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    Theseus: A Tragic Hero

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    While the ship was on its way back to Athens, they stopped at the island of Naxos, where Theseus lost Ariadne, and forgot to set out the white sail. Upon his urgency, “King Aegus, from Acropolis, where for days he had watched with straining eyes. It was to him the sign of his son’s death and he threw himself from a rocky height into sea, and was killed”(216). Theseus took the throne as King of…

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    Eva Marie As A Role Model

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    Before I started the MCBS Program at Full Sail University, I already had a true passion for the Media Industry, It started to develop at a young age through dance, acting and modeling, this three sources helped me get into this industry of wonders. I wonder what my life will be without the media it will be a hard task to achieve anything, media is everything surrounding us. I had always thought I wanted to be a news anchor or a ring announcer for NXT or WWE its always been a dream since I was…

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    The Big Boom Analysis

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    novelist, and philosopher wrote this quote. After this day, I learned to never take anything or anyone for granted again. Two summers ago, I was training for the Junior Olympics in sailing. The teams coaches, Alex and Anika towed us out to the ocean to sail downwind. It was a perfect day at Del Rey Yacht Club with no clouds in the sky. You could even see all the way to the Santa Monica Pier! The breeze was around 14 miles per hour which is a lot in a small boat like an Opti. After what felt…

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    waits for the sailors for a week and finally they pick him up and they sail to Leghorn. Edmond sells some diamonds and buys Jacopo a ship and tells him to sail to Marseilles and as for a Loius Dantés and a woman named Mercedes. Edmond later then buys himself a huge ship with a secret compartment to hide his jewels. Later, Jacopo comes back and tells Edmond that Loius Dantes is dead and Mercedes has disappeared. Edmond sets sail to Marseilles and disguises himself as a priest named Abbé Busoni.…

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    terrified! My father will take care of them, I thought. I then felt my way to my boat and set sail for my father’s home. The sea was choppy. I couldn’t tell where I was going until my ship hit sand. I got on land and shouted for help. A few men came and shouted “away with thee beast!” but I pleaded. The men realized my cries were sincere and they came aboard my ship at a costly fee. We set sail for my father. The sea raged and I heard my men scream and then there was silence. I shouted…

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    Remember as a little kid when you dreamed of setting sail to quest for a secret treasure on a distant island with pirates? That is exactly what Jim Hawkins, a brave boy who experienced exciting adventures, did. He was thrown onto the road of self-discovery by the alcoholic and sea-chanty-singing Billy Bones to set sail to Treasure Island. Hawkins’ actions throughout the book tell readers a few things about him: He joins Doctor Livesey and others to quest for the treasure of Captain Flint, he…

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    and the Portugal got the land to the East and Spain got the things to the west. I believe that the greatest invention of the age of exploration was the carvel. This invention made it so the sails could go against the wind. This is a big invention revolutionize the way of sailing because people could now sail against the wind. This in my opinion is the greatest invention of the Age of…

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    Vasco Da Gama

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    Western Civilization course, we were taught about the different explorations that many men were apart of in order to explore and create relations with other countries in the world. Vasco da Gama was in charge of leading a Portuguese exploration to sail from Portugal to around the tip of Africa and to India. His task was to find a route that could lead to open up European enterprises for trading goods between Europe and Asia. Explorations were one of the most significant part of our histories…

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    because it gives the reader information they need but in an interesting way. In Frederick Douglass’s narrative the most powerful and popular symbol is the white sails of Chesapeake Bay. In the story Douglass was being beaten more so than he ever had before and during his beating he looks out to the bay and sees a white sail. The white sail is a symbol of…

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    additional surplus which will need to be saved in order to build the necessary assets. In addition to her immediate goals, Alice 's long term ambitions are to retire as soon as possible, living off her accumulated assets, and then to maybe travel in a sail-boat around the world. In order to meet these goals, she will have to focus her efforts to sufficiently provide enough resources that can be utilized in her retirement years. How should Alice apply the S.M.A.R.T. Planning model to her…

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