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    2. What do we want to learn?  What  are  the  key  concepts  (form‚  function‚  causation‚  change‚  connection‚  perspective‚  responsibility‚  reflection) to be emphasized within this inquiry  Key concepts: ​ Form‚ responsibility‚ connection  Related concepts:​  cooperation​  or ​ conflict‚ interdependence  What  lines  of  inquiry  will  define  the  scope  of  the  inquiry  into  the  central  idea?  What  teacher  questions/provocations will drive these inquiries?  Lines of inquiry 

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    Aminah Shahid Nawaz Ms. Livesey- 5 Beowulf Essay October 31st‚ 2013 A Heroic Legacy Self-sacrifice is one of the most courageous things any individual could ever do for his people. Beowulf set the standards high to achieve the title of a true hero. A hero is an entrusted guard of society that people can count on in times of danger. Societies need heroes as protection for people so that they have someone to guard them in a dangerous time. Heroes are also needed because they embody the qualities

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    In Smarter than You Think describes compares the use of “artificial intelligence” To “intelligence amplification.” Thompson in a way meets in the middle of the public opinion of technology. He points out that humans will more than likely be working side by side with technology

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    Beowulf’s Immortality Epics have been written and told orally for hundreds of years. A typical epic usually contains challenges‚ journeys‚ adventures and most importantly‚ a hero. An epic hero has several characteristics that make him unique. First of all‚ he or she usually comes from a noble family‚ which means‚ a noble birth. Also‚ they tend to have superhuman strength and accomplish beyond human deeds. A must in all Epic stories is that this hero must go on a quest in search of something. This

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    Archetypes In Beowulf

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    EvilBeowulf is an epic hero and warrior who bravely fights off evil monsters that terrorize the people around him. Grendel‚ Grendel’s mom‚ and the dragon are three of the main evil characters in the epic poem. Modern day good and evil are represented in different forms other than the two archetypes seen in this epic poem. Ordinary people have the power to be good‚ or to be evil. Although good and evil may exist in ways that they aren’t typical archetypes‚ they are there nonetheless. In Beowulf‚ good and

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    Beowulf the Anglo Saxon Hero It’s hard to imagine what a perfect individual is like‚ and how he or she reflects all of the morals and values of his or her society‚ but every now and then one special person comes quite close. In the story Beowulf‚ by Seamus Heaney‚ the character Beowulf‚ is the perfect embodiment of the Anglo Saxons‚ and their beliefs towards life‚ and living. In Anglo-Saxon culture‚ they believed that warriors should follow the Heroic code; an ancient germanic code that stressed

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    Beowulf 1. The English language has transformed a lot since those early times. While reading it I noticed many words that aren’t normally used in today’s society. There were also noticeable differences in sentence structure although this may have been a result of how it was translated. The fact that it is a poem might also be why the sentence structure is different‚ not just that it has been translated to English. The introduction provided much information about the story and the way the story

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    Question: What connections can you make between content and style of epic tales from different parts of the world? In the course of the history of literature‚ numerous epic poems have been written. Today‚ a number have become well known. Examples of these are Beowulf (an Anglo-Saxon epic poem believed to be the only surviving manuscript from the early 11th century)‚ Iliad (One of the two ancient Greek epic poems written by Homer) and Ramayana (a Sanskrit literature dating back to somewhere around

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    image‚ gives higher expectation on girls‚ and contributes to lower one’s self-esteem. First‚ Barbie dolls have an unrealistic physical appearance that creates psychological damages to everyone‚ especially on girls. All of the dolls sold in the market do not have cellulites‚ hanging flabby arms‚ or bulging belly‚ but Barbie have the most remarkable and unimaginable body proportion of them all. Anschutz stated that girls specifically in Western part of the world who owns an

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    Do you agree: Australian media representatives of Asian society are biased? Give reasons by way of examples. Mired in debt in Europe together with North America being under the background of weak economic recovery‚ the Australian government would link the future development and boom of Asia closely and it is undoubtedly wise and far-sighted. In fact‚ the "look Asian" and "embrace" in Asian policy had been proposed by politicians decades ago. As the financial turmoil sweeps the world‚ Australia

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