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    A hero is a person who has super powers or can do things normal people could not do. A hero is strong‚ smart and ladies call them “attractive”. A long time ago‚ a poet named Homer had written an epic poem called “The Odyssey”. In “The Odyssey”‚ there is a person with these traits named Odysseus. Odysseus goes through adventures for a long time trying to get home. Odysseus is an epic hero Odysseus and his men land on a Cyclopes island‚ Polyphemus. Polyphemus gets mad at Odysseus and his men so

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    Doo - wop After the huge popularity of swing music and the big bands that were associated with this genre‚ America’s economics changed meaning the artists could no longer afford to support the large amount of musicians they had in their bands. This led many swing bands to simplify their sound. Until this point the band and bandleader had been the focus point to the audience‚ and although the singer was still important‚ they were not considered to be the ‘title’ of the artist itself. As bands

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    In the epic poem The Odyssey the main character Odysseus fights in the Trojan War for 10 years. Odysseus has to go through many difficult situations‚ to find his way back home and when he does‚ he has to fight off the suitors that took over his home while he was away. This poem was written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald and a different version by Samuel Butler. This poem gives many life lessons that happen over time and shows how things have changed. After Odysseus fought in the Trojan

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    better epic hero? Although Odysseus saves and ruins his crew’s lives‚ he is showing the reader that he is wanting to get back to his home in Ithaca. First of all‚ as Odysseus wins the Battle of Troy‚ he does not leave Troy immediately. He stays to show his victory by drinking wine. “Six benches were left empty in every ship / that evening when we pulled away from death.” (line 63-64) Although Odysseus faces the guilt for losing his men‚ he starts his journey for home. Odysseus shows that he has egotistical

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    Poliquin EAE 4U June 21st 2011 The Iliad and the Odyssey: Why Homer? The heart of a classical education is the cumulative study of Latin and the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome. In the Western tradition‚ education has always been synonymous with classical education. It began with the Greeks and Romans‚ was preserved and expanded by Christians during the Middle Ages and Renaissance‚ and continued unabated until well into the twentieth century. Why study the Greeks and Romans? They are all dead

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    found criticizing the desperate situation the other characters find themselves in‚ or being rescued from predicaments by his counterpart R2-D2. Also Han Solo is considered the comic relief of the Star Wars universe. Les Misérables is a 2012 British epic romantic musical historical film produced by Working Title Films and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is based on the musical of the same name by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg which is in turn based on the 1862 French novel by

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    Beowulf is considered an epic hero for all his battles in his book “Beowulf”. Beowulf was known for many battles‚ but I the book he was in three epic battles. Some of his battles include killing five sea monsters‚ Grendel‚ and his own son. He also was known to have fought and killed Grendel’s mother‚ even though he didn’t. He also became the king of Herot. Him being an epic hero is why he was laid in the tower‚ that the Geats had built him‚ with all the treasures from Grendel’s mothers lair. The

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    Essay: Baroque Opera through the Ages Baroque is defined as a historical period from about the start of the 1600s‚ through about the end of 1750. It is expressed as a style of music‚ art‚ and architecture which flourished in Europe during this time period. In this essay I will be defining what exactly Baroque Opera is‚ where it originated from and show those whom expressed this defining style. At the very early start of opera‚ which was pre 1600s‚ the first piece to be credited was written

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    is easy to see why Beowulf was an epic hero. He posed an extreme boastful personality‚ to the people at the time this was a very good trait to have. He was always seeking fame. The one particular event happened when he bragged about killing nine sea monsters out in the sea. He was always boastful to Hygelac about his victories of killing Grendel and his Mother which took place while he was in the land of Dane’s. With so many victories to speak of one could easily label him as an epic hero. When

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    Josh David Morano‚ M ENG3U1-11 December 7 2012 Individuality and Freedom in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth In the texts “Brave New World” and “Macbeth”‚ every important character has a beginning and origination; this beginning‚ whether it be good or bad‚ influences the types of desires they have which comes to a point where they have to decide between individuality and freedom or their desires. Although the characters of the texts

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