pg1 The Three Items That Mean the Most to me The short story "Medicine Bag" by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve is about a boy named Martin who has a family tradition that passes a medicine bag down from generation to generation to keep family culture. A medicine bag is a traditional North American Indian container or bag for items of supernatural or great power.I have created a medicine bag that symbolizes my family’s history throughout the years
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In reading the Iliad and Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples‚ I can see family values stand out to me in them both. In the Iliad‚ we see Hector with his strong family values. From him protecting his brother‚ to his words to his mother before he heads off to fight Achilles. “I know this is hard‚ mother‚ but you have to endure it. I don’t want to see you getting beat up‚ and me unable to help you.” (144) With Sunjata‚ we see how he is in regards to his mother. After he hears how his mother
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Gilgamesh and The Iliad have both impacted a plethora of generations‚ the stories even conforming to today’s dynamic atmosphere and allowing individuals to still relate to heart aching emotions portrayed within both epics. Fragile yet emotional‚ the topic of friendship intertwines these epics into the impassioned worlds they create‚ allowing the reader too thoroughly dissolve the rather enigmatic emotions flared out by both Gilgamesh and Achilles. The account of these characters friendships undermine
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Anais Nin once said‚ “You don’t find love‚ it finds you. Its got a little bit to do with destiny‚ fate‚ and what’s written in the stars.” This quote relates strongly to Romeo and Juliet because due to the bad fates of their family‚ they ended up dying for each other. Juliet and Romeo fell in love by accident‚ something completely out of their control. This makes Shakespeare’s play much more tragic because they weren’t given a choice on how they were to end up‚ the way Shakespeare made it was either
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There are many things I don’t believe in; like love at first sight‚ ghosts‚ psychics‚ and a happy ever after. One thing I do believe in though‚ is fate. I believe that everything happens for a reason‚ even if you might not be able to see it right away. Whether you accredit it to a higher power or not‚ I can’t help but acknowledge that there is a reason why certain things happen. When I first heard the saying‚ I immediately thought that it was something that people said to make you feel better. Then
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inscribed on a shield instead of a deadly weapon symbolically showing that Aeneas is protected under by the shield as long as no one interferes with the future actions. Through Virgil’s use of imagery‚ the audience gains insight into the fate of Rome. The fate of Rome and Aeneas are depicted on the shield. One of the first depictions he
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have any remorse or any restraint will not. Therefore‚ a tyrant ruler is an aggressive and an injustice individual that brings negative attitudes towards others. A tyrant would also live his awaking life in fear and unhappiness. The Republic‚ The Iliad‚ and Exodus provides great
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Three stages of Achilles Achilles is a great warrior who faces many different situations in his life. These scenarios changed him into who he has become in his life according to the Iliad. Throughout the Iliad his emotions range anger‚ rage‚ and compassion. When he gets angry it’s because of Agamemnon taking Briseis from him. He gets rage from when the Trojans kill his cousin. Achilles becomes compassionate when the King of Troy comes to ask for his son’s body back. At the beginning of the war
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Homer brings out the most splendid private conversations of a warrior. He shows us the human side of a ‘human slayer’. Hector’s role as a hero‚ his shift from public realm to private realm is contrasted with the sulky role of Paris in private as well as in public realm. Hector becomes a true hero in the eyes of the readers when homer brings him out of the battle field to home. Homer has also brought forward a very interesting characterization of women in this chapter. Just as men are shown as
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Fate in Romeo and Juliet Fate: An inevitable outcome determining how things come to be. Love: The strong affection between to people. These are two very powerful things that carry out through history and literature. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet fate and love are very powerful reoccurring motifs which shape the young lovers life. But when discussing this play a common question forms‚ why did these tragic misfortunes happen to this young couple? Romeo’s and Juliet’s infatuation for
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