sword.” This is the oath every gladiator would take before entering the coliseum. After reciting this phrase and preparing mentally and physically they would be let out into the arena where they would fight until the end. They would fight using different types of weapons and gear or sometimes almost nothing at all. The fight might be against another gladiator or against exotic animals who will be fighting for their life just as much them. The Roman Gladiators were the toughest and most brutal
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What are Tragic Heroes? What makes true hero? Where can we find a true hero? Well‚ a hero can be classified in many ways. A true hero puts himself before others‚ is a selfless person and can make the right decision even when he wants to do something that will benefit him/herself. They are classified to be someone morally good‚ they are a person who can stare evil in the face and instead of saying “why me?” they say “Try me”. Now‚ where can we find an example of a hero to today’s standards. Well in
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watch movies and dramas. I am used to do these things when I feel distress and down. But I don’t waste my time with it all the time. But I watch a movie at least everyday. For music‚ I can’t live normally without listening to the music. A day is not perfected for me without listening music. I touch with the beat of music every days and every time when I free. We can find various sorts of movie and music on the market. We can find these not only in market places but also in the Internet. There are
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205 When I get asked who my favorite artist is‚ I have to think for a while. My music taste is very eclectic ranging from the Grateful Dead to Wiz Khalifa. However‚ when I think a little deeper about what artist has gotten to me and really made me feel their music‚ I think of Coldplay. Coldplay is an incredible rock/ alternative band from London and their music is a balance between swagger and swoon. I have been a fan for a while and have also seen them in concert. My love for Coldplay started
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support. Sponsors were then able to contribute to the tributes indirectly through contribution towards victory. Every little thing counts‚ from the Games to the supporters to the district tributes. Gladiators were not always popular‚ but weren’t always the ones already marked for death either. The gladiators were given prizes for pleasuring the audience with a remarkable show because they were everything in the Games. Similarly‚ the tributes of The Hunger Games came from various districts with different
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Honest Punctual Hardworking Good communication skills Time management Team worker/management IDEAL Jinnah was an Indian politician who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first leader. He is known there as ’Quaid-I Azam’ or ’Great Leader’. Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi‚ now in Pakistan‚ but then part of British-controlled India. His father was a prosperous Muslim merchant. Jinnah studied at Bombay University and at Lincoln’s
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Spartacus was known for being a Roman slave and a gladiator in the first century BCE who managed a rebellion against Rome. Spartacus was an individual who had astonishing courage and immense amount of physical strength. He was alive at the time of the first century BCE. A Thracian by creation‚ he was imprisoned by the Roman Army and developed skills to become a gladiator.1 Spartacus had developed into a modern-day inspirational character to others. His encounters in life had been inspirational to
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My Least Favorite Relative My least favorite relative is my aunt. When I lived in Burma I used to be good friends with my cousin. We used to hang out during the school time. I liked her but I didn’t like her mother. They are rich people and they discriminate against the poor people. In the beginning we liked each other very much until I went to her birthday party. After that I felt that I didn’t like her very much. She invited me to go to her birthday party and I went with my whole family
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the Girl (Jun Ji-hyun) whose name is never given in the movie. Gyeon-woo just cannot seem to catch a romantic break. His prospects are so pathetic that even his mother tries to help‚ telling him to visit his aunt for two reasons. Firstly‚ because Gyeon-woo reminds his aunt of her son who drowned not too long ago; secondly‚ because there is a girl his aunt wants to introduce to him. Gyeon-woo repeatedly puts off going to see his aunt. The movie begins with Gyeon-woo on top of a mountain‚ speaking
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Hello‚ my name is Zoe. I am here to tell you about the most memorable moment of my high school career… so far. For me‚ as with many of you in this room‚ high school is approximately half over. Four of the most important years in one’s personal character developments‚ some would say. We meet friends that we will never forget; make enemies that we will seemingly never forgive‚ memories that we will take with us to the end of our days. Good memories and bad memories‚ high school memories tend to
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