Quotation

practicing a trade. He confidently submits to the harsh law that rules his dealing with [Demeter].” It is clear to see based off this quotation that the myth of Demeter directly affected the ancient Greeks. When preforming simple tasks such as farming Demeter is constantly in the farmers mind. The farmer believes as he he needs to listen to the Goddess Demeter in order to perform his tasks correctly. Therefore myth is very much a part of the social life in ancient Greece because when a farmer is…

the following quotation, where Titus sends young Lucius to retrieve weapons from their armony and send them to Demetrius and Chiron after he discovers that it was them to raped his daughter Lavinia, "That you are both deciphered, that’s the news, For villains mark’d with rape. --May it please you, My grandsire, well advised, hath sent by me The goodliest weapons of his armoury to gratify your honorable youth, the hope of Rome; for so he bade me say” (4.2.1689-1673). In this quotation we can…

self-seeking, having egocentric tendencies. He attempts to emphasize this idea, implying that it is innate in man to be “ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, and greedy for gain” (Machiavelli, 58). In relation to the central quotation, Machiavelli believes that it is not in human nature to always act with goodness, stating that it is neither possible to have [all positive attributes] nor to observe them all completely, because the human condition does not permit it”…

It is worth mentioning that most of the quotations are from large Symphonic works of composers who were living and writing concomitantly with Mahler. Berio himself in an interview assumes the emphasis placed on 20th century music, most specifically in the last one hundred years. Although the preference for modern works points towards a post-tonal harmonic structure, the majority of quotations are of a more moderate nature, such as Stravinsky, Ravel and Debussy rather than the full-blown…

1. The reason why I choose this quotation is because this passage describes the huge fire from the side and also expresses the author’s writing style. It is easy to see that the author preferred to describe people about their sayings, appearances and performances. In addition, I really like the word “lamentable”, the author used lots of words to describe the lamentable fire. The passage illustrates that everyone tried their best to knock down the flame and also reflects the social situation at…

of Confusions” by The Temptations. I chose this song because it talks about how the world is so confusing and weird these days that it’s just a great place of confusion and misunderstandings. A quotation that I chose from this song is:”Ball of confusion Oh yeah, that's what the world is today.” this quotation basically means that there are horrible and completely chaotic things happening in the world and that is what the world revolved around. This connects to the scene because Sebastian walks…

have. Daisy had a husband who everyone knew she would never leave, and Gatsby was just over his head. Carraway began thinking about this in the end as a way to mourn not only his death, but the death of his American Dream. v. Secondary Source Quotation: “the green light at the end of Daisy's dock, beguiling Gatsby while reminding the reader of the color of money (Gatsby is in love with Daisy, a woman whose voice is famously described as "full of money").”…

Rhetorical Elements in “The Importance of Writing Skills in Tech-Related Fields” In “The Importance of Writing Skills in Tech-Related Fields”, Theresa MacPhail asserts that engineers should place more value and make more of an effort in improving their writing skills. There are many aspects in tech-related jobs that require a strong foundation in writing, yet there is a prevalent belief among engineers that writing is simply an extraneous skill. Theresa MacPhail attempts to dispel that way of…

Doctor Russell Kirk, is a name that I never had heard of much less even understood his significance in American history and politics before I started at Emporia. While identifying as a Conservative for most of my life (Please forgive me, but my parents were “New Deal” Democrats and I was young at the time); I never understood the philosophy or the background of the Conservative movement. More importantly, I never connected faith and personal values into what it meant to be a Conservative. I…

lightning that lower somewhere above us has struck him and made him demented…there was one man who even tried to dig himself into the ground with hands, feet and teeth” (279). In this quotation, Paul explains that Berger, a strong six feet tall soldier, went mad and almost got himself killed trying to save a dog. This quotation demonstrates the effect that war tends to have on some people. The constant fear, boredom and stress of being in the trenches affects the soldiers psychologically and…