ADDRESS: http://www.scribd.com/doc/25384981/Magna-Carta-for-Filipino-Seafarers-Draft DATE: MAGNA CARTA FOR FILIPINO SEAFARERS INTRODUCTION One of the most expected outputs of the Filipino Seafarers National Convention (FSNC) is to draft a Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers to consolidate the seemingly disordered laws relevant to seafarers as well as to enhance the rights‚ benefits and privileges accorded to Filipino seafarers. In view of that objective‚ a drafting sub-committee was established
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“The Seafarer Analysis paper “The Seafarer” is a lyric poem that shows a man isolated at sea. He feels lonely and trapped because he doesn’t experience life outside the sea. The meaning expressed in this poem is that if someone loves something‚ they will always find their way back to it no matter how hard it gets. It explains a strong relationship between a man and an unpredictable sea. But the man does nothing to revise it‚ so he lives through suffering‚ sorrow and pain‚ but is always brought
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The Seafarer & the Wanderer Short AnswerThe poem we know as "The Seafarer" doesn’t actually have a title in its manuscript. Its title was given to it by later editors of the poem. What do you think of this title? What would you name this poem if you were the editor in charge? I think its okay‚ but a little misleading because it’s more about a longing for home than life at sea. I would probably name it The Longing‚ because of the narrator’s constant longing for his home. Why is the speaker
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“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” Robert Henri statement not only applies to himself but it also explains many other human’s feelings towards the ocean. This passion is significant in “The Seafarer” by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon scop. “The Seafarer” intertwines the positives and negatives of a life at sea. The story goes through the sacrificial day to day life of a sailor. The voyages cause many controversial scenarios in
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his people dying. With his kinsman and his lord dead‚ he has nowhere to go‚ and nobody to go to. He spends his time drifting‚ lamenting over his past while in search of a new lord. The Seafarer also exhibits similar traits in which the main character is led by his own curiosity to continue his lone venture on the sea. In the Wife’s Lament‚ the main character is exiled by her own lack of friends. She laments over her loneliness‚ but does not
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Analysis of the poem “Sea Fever” by John Masefield The poem is about a person whose intense desire is to return to the sea. The person or the speaker has been to the sea before and the repetition of the line “I must go down to the seas again” in every stanza‚ brings out the speaker’s longing to experience sea life again. The speaker wants only a star to guide his tall ship‚ with the sails moving to the wind thereby wishing for a solitary life‚ with only nature taking control in directing him. “And
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A kenning is a two-word poetic renaming of a person‚ place‚ or thing; much like a metaphor. Scops used kennings often to add a sense of allure to the story and to give themselves a chance to remember the succeeding events in the story. In The Seafarer‚ in line thirty-three‚ hail is referred to as “The coldest seeds.” This kenning was used not only to emphasize how horridly cold the hail was‚ but also to give the listeners something to contemplate while the scop took a moment to recollect the
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from any other Hollywood production‚ but in reality they got very home sick. These guys and sometimes women were on the sea for years. No family on the ship just a bunch of guys for a couple years raiding and killing. In the Exeter Book‚ there are two very prevalent themes of three poems; The Seafarer‚ The Wanderer‚ and The Wife’s Lament; sadness and suffering. In The Seafarer‚
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“The Seafarer” is a poem found in the Exeter Book‚ which is known today for having the largest number of Old English Poetry. In line 88 of “The Seafarer” the speaker says‚ “All glory is tarnished.” I do not believe this idea applies to today’s heroes and to present-day life for two main reasons. One‚ being that there are many different ways of being glorified today and two‚ because people are glorified for many different reasons. Today people do not need others to call them heroes or need to have
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Beowulf and The Seafarer In a comparison between “Beowulf” and “The Seafarer” one finds two contrasting beliefs in fate and the sea from the story’s main characters. Beowulf is resigned to fate and is humble before the force of the sea‚ while The Seafarer is fearful of the powers of fate and the sea and is unwilling to accept them. Though the actions and thoughts of Beowulf give him a god-like appearance in the story he believes that God and fate work together. He boasts of his encounters
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