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    the destruction left behind from the war and that it was time to rely on the subconscious as a way to analyze the world. These people became known as Surrealists. One of the most famous surrealist artists was Salvador Dalí. Dalí ’s piece The Temptation of Saint Anthony is a prime example of Surrealism. Surrealist paintings are described as dreamlike and fantastical. Much of Dalí ’s paintings were images he had dreamed up. He said that he would paint what almost seem like photographs from

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    Temptations Name: Hussein Date of Submission: January 20‚ 2009 Teacher: Mrs. Kim Course Code: ENG 3U0 Temptations Created by: Hussein Amer Liselotte Vitzliputzli is a brilliant‚ creative woman with many things in mind. Her appearance is manly‚ wearing men’s clothing with huge hands and feet‚ and having a mouth as a “monkey”. The author (Robertson Davis) takes “Vitzliputzli” from one of the devils in the play Faust. Liesl can be considered a devil figure because of the temptation

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    “Odyssey is a story about a man named Odysseus and the tests he endures to get home after the Trojan war separates him from his family‚ because the difficulties he encounters he does not make it home until after 20 long years. These two ancient stories are compared by both being epic poems. These two stories also share the common theme‚ this theme is temptation. Temptation is brought in the stories by testing the main characters to make the right

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    Odysseus is not a Hero

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    goodness of his heart." Odysseus‚ who is the main character of the book "The Odyssey" written by Homer‚ would fit the dictionary¹s definition of a hero; but if you go deeper‚ looking at what people feel a hero is‚ he doesn¹t even come close. In the book‚ Odysseus does nothing out of the goodness of his heart. Even if Odysseus fought in the Trojan War‚ he is not a hero because he is self-centered and ignorant to other people¹s values and needs. There are multiple examples of Odysseus being self-centered

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    Temptations in the Real World For most college students‚ the transition from living at home to a freer campus environment and the demands of high school compared to college studies engender enormous stress. Heading off to college provides a number of changes for teenagers‚ many of whom are leaving home for the first time in their lives. They are also leaving behind friends‚ romantic interests‚ family‚ and familiar places. Whether living on or off campus‚ many teenagers experience a lack of restraints

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    Gilgamesh and Odysseus

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    undertaken by Gilgamesh and OdysseusOdysseus main challenge is to help defeat the Trojans in the battle of the Trojan horse. All the men who survived the war and the sea were safely back at home‚ other than Odysseus‚ he still had a long journey ahead of him. In the beginning of his journey‚ his challenge was brought upon him by the powerful God of the sea Poseidon. Poseidon became Odysseus enemy after a Cyclops held him and his crewmates captive. After escaping the Cyclops‚ Odysseus blinded it with fire

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    Odysseus Is A Hero

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    Odysseus was a hero because‚ he was a very good man. Odysseus is a hero because when no one believed he would return home‚ he came back safe and alive. He promised he would make it back and he did. Odysseus is a hero because‚ he tried his hardest to keep his men as safe as possible. He often times put his men before himself. But sometimes his men didn’t want to listen to him and wound up in a lot of trouble. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus told his men not to take and kill helios’s cattle‚ but they didn’t

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    Is Odysseus A Hero?

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    Is Odysseus a hero or not? Is Odysseus a hero or not. The reason that I think that Odysseus is a hero is he has his own way of being one. He is a hero for being there for his men and his family. The reason for believing that Odysseus is a hero is that since the beginning Odysseus helped out a friend get his wife back then on his way home he runs into a few troubles‚ he gets imprisoned and got freed by the gods‚ went to the land of the Lotus-eaters‚ then blinded the Cyclops‚ had the bag of winds

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    Odysseus Motivation

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    The Odyssey is a story of Odysseus’ long journey home after the defeat of Troy. He leaves his wife‚ Penelope‚ and son‚ Telemachus‚ to go fight in the battle. The Trojan war lasted ten year and his journey to return home lasted even longer. Odysseus meets many characters that help him through his journey‚ as well as characters that bring him many challenges. Secondary characters in The Odyssey demonstrates values‚ challenges‚ and motivation. The character‚ Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom‚ is very strategic

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    An Insight Into Fate and Temptation In Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ oftentimes one small action leads to a very significant turn of events. When the witches’ prophecies predict that Macbeth will become King of Scotland‚ his mind becomes set on the throne. Macbeth then goes to extreme measures to obtain the crown. This leads the reader to question whether the witches can actually predict the future‚ or do they simply light the spark that turns into a wildfire within the mind of

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