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Traditionally women are viewed as influential figures in today's society as well as in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Women provide guidance in shaping the character of Gilgamesh. Throughout his journey, Gilgamesh is influenced by three important women: Shamhat, a seductive love priestess, Ninsun, Gilgamesh's mother, and Shiduri, the goddess of brewing and wisdom. Commencing with the threat that Enkidu posed to the trappers livelihood he seeked help from Gilgamesh later to receive assistance from…

One of most drawn out themes underlying Shakespeare’s second tetralogy is the idea of authenticity; who is authentic, who is not, what is means to be authentic. On the flip side is the opposite notion—the idea of a counterfeit, an inauthentic imitation, sometimes able to fool, sometimes not. However, Shakespeare’s second tetralogy seems to blur this supposed line between what is authentic and what is counterfeit, and in doing so reveals not simply what makes an “authentic” king, but also how…

George Washington The first offspring of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, George Washington was conceived on their Pope's Creek Estate close present-day Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Some of Washington's precursors were from Sulgrave, England; his awesome granddad, John Washington, had emigrated to Virginia in 1657. In late 1753 Washington was requested by Dinwiddie to convey a letter requesting that the French clear the Ohio Valley;…

Ruth C. Engs; professor of Applied Health Sciences at Indiana University, stated in one of her article that “The legal drinking age should be lowered to about 18 or 19 and young adults allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs and official school and university…

than a million Americans each year, although it has modifiable risk factors such as hypertension, cigarette smoking, obesity and high cholesterol. As I drive through Columbus pass the bar district, I observed many of the patrons smoking outside the taverns due to laws that prohibit smoking indoors. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2014), smoking is the leading preventable causes of death effecting nearly 443,000 Americans annually. Smoking is also associated with…

Before the events of the Nullification Crisis took place, Andrew Jackson appointed John Eaton as his Secretary of War. John Eaton had married a tavern maid woman by the name of Margaret Peggy. Consequently, when he married Peggy, it caused John Eaton to become plagued with scandal because of high-status women in Jackson’s political party began to slander and gossip about Peggy marrying out of her…

His tumultuous trance throws Raskolnikov into a time of recklessness and foolishness. In a drunken stupor, he encounters a local police clerk in a tavern, and they analyze the murder of the pawnbroker. Raskolnikov proclaims the murderer to be brave and cunning. This act of recklessness portrays his paranoia and carelessness, a contradiction that aptly explains Raskolnikov. Convinced he will be discovered…

Introduction to Opera Compare the characters of Carmen and Micaëla in Carmen. What are the differences between them, how is this expressed in the music, and do you think the outcome is inevitable? Introduction Bizet's Carmen is an Opera in four acts, first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March with a plot based on the 1845 novella by Mérimée. Today it stands as one of the most popular french operas of all time.The Opera explores the relationship between the enchanting Carmen and…

The events in the first book of Christopher Paolini’s “Inheritance” series are no match for that of the second book; “Eldest.” The story begins right where the first book left off with Eragon and Saphira hidden deep within the Beor mountains in Farthen Dur, home of the dwarves and the Varden. The mountain city has been ravaged by battle with Galbatorix’s army of Urgals. The residents of Farthen Dur rose victorious, but not without great cost. Ajihad, leader of the Varden, is stormed and slain by…

The Power of Something That Can’t Be Seen: The Effect of Fear on Our Lives Ray Bradbury shows us, in Fahrenheit 451, a society that is always moving at a very fast pace and do not think they not have time for deep thinking and books. Ray Bradbury wrote this book after World War II, when he saw how our country could go down the wrong path. In this novel, the government hires firemen to burn the books and anyone that is associated with them. The government has put the fear in everyone’s mind of…