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    How Does Gilgamesh Exist

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    the people of Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgamesh opens with a prologue that sets off the story of Gilgamesh’s life. The narrator does not have a name‚ but he states‚ “I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh” (Ferry‚ pg. 61). Gilgamesh is a tyrant and exploits his rights as king. He is also arrogant‚ spiteful‚ restless‚ powerful‚ impulsive‚ and does whatever he wants to whomever. For example‚ “There was no withstanding the aura or power of the Wild Ox Gilgamesh. Neither the father’s

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    How Does Santiago Exist

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    and determination. Santiago has a lot of courage that could affect his meaning of his true existence. “If sharks come‚ God pity him and me.”(Hemingway pg. 68) When he says this‚ he is taking a risk that a shark could come and kill the fish before he does which could kill him in the process. “ Now‚ you can let the cord go‚ hand‚ and I will handle him with the right arm alone until you stop that nonsense.”(Hemingway pg. 59) He is also taking a risk here by letting his right hand handle the huge marlin

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    How Does King Arthur Exist

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    the most highly acclaimed themes in British literature and history. Although the Arthurian legends‚ full of magic and heroism‚ seem to be far-fetched and a complete fantasy‚ evidence to prove the existence of the so-called “King Arthur” actually does exist‚ just not in great numbers. The historical foundation surrounding King Arthur is not enough to validate that he actually existed‚ yet it still leaves historians dubious that it is all a fantasy. The renowned tale of King Arthur and his knights

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    contradicting arguments in the philosophy of religion. This argument states that if evil exists how and why can God exist as well? The traditional theist believes that the definition of God is some superior being who is omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent and omniscient. This sums up to a being who is all good‚ loving‚ powerful and knowing‚ a being of such greatness is also known as God. Although this definition does create much problems to the argument of evil‚ which rises to the inconsistent facts of the

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    Why Does Evolution Exist

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    The Theory of Evolution is by natural selection‚ organisms that possess heritable traits that enable them to better adapt to their environment compared with other members of their species will be more likely to survive‚ reproduce‚ and pass more of their genes on to the next generation. Charles Darwin made the assertion that humans and apes are related. With thoroughly analyzing his predictions‚ we now realize that this could be a fact. Through a process called natural selection‚ Darwin claimed that

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    Milan Kundera’s famous essay‚ “The Tragedy of Central Europe” published on April 26‚ 1984 argues that central European nations like Poland‚ Hungary‚ and Czechoslovakia were losing their direction and meaning after World War II. “Boxed in by the Germans on one side and the Russians on the other‚ the nations of Central Europe have used up their strength in the struggle to survive and to preserve their languages” (Stokes‚ 219). Kundera makes a valid argument that the lack of Central European assimilation

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    Medieval Chivalry

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    Western Civilization Medieval Chivalry and Knighthood During medieval times knighthood was a class culture‚ cherished and jealousy guarded by the knightly caste. Knight had the honor of defending the king as well as their country. On the bloody fields of battle a code of chivalry evolved that tempered anger and fury with mercy. It created ways of turning the grim business of fighting into something tolerable‚ perhaps even acceptable. Chivalry was not only looked upon as a code for war; it

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    Is Chivalry Dead

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    Is Chivalry Dead Chivalry has never been real from the beginning of time. “Chivalry” was just a practice of being nice to women in ancient times. The world has changed a lot sense ancient times. Ancient times are called just that for a reason‚ they are ancient and in the past. Ancient times are based on ancient thinking that is even older than the times itself. To move forward in today’s world you have to think towards the future‚ not in the past. To think of chivalry as being “alive”

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    Chivalry In Society

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    The Lack of Chivalry in Society In today’s society people are becoming careless about themselves and others around them. People are being self-centered‚ rude‚ and unresentful. There are problems in society involved within social media‚ law enforcement‚ and inside relationships. With the use of chivalry‚ we can prevent people from acting with this behavior; and solve society’s problems. People today are lacking respect without seeing it as a problem. They are lacking basic manners such as showing

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    I have been teaching English to Korean students for the past year and a half. My students have taught me so much in the past 18 months. Surprisingly‚ the lessons learned are about who I am as an African. You may ask how students aged between 8 to 15 years of age can provide such insight. I shall elaborate. I often hold conversation contests in my class and my students get to practice what they are taught during the week. One student Kevin was on the losing team and he remarked that the opposing

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