Cradled in the arms of the mighty Himalayas‚ Kashmir is the jewel of India and the Heaven on Earth. Writing about my visit to Kashmir in 2010 brings back the nostalgia of each day spent there. All across Kashmir you can see the CRPF‚ Army‚ and the local police on their toes‚ ready for action at any moment‚ guarding every temple‚ mosque‚ market and every nook and cranny. Kashmir is the place of contrasts and irony. It is the land of rivers‚ streams‚ the Dal Lake‚ gardens and flowers‚ old pines and
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was one of the most powerful people alive but now it takes a wandering traveler to spread a tale of the once great king. The power of nature is well represented by this part of the poem also. ’Ozymandias’ told his subjects to ’look on my works; ye Mighty‚ and despair!’ however‚ thanks to the power of nature there are barely and works left to look upon at all‚ let alone despair upon! It can be seen that nature has destroyed his works in the quotes‚ ’shattered visage’ and ’sand‚ half sunk.’ Thus the
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The Epic of Gilgamash Tablet -1 The mighty King finds a match Part -1 URruk in her days of glory under the rein of King Gilgamash. Three forth God and one third beast he boosted "Who could have been a man more suited than me" He said. The last of his kind Gilgamash emerged supreme among the folk of URuk‚ His head high in the sky as proud Bull. Son of Ninsun Perfected by Aruru the Goddess of creation .Eyes as deep as the sea ‚ Hair as wise as light‚ his armor shinning as a furnace of fire‚ fairer
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What does it take to be a true epic hero? Questions like this often appear in discussions about Homer’s The Odyssey. This epic poem chronicles the warrior Odysseus return to the kingdom of Ithaca. Parts of Homer’s work helped display the protagonist’s capabilities as a heroic leader. However‚ critics argue that Homer did not portray Odysseus properly to claim he was a hero. Despite the disrespect and arrogance Odysseus possessed‚ he overcame impossible odds and proved himself as the true epic hero
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looks closely at death and Donne fervently writes about his views on death and his strong belief that death should not be feared‚ but embraced. Donne personifies death all throughout his poem as he challenges death by stating that death is not the “mighty and dreadful” part of life that most people fear‚ but rather an escape from life where people can be at peace like they are when they are sleeping. Donne is literally conversing with death‚ and pleading his case that death is weak and will never
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Martin Luther King’s speech "I Have a Dream" delivered on August 28‚ 1963 is said to be the greatest demonstration of America’s history. Dr. King intended to appeal to both black and white audiences through his inspirational speech. Written in a persuasive‚ stylistic manner‚ he used strong diction to call for a change in the nation‚ doing so without violence. He successfully combined the use of repetition‚ word choice and figurative language in his speech to connect to his audience and set the
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has not been executed hitherto; the floods of God’s vengeance have been withheld; but your guilt in the mean time is constantly increasing‚ and you are every day treasuring up more wrath; the waters are constantly rising‚ and waxing more and more mighty; and there is nothing but the mere pleasure of God‚ that holds the waters back‚ that are unwilling to be stopped‚ and press hard to go forward. The Enlightenment was
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unavoidable‚ and that war is the only solution left. “Germany shall increase to the utmost of her power...” This was the lone matchstick that triggered the flame within their hearts. Germany believed that her nation should be the one and only high and mighty‚ that they should tower amongst all‚ that there should not be a predominance of Britain‚ that the entire world would be under their reign. That is‚ according to the German Englishmar‚ J. A. Cramb. In the conference of the Kaiser’s naval cabinet
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that are the stoutest‚ most mighty‚ and worthy of all mortal men (40-42). The Knight proposes a little game(54)‚ which is basically ¨ you hit me‚ and in twelmonth and a day I hit you back¨‚ surprisingly all the knights present did not accept this challenge they just stood there. Which the Green Knight make fun of saying that ¨What! Can this be King Arthur´s court?- Whose renown runs throught many a realm‚ flung far and wide(….) Behold the radiance and renown of the mighty Round Table overwhelmed by
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nature of Ozymandias‚ it‚ too‚ ultimately reinforces the impermanence of human works. Similar to how Ozymandias wants to preserve his “reputation” and be known in the future‚ which failed when the traveller did not describe him to be a significant mighty figure‚ the artist’s work wasn’t preserved to its fullest either since the statue was trunkless‚ and the head was dislocated from its body‚ showing clear decay of the art. Neither the might of a king (Ozymandias) nor the skill of an artist (the sculptor)
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