XXXXXXXXXXX Dr. Philip Phillips European Literature August 10‚ 2010 The Aeneas Model Pietas‚ Latin for pious‚ is a fundamental trait found in Roman history and literature. Virgil’s inclusion of pietas in The Aeneid enables readers to appreciate an essential quality of any admirable Roman. Aeneas‚ the primary character‚ struggles with the implications of this central virtue; however‚ as he walks the paths the gods set for him‚ he personifies the essence of piety and thus portrays the quintessential
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reason to fight. A Greek warrior is said to care about one thing‚ fame. After a warrior’s death‚ his name is carried on and remembered. Achilles fought for this and because of pride and greed. Hector fought because he knew he had to lead the people of Troy. Achilles had the type of character where if he was going to die in battle‚ he would want to be remembered. He would want his name to be carried on throughout history. Achilles was greedy and not only wanted to be remembered‚ but to battle for prizes
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affected the story‚ when Agamemnon dishonored him‚ he killed hector‚ and when he dishonored hector after his death. As I have said Achilles was dishonored by Agamemnon. Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Achaean (Greek) armies at Troy‚ and also the king of Troy. So Agamemnon had taken a woman named Chryseis as his slave. Her father Chryses‚ a priest of Apollo‚ begged Agamemnon to return her to him. Agamemnon refused and her father prayed to Apollo to help him get his daughter back. Apollo sent
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Troy does not convince the audience about the meaning of office dress code today because he neglects to establish his credibility by telling the audience where he works. The only thing the audience knows about him is his foundation‚ which is Troy Alexander Project‚ a fashion and lifestyle focused blog. Although‚ Heather Pool used ethos to appeal to her audience‚ she was more credible and reliable than Troy Alexander and know the importance of dress code
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now. Fences follows Troy Maxon‚ a middle aged black man‚ who is married to Rose‚ and has three children‚ each from different women. Troy is enraged that‚ being an African American‚ he Mauro 2 can’t drive the garbage trucks at work-even though he cannot read‚ and doesn’t even have his driver’s license. He doesn’t seem to be a bad person‚ at heart. He gives Lyons‚ his son from his first marriage‚ money whenever he asks‚ but the money does not come without a price. Troy complains to Lyons that
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criminals who say “the devil made me do it“. I still think jack Daniels speaks louder for Troy. Almost as soon as he disappeared he reappeared‚ but 12 gauges heftier this time. As I heard the glass door shatter behind me‚ I dropped to my knees and crawled what seemed like a football field to the safety inside my abode. The gunshots seemed as if they could be heard around the world. Out of my peripherals I noticed Troy was now inside: “Put that mattress against the wall!” he yelled still high from the
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from North Carolina.” (Act One‚ Scene 3‚ pg 35). In other words‚ He asking Troy to sign his scholarship to go to college. This indicates that He is good enough to get a scholarship but his dad doesn’t let him play football. The impact of this is that they got into a argument and were mad at eachother. Troy says “First you gonna get your butt down there to the A&P and get your job.” (Act One‚ Scene 3‚ pg 36). Accordingly‚ Troy thinks that cory can do is just work. This implies that he rather have cory
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who is Troy and Rose’s son‚ sees this fence as just another chore that his mom and dad are constantly making him go out of his way to help build and complete this fence. He doesn’t necessarily have much meaning behind how he sees it‚ but just gets annoyed when his parents ask him to help build it. In connection to this‚ Troy states to Cory‚ “Your first chore is to help me with this fence on Saturday. Everything else comes after that” (Wilson 31). Instead of going to football practice‚ Troy is making
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authority structure‚ either positional or personal. In High School Musical the students hold the most authority. The student body manipulates the teacher’s positional power to achieve their own desires. This is evident at the school musical call backs. Troy and Gabriella are not allowed to audition as a result of their tardiness‚ but when an overwhelming amount of support comes from the cheering crowd of students Ms. Darbus makes an exception. This demonstrates that the positional authority Ms. Darbus
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are different. They are considered to be heroes‚ but they fight for different reasons. Troy is filled with many great warriors‚ but the most honourable hero is prince Hector. He shows great qualities of the archetypal hero and the contemporary hero‚ fight for his land and his family honour. Even though he’s not the strongest‚ he just wanted peace‚ as an archetypal hero. Hector’s quest is to fight for Troy and leads his soldiers to battle against the Greeks. He is a warrior of courage that
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