English 2116:001 25 September 2014 Life Is Fleeting: A Close Reading of Beowulf (1758-1760) 1758 “O flower of warriors‚ beware of that trap. Choose‚ dear Beowulf‚ the better part‚ 1760 eternal rewards…” This excerpt from Beowulf is part of a speech which Hrothgar gives after Beowulf fulfills his promise and defeats the monsters that terrorized the Danes; those monsters being Grendel and Grendel’s mother. In this speech‚ Hrothgar praises Beowulf and contrasts him with Heremod‚ an evil king who “suffered
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Strands Crayons and old magazines III. PROCEDURE A. Pre-Reading 1. Unlocking of Difficulties Choose the appropriate meaning of the underlined word from the box below. 1. Benito spent most of his time munching on turnips‚ and never made any friends. 2. His ugly big front teeth brought him nothing but grief. 3. He was treated like a sideshow freak. 4. I just want to apologize for giving you those ugly big front teeth. 5. I’ll be retiring soon‚ too.
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The point of making mistakes is to learn from them. If you don’t learn from what you do wrong‚ then making mistakes has no silver lining‚ it is purely bad. I have come to believe this through personal experience and watching others. When climbing the "ladder of success‚" each step gets you closer to the top. Therefore each step is a mistake that you learned from‚ a good decision‚ or even a stroke of luck. How could a person climb that ladder without each and every wooden rung to help them
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1. Describe the situation at Lehman Brothers from an ethics perspective. What’s your opinion of what happened here? The collapse of Lehman Brothers was the results of ethical failures which were rooted in its corporate culture. Lehman Brothers’ risk-oriented culture encouraged unethical decision for financial gain‚ therefore the risk-taking ideal and the overlook of questionable behaviors. Professional ethics was put behind profit‚ with employees ‘making questionable deals hailed and treated as
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The first battle Beowulf is faced with is against Grendel. Grendel decides to attack because he is jealous and hates the joy and happiness he hears from the mead-hall; he decides to attack out of jealousy and annoyance. Beowulf decides to fight Grendel to not only gain glory for himself and to create himself a good reputation‚ but also to serve as assistance to the people of Herot. At the time of this battle‚ Beowulf was youthful and proud; he bragged on how he would be able to defeat Grendel
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hero needs to be beautiful or sexy or anything. I believe that a hero can be an average everyday person. Most heroes are attractive and good looking but that is because they exist in movies and stories and are fictional. Take Gilgamesh‚ for example. He was “created by the gods” so obviously he was extremely attractive and had god like features and everyone either wanted him‚ or wanted to be him. But‚ he is a fictional character. I think that the main characteristics that make someone a hero are courage
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me out. 5. That movie star used to have lots of fans ‚ but recently he has becom unattractive ( TOUCH ) ~> That movie star used to have lots of fans‚ but he has lost (his) touch recently. 6. if you work without the break ‚ you are likely to make an error ( PRONE) ~> Working without the break makes you more prone to error. 7. they were very keen to hear the president ‘ s speech ( EARS ) ~> They were all ears to the president’s speech. 8. the final score in the match between Liverpool and Everton
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Bullying: What Can You Do? Bullying in America used to be a rite of passage for kids of all ages‚ something that everyone went through‚ and survived‚ coming out none the worse in the end. I remember going through it. It wasn’t easy‚ and I had to endure quite a bit of it because of what I looked like‚ even as a seemingly regular kid. But I survived‚ nonetheless‚ and came out better for it‚ more empathetic‚ and more sensitive to the needs of those around me who may not have been able to find
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The Battle Royal and the Lesson are different‚ yet similar great fiction written by Ralph Ellison and Toni Cade Bambara. The battle royal descriptions contain minute order‚ with details creating a word picture of place and setting: “It was a large room with a high ceiling. Chairs were set in neat rows around three sides of a portable boxing ring. The fourth side was clear‚ illuminating a gleaming space of polished floor.” (Macdonald) which leads to details interchanging with metaphors and similes
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In spite of an expression of defeat‚ what is the predominant emotional tone of the poem? O wild West Wind‚ thou breath of Autumn’s being‚ Thou‚ from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven‚ like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing‚ Yellow‚ and black‚ and pale‚ and hectic red‚ Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds‚ where they lie cold and low‚ Each like a corpse within its grave‚ until Thine azure sister of the
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