A personal virtue that is a major theme in the epic‚ The Odyssey‚ is loyalty and perseverance. The best example of loyalty in of the epic‚ Penelope‚ who waited faithfully in Ithaca for 20 years for her husband‚ Odysseus’‚ to return. Odysseus’ son Telemachus‚ who also showed loyalty by standing by his father against the suitors who are after the throne. The two analytical lenses that I will use to interpret this epic‚ is the Psychological and the social class lens. The psychology lens focuses on the
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and loud and deep and exceedingly musically‚ but it emphasis that at each lapse of and hour‚ the musicians of the orchestra were to poses. It was located against e western wall Another reason is Prince Prospero. He was a successful king that was high and mighty as a king
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American as a maid. But I guess I might be jumping into conclusion. In the movie Elvis Presley comes out‚ it funny how Forrest inspire Elvis dance move. Which made the king really famous‚ and in the end they just mention that he had a heart attack which it happen in 1977. Which in reality it doesn’t need to much explanation for the king of blues just that he was the first white person to express himself as a wild person without been judge like the
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achieve the American Dream‚ but someone who is yet to accomplish that goal is happier than someone who has. The poem‚ “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington‚ is told from the eyes of the community and how they wish to one day become successful as the king‚ Richard Cory. As stated in the poem‚ “In fine‚ we thought that he was everything‚ to make us wish that we were in his place.” Little did they know that behind all the wealth and fame‚ there stood a man who was just as human as them‚ but felt confined
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Three years of recollections. At times inelegant and strained but others‚ placid. In my memory you have always lived on‚ but the culpability in my heart tiptoes out when the sun reposes and the moon is thrown upon the firmament. All of which is compressed into this short letter you are reading. An adventurous and greedy man I am‚ I do admit. But please do understand my coveting of the gold and glory. “I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold”. Which
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wizard felt the magic that had started to gather begin to ebb. He was a tall man‚ broad of shoulder but thin and very agile looking. Corin recognized him at once. Jornis was the leader of the rebels. He was the one that threw the first rock at the Kings Grain carriage that had started the rebellion. They had taken that wagon‚ and with it the resolve of the small group he had started with had swelled into a tidal wave‚ bringing villages and rabble alike to their cause of overthrowing an unfair monarch
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thinks highly of himself. The guards surprise was‚ “...enormous when Thorin Oakenshield stepped in through the door. "Who are you and what do you want?" they shouted leaping to their feet and gipping for weapons. "Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror King under the Mountain!" said the dwarf in a loud voice‚ and he looked it‚ in spite of his torn clothes and draggled hood. The gold gleamed on his neck and waist: his eyes were dark and deep. "I have come back. I wish to see the Master of your town!"(Tolkien
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Stratton Oakmont is similar to a premodern society in which Jordan is on top of the hierarchy. He acts as a modern day king ruling his giant empire he built. In one scene‚ Jordan gets up on stage to give a speech to the whole floor about the glories of being rich. Jordan preaches‚ “There is no nobility in poverty. I have been a rich man and I’ve been a poor man and I choose rich every f***king time!” Jordan is the ultimate salesman‚ using his lifestyle as an example for what people can become if they scam
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useless while the educated is referred as rich and wealthy. For instance‚ in the article “Let America Be America Again” it says “America should go back to being the dream that the dreamers had‚ and be a "great strong land of love." There should not be kings or tyrants or people being crushed by someone above them.” Including‚ Langston Hughes believes that being an American means to be free and to not be controlled upon and that equality is a priority whether a person is rich or poor and that it is just
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is the greatest source of technology and control all throughout Middle Earth‚ given that it was made to control the less powerful rings that exist. After Sauron’s foiled plot against taking control the elves‚ three rings were hidden for the Elven-kings‚ seven were given to the Dwarf-lords‚ and nine were left for human men‚ who later turned into the Dark Riders. This particular example of the Nazgul is interesting; it shows how technology can morph somebody over time‚ without their conscious consent
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