make Beowulf stronger‚ and essentially destroy him as well. These influences‚ combined with the heroic archetype shown in the character of Beowulf‚ have set a model for some modern tales of a hero’s journey. An example of this is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. In the hobbit‚ many of the character archetypes as first presented in Beowulf appear again. In Beowulf‚ you will see many archetypes used in characters placed into the story to move it along. Many will change the premise of stories forever. The
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Reber (1995) describes an analogy as “a description‚ argument or explanation based on a systematic comparison of one ‘thing’ with another‚ already known ‘thing’.” From this definition ‘analogical reasoning’ can be described as‚ reasoning where decisions about a presented ‘problem’ are made depending on comparisons and similarities between that ‘problem’ and a known situation. In order to determine when problem solving can be aided by analogical reasoning it is first necessary to look more closely
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Laying Everything Down “Whereas the function of a friend‚ who is a second self‚ is to supply things we cannot procure for ourselves” –Aristotle. Throughout literature‚ a story would not be complete without the best friend. Beowulf has Wiglaf. King Arthur has Sir Lancelot. Tom Sawyer has Huck Finn. Sherlock has Watson. Batman has Robin. All of these lauded heroes would not have survived without their trusty companions. In Tolkien’s world of Middle Earth‚ best friends are as vital to the story as the
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distribution so we can predict the range of women’s height of a country. We can also find out the median and mean of the women’s height. Because we have statistic‚ people found out that smoking rate reflects the rate of cancer -- people have smoking hobbit tend to have more likely chance to get cancer. By using statistic‚ you can find out many interesting discoveries in the universal so statistic is useful and fun. The documentary video produced by Wingspan Production shows how useful and interesting
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actually do‚ it’s the crew’s fault that they are harmed‚ and a lot of animals are killed/ injured on sets of movies. Well‚ animals are definitely NOT safe in the movie business. A lot of animals are killed on the sets of movies. For example‚ in The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey‚ more than two dozen animals were killed on the set of the movie; mostly sheep and goats. This supports my stance because‚ if a lot of animals were killed on
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the dangers of the ring. This shows that even with the adversity thrown at Frodo he didn’t back down and how it really shaped his character. All of the difficulties he went through showed what kind of a character he was. Frodo was just a little hobbit so he was not the strongest physically but he was defiantly strong mentally. Multiple times Frodo is faced with adversity but every time he fights through it. All of the adversity was huge in shaping Frodo’s
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In the article “The Culture of Shut Up‚” author Jon Lovett ponders the current state of public dialogue in the age of the Internet. Lovett is a Los Angeles based writer and a former speech writer for President Barack Obama (13). The author suggests that the internet‚ which provides for exceptional access to diverse public speech‚ will inevitably include speech that is offensive. Lovett’s opinion is that people must resist the urge to punish such speech‚ if people want to allow a range of voices to
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The fundamental nature and conception of evil is complex and disputed. Throughout history scholars and theologians have sought to determine whether evil is a polarized and present force or whether evil is the absence or falling away from good. The Lord of the Rings is not just a story about the conflict between good and evil‚ but rather is a story that demonstrates the multifaceted nature of both. In the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring it is easy to relegate evil to
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Rowling 1997 Bloomsbury Publishing Montgomery ‚ H 2009 Block 1 EA300 Open University Milton Keynes ’Instruction and Delight ’ in Maybin‚ J and Watson‚ N Children ’s Literature: Approaches and Territories‚ (eds.) Basingstoke‚ Palgrave MacMillan The Hobbit J.R.R Tolkien George Allen & Unwin 1937
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A Comparative Analysis between the Fantasy Epic the Lord of the Rings and the World War Introduction: The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy trilogy that revolves around the world called the “Middle-Earth” wherein men‚ elves‚ dwarves‚ hobbits and many other magical creatures reside. Written by the late English writer J.R.R. Tolkien‚ the novel has made a huge name not only in the world of literature but also in the world of motion pictures. Tolkien‚ the novel’s author‚ was a war veteran
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