Character Analysis: Odysseus Smart‚ yet Arrogant In books 9-12 of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Odysseus shows three prominent character traits: quick-wittedness‚ hubris‚ and self control. Odysseus has gone down in stories and history books for his life-saving quick-wittedness. An example of his quick thinking is in the scene where Odysseus and a few of his men are trapped in Polyphemus’‚ a cyclopes‚ cave and Odysseus devises a cunning plan to help them escape. He gives Polyphemus all the liquor he
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prohibited a proper burial for her brother she would rather be a religious criminal by giving her deceased brother a decent burial and face the consequences. Antigone‚ troubled by her inner conscience asked if her sister Ismene would join her in burying their brother Polyneices but Ismene did not want to dishonor or act in defiance of the citizenry so she rejected. She knew the consequence was death. Antigone decided to take it upon herself and bury her brother . Gossip got to Creon about Polyneices
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Atticus Character Analysis Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout‚ and one of the main characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. He is an outstanding lawyer‚ father and neighbor in the town of Maycomb. The story takes place during the Great Depression‚ and Atticus is an example of a man who worked with justice to maintain his family and educate their children‚ being the only parent they had. Everyone esteems him; no matter their social status he would treat them all as equal. That is something
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Character Analysis of Agamemnon Power as prime motivation In The Iliad‚ Homer gives us many characters to examine: Some characters are simple while some are complicated‚ some are heroic‚ some are cowards‚ some are motivated by the desire for kleos and plunder while some are motivated by power. Each warrior goes into battle with different responsibilities‚ obligations and motives depending on rank and class. For example‚ a king has different motivations for going to war than a soldier has.
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Character Analysis of Clytaemnestra In Agamemnon‚ the first of three plays from the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytaemnestra‚ is portrayed as a strong willed woman. Her strength is evident in various occasions in the play. This characteristic was not typical for women of the time period. This strong women walked the fine line between the roles of a women and man‚ a lover and fighter‚ and a subject and ruler. It is apparent that Clytaemnestra has both feminine‚ and masculine
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Charlie White: He is the protagonist of Sheol. He is 35 years old and is a famous American director/writer. He is quite egotistical and narcissistic in the that he thinks quite highly of his own work. Because of the fame‚ it has all gone to his head and he likes to think he is better than most people. This attitude led to his divorce from his wife‚ famous actress Scarlett Hill‚ to which Charlie went on to say very horrible and nasty things about her in the media to discredit her but instead is made
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Full Blood Count is a test used to evaluate the composition and concentration of the cellular components of blood such as red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ platelets‚ etc. The abnormality it could identify are anaemia which means that there are less red blood cells or less haemoglobin in red blood cells than normal; polycythaemia which means there are too many red blood cells due to various causes; leucopoenia which means there are too few white cells due to various causes; leucocytosis which
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Tale of Two Brothers This fairy tale starts out with two brothers‚ Anubis and Bata‚ at Anubis’ home. While the elder Anubis is away from the farm‚ his wife attempts to seduce the younger‚ single Bata. She tries her best‚ but he rejects her time and time again‚ allowing her to make no advances towards him. Out of spite‚ the wife tells Anubis that his brother (Bata) tried to seduce her. As a result‚ Anubis tries to kill Bata‚ who flees the farm. He prayed to god Re-Harakhti to save him from his
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Criminalistics I - 7m Instructor: Travis Allen Blood patterns 1. Explain the terms area of convergence and area of origin and explain what each term reveals to an investigator. Area of convergence is a two dimensional plane where lines traced though the long axis of‚ several individual bloodstains meet. Two dimensional places from which the bloodstains were projected. (saferstein) Area of origin location in three dimensional spaces that blood that produced a bloodstain originated from. Location
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Marjane eventually goes back to Europe to continue her education and life the lifestyle she wants to. Characters The main character in the Persepolis series is the author herself—Marjane Satrapi. The series walks the reader through how she develops from her childhood to adolescence with everything she encounters on the way. Behaviours One of Marjane’s major behavioural
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