun and moon “mechanically” rise and set every day for no purpose whatsoever. Chapter Two - Taurus: the Bull Part One: Quotation “Then, some thirty feet away, there was a bull” (19) Part Two: Deeper Connection The Taurus represents someone who is independent and generally negative, which is seen throughout Grendel’s interaction…

In Egyptian Mythology, Neith wove the entire world into existence on her loom (Kinnes, 2015). Her controls over weaving and domestic arts are what I find to be most similar to Athena. Finally Saraswati from Hindu tradition also has strong resemblance to Athena. Saraswati is a goddess of knowledge and wisdom. She is usually portrayed with the musical instrument a Venna. Athena was also known to be the inventor of the flute and had strong musical ties. Saraswati was praised for being pure and…

hangovers, have been discovered (David 1986, p. 74). Specialist titles included “the official in charge of one side of the pyramid” and “overseer of the stone movers” (Bronner 1993, p. 25). Physician-priest specialists were on hand to look after injured workers (Hawass 2004, pp. 22-23). The administration was performed by scribes who “recorded the day of transport, the workmen in charge, the stage of the transport, and the purpose for the stone (approximate placement) ... [and] included…

the hours Big Mama begins to play games and Bid Daddy dislikes it he yells at Big Mama and tells her she needs to quit her crap that she's to fat to play games. Later during the party it is time to open presents and Brick didn’t buy anything so Margret had a spare he refused to sign the gift. Mae shouts at Margaret infront of everyone that it is all lies that the gift isn't from Brick which led to more family difficulties and drama before the family. Big Daddy and Brick are having a private talk…

noble unpolluted by vice." (Simpson 29) The Chief Steward was impressed by the prose and gives him a gift. The peasant does this 8 more times and the Chief gives him plenty of land and livestock. Also, the collection contains several writings of praise and teaching for kings. Basically, they outline that the king is the strongest man in the land and should be fair to all his subjects. One example is the story of “The Contendings of Horus and Seth”. Horus was the son of the past king, Osiris and…

Jim and Jim feels very bad about this because when they got separated, Jim was very worried that something bad had happened to Huck, “En when I wake up en fine you back agin, all safe en soun’ de tears come en I could a got down on my knees en kiss’ yo’ foot I’s so thankful.” (Twain 65). Jim doesn’t want to lose Huck, he likes Huck. when Huck knows Jim likes him he feels bad about lying to Jim. Huck is so-sorry he lied to Jim, “It made me feel mean. I could almost kissed his foot to get him to…

religion had on the shaping of both politics and culutre. This essay will discuss the magnitude in which religion can affect politics and how it’s contributed to shaping African History. The topics presented in this essay will examine the implications that religion has on culture, trade, economics, and a state’s physical formation. In ancient Egypt religion affected the culutre through the dissection of gender and gender ambiguities. According to Suzanna Onstine, gender was at the core of…

undocumented, and untranslated but based on the information and sources it can be seen that they exerted significant influence over their husbands, the court and the country (Szpakowska, 2012). While, female rulers were a minority, powerful queens were not. Literature and poems and songs offer stereotypical views of women, held by men (Lawless, 2010). The sources which show how women were truly perceived lies in letters and legal documents. Women held a considerable amount of equality in…

positions in the temple ritual, the commonest title held was that of Priestess of Hathor, and was used by women in the upper echelons of society whose husbands were high ranking officials. Unlike other aspects of society, their title was not inherited, but was instead earned through merit or other means. Although some did have relations that also served in the cult of Hathor, we can see from specific examples such as the family tomb of Tep-‘m-akh, that “because not all in laws were titled” it…

female’s breast, thighs, and lower abdomen, it is thought that it was used as a form of acupuncture. It was used to relieve the pain pregnant woman experienced. Also the placement of Iceman’s tattoos and degeneration in those areas is another example to support the theory of tattooing being used for pain relief. Scientists have some smaller theories but they are not as commonly discussed. One theory that has been mentioned but is not as popular is the theory that tattooing was to summon the…