Sword

He drew the sword at his belt, He went down to the forest, cut twice sixty poles each five times twelve cubit long.” Gilgamesh uses not only the technology of his sword and axe to cut down the trees, but also to fashion them into poles to be used to navigate the traitorous waters of death. Without being able to cross the waters, Gilgamesh would be unable to continue to pursue his quest for immortality, making the poles, a form of technology, essential to his journey. By using his sword and axe…

the beast, and realized that the sword did not harm Grendel’s mother. The writer provides words with negative connotations to describe Grendel’s mother in order to effectively describe the monster’s level of wickedness. Onomatopoeia is used as the sword “rings” and “sings” through the air. It effectively creates the image of a battle for the audience, and helps set the tone for the scene. The tone shifts to a melancholic tone as the “fabulous powers” of the great sword fail Beowulf in his time…

The king and Laertes have made a plan to kill Hamlet by having the sword fight, with ballended blades, but Hamlet doesn’t know that Laertes’s sword will be sharp. To add to that Laertes put poison on the end so all he would have to do is just cut him not actually stab him through the stomach. As this is going on the king puts a “pearl” in wine and tells Hamlet…

Isaiah states that the people will exchange their swords for plowshares. H.D. states that the time, where the exchange will happen, has not occurred yet. During this time, the early forties, there was a yearning for peace. “Peace be still” is reference that H.D. says, thus placing it in a direct juxtaposition…

Since the 1996 version uses a modern twist, instead of swords the characters use guns. The beginning fray shows no face-to-face combat, in contrast it uses a shoot-out between tybalt and the Montagues. The guns do reference the original time period of Romeo and Juliet by naming them “dagger” or “sword”. Both versions of Romeo and Juliet are decades apart so the props and effects are very different. The 1996 version uses a helicopter…

meet with the Generals. Instead, Brigadier General Charles O’Hara printed the sword as a sign of defeat. He did not present the sword to Washington but to Rochambeau, by this he had specified that Washington could not have won on his own. Rochambeau did not accept the sword but he pointed to Washington. Washington also did not accept the sword but he sent up his second in command, Benjamin Lincoln, to claim the sword. Washington was showing signs that the British commander was a coward and…

innocent person, and father of the woman he loved. That made him feel guilty for what he did, yet he still wanted to get revenge on Claudius. At the end of the play Hamlet dies in the tournament with Laertes, he dies by that Laertes put poison on the sword, so when he stabbed Hamlet he would die. Hamlet dies at the end of the play because his real poison was revenge, since revenge was what brought him to that point. If it wasn’t because he wanted to get revenge, he wouldn’t have died of…

should be the next King.Merlin the great magician put a spell on the Sward and only Arthur can pull it. Merlin wrote on the sword in gold he said "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone is the right wise born king of all England .On Uther's death, the fifteen-year-old Arthur succeeds him as King of Britain and fights a series of battles. "Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty…

the colonies, and officially declared the United States of America independent. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” is a famous speech spoken by Patrick Henry to the Virginia Assembly. This speech inspired and motivated all the other ‘pens’ and ‘swords’ to fight for their independence and do something. He called to the patriots to arm themselves and raise troops to battle for their separation from Britain. Without Patrick Henry, people would not have been motivated to fight for independence…

of characters Lord Hamlet: coat and black clothes with a sword Horatio: \casual clothes Osric: casual clothes Lord:fancy clothes King: King clothes with a crown and the king blanket at the back Laertes: casual clothes with sword but fancy Queen Gertrude: queen clothes with a wig and HER blanket at the back. Literary device Irony: “i am justly kill’d with mine own treachery” This is an irony because Laertes got poisoned by the sword he was supposed to poison hamlet with. Paradox: “ I…