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• myth and heroe

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• ORAL LV2 ANGLAIS

  She was then sexually abused as a child by male relatives and friends of her mothetr.  At   the age of only 14, she got pregnant and shortly after the labor, her baby passed away.   Facing obstacles, especielly at a young age,  can easily make a teenager's life escalate   very quickly. For instance, Oprah could easily  turn to drugs or alcohol in order to find   some comfort and a temporary peace of mind. Yet, at the age of 18 she regained control   of her life and started hosting and slowly cli...

• Trojan War - Mythology.

  Agamemnon stole Briseis away from Achilles. Furious, Achilles withdrew from the war, causing a serious setback to the Greeks. The quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon was one of the starting points of the events of the latter part of the Trojan War described by Homer in the Iliad. Later, Achilles would rejoin the war and help bring the Greeks to victory, this time under the leadership of his dear friend Patroclus. Hector killed Patroclus. Achilles then slew Hector and dragged his dead body...

• Folktales I INTRODUCTION "Little Red Riding Hood" The popular children's story "Little Red Riding

  seemed important to them. Thus, the Grimms postulated a common Indo-European origin for folktales, and the German philologist Theodor Benfey as well as theScottish writer William Clouston believed that stories diffused by way of travelers migrating east and west from India. Such theories, however, have proven incompleteand inadequate. Nevertheless, the research of these and other scholars greatly stimulated interest in folklore and folktales. The German scholar Max Muller held thatmyths originat...

• Hercules (mythology) I INTRODUCTION Pollaiuolo's Hercules et Antaeus In a wrestling match, Hercules triumphed over the mighty giant Antaeus, who received his strength from his mother, the Earth goddess Gaia.

  Pollaiuolo’s Hercules and the HydraAmong his 12 labors, the mythological hero Hercules had to kill the nine-headed Hydra. Each time Hercules cut off onehead, two more grew in its place. Hercules solved the problem by, as soon as he cut off one head, burning with a torchthe spot where it had been to stop its regrowth. Hercules and the Hydra (about 1460, Uffizi, Florence, Italy) was paintedby Italian artist Antonio Pollaiuolo. Hercules is shown wearing the skin of the Nemean lion, which he had kil...

• Fallen Heroes - Tim Montgomery

  IDEES : I: Vous avez été   condamné   une première fois pour cette histoire de dopage. Cela aurait du vous servir de leçon, non? -Qu'est-ce qui vous a poussé à tricher une nouvelle fois? (Cinq ans de condamnation pour trafic d'héroïne+quatre pour fraude bancaire)   Comme je l'ai dit auparavant, je me sentais invincible, j'étais sûr que j'allais rebondir. J'avais besoin d'argent... et le seul moyen que j'avais pour en faire, c'était de vendre de la drogue.   I:Est-ce que cette vi...

• HERMAPHRODITE HERMÈS HÉRO HERMIONE

• myhtes et heros

  la resistencia en Espana. Utilizando los folletos querian informar para que la gente se oponga, que luche y que se rebele contra la dictadura de Franco. Por eso podemos decir que los personajes, los que participaron a la resistencia eran heroes. Querian ayudar a la gente, cambiar muchas cosas y se jugaban la vida por la libertad en Espana. Para concluir, podemos decir que todos estos textos forman parte de la nocion « mitos y heroes » porque gente de todos anos, anonimos, mujeres o...

• Native American Religions.

  In the worldview of most of the indigenous peoples of North America, there were also spiritual beings to be avoided. Native Americans of the Southwest in particular,such as the Navajo and Apache, dreaded contact with ghosts, who were believed to resent the living. These peoples disposed of the bodies of deceased relativesimmediately and attempted to distance themselves from the spirits of the dead, avoiding their burial sites, never mentioning their names, and even abandoning thedwellings in whi...

• Expression orale Anglais Sport

  disabled are sometimes more stronger, with more skills than normal people or even able-bodied athletes. In order to achieve their goals, disabled people have to be courageous, mentally strong, hard-work, self-confident and very motived . What makes a hero of a disabled person is that he can overcome his fears, his obstacles and go to the end of him. And for us the spectators, we have trouble for them, but we know that they are capable and have great skills, we respect them as much as other athle...

• Los heroes del barrio (traduit)

• Theseus - Mythology.

  claim his birthright from his father, the king. Aethra took Theseus, when he was 16, to the rock, which the lad lifted easily, and sent him on his way to Athens. Theseus had many adventures on his journey and entered Athens as a hero. Warmly welcomed by his father, Theseus then went on to his greatest adventure, the slaying of the Minotaur, the dreaded bullmonster of King Minos of Crete. Every year, Minos demanded seven men and seven maids from Athens to be sacrificed to the Minotaur, thus bring...

• Greek Art and Architecture - USA History.

  The struggle between these two city-states and their allies ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which Sparta won. Despite this conflict, the 5th century, often called the Classical period, is usually considered the culmination of Greek art, architecture, and drama, with its highest achievements being the Temple ofZeus at Olympia, the Parthenon in Athens, and the plays of Athenian dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. The 4th century, or Late Classical p...

• HERO. Personnage de la comédie de Shakespeare Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

• Patroclus Greek The close friend of the hero Achilles.

• Anglais

  time more than 3 hundred thousand of Dead that represented 90 porcent of the population back then . He also forced christianity in the Bahamas a s governor We also know that Christopher Columbus nerver set a foot on the teritory thats now called the united states so he only discovered the iland of Hispaniola. And above everything Vikings from the XVII century discovered america first, the viking who did that trip is called leif heriksson and has also an non official day in the US With thès...

• Protesilaus Greek A hero from Thessaly, son of Iphicles; husband of Laodamia.

• Nessus Greek The Centaur who caused the death of the hero Heracles.

• Laertes Greek King of Ithaca husband of Anticlea, father of the hero Odysseus.

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Hercules - anthology.

  '…amidst the gardens fairOf Hesperus and his daughters three,That sing about the golden tree.' The poets, led by the analogy of the lovely appearance of the western sky at sunset, viewed the west as a region of brightness and glory. Hence they placed in it theIsles of the Blest, the ruddy Isle Erytheia, on which the bright oxen of Geryon were pastured, and the Isle of the Hesperides. The apples are supposed by some to bethe oranges of Spain, of which the Greeks had heard some obscure account...

• Greek Art and Architecture - history.

  powerful independent city-states. From 334 to 323 BC, Alexander the Great extended his father's empire into Asia Minor (now Turkey), Syria, Egypt, Persia, Afghanistan, and as far as India. D The Hellenistic Period (323-31 BC) Although Alexander the Great extended Greek civilization far beyond the Greek mainland and the boundaries of the Aegean Sea, his empire did not survive his death in 323.After Alexander died, his generals and successors divided the empire into a number of kingdoms: Ptolem...

• Herman Melville.

  information in Omoo , but various religious groups condemned both books for their unfavorable comments on the work and insensitivity of missionaries in the South Seas. Mardi is a philosophical allegory framed by another adventure at sea. The book’s hero, accompanied by characters representing the intellect, poetry, history, and philosophy, searches the world for universal truth. The book is filled with descriptions—intended as allegories—of human customs, religions, governments, and historical...

• Roman Mythology.

  Her temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome was a center for organizations of skilled craftspeople. According to tradition, in 509 BC the dynasty of Etruscan kings ended and the Roman Republic was founded. The republic was ruled by two chief magistrates, called consuls, who were elected by the people to one-year terms. During the time of the republic, the Capitoline temple became the most important public shrine of theRoman people and the focus of public worship. Each January, the new consuls offer...

• American Literature: Drama I INTRODUCTION American Literature: Drama, literature intended for performance, written by Americans in the English language.

  American plays, while still a minority, began to appear in the theater repertory in the 19th century. Although American plays were still styled after British models, theirsubject matter came to be based on specifically American incidents or themes. In the United States as in Britain, many plays reflected the influence of romanticism , a European literary and artistic movement. Melodrama, with its outpourings of emotion, was the most prevalent dramatic form in the 19th century. Gothic melodramas...

• Omphale Greek The queen of Lydia who took the hero Heracles as her slave after he had desecrated the temple of Apollo.

• Penelope Greek The daughter of Icarius and Periboea; the wife of the hero Odysseus; mother of Telemachus.

• synthese espagnol

  3- El cantar del Mío Diego Tema clave : Héroe comparado con leyendas de la mitología Este texto recuerda la victoria de Argentina en contra los Ingleses gracias a los dos goles de Maradona y un con la mano. El autor traduce este victoria como si fuera una revancha de la guerra de las Malvinas en 1982. Maradona fue comparado en este texto a mitos como Ulises, David, el Cid y Léonidas. Maradona tiene un estatuto de dios por todo el pueblo gracias a sus hazañas con Argentina. 4- Mafald...

• Myrmidons Greek Warlike people of ancient Thessaly, in the eastern part of the Greek mainland, who accompanied the hero Achilles into battle in the Trojan War.

• Laestrygonians Greek A race of giant cannibals who devoured many of the crewmen of the ships of Odysseus when the hero anchored near their island.

• Creusa (2) Roman Wife of Aeneas, a hero of the Trojan War who went on to become a founding figure in Roman mythology, and mother of his son, Ascanius.

• Pirithoüs Greek Son of Zeus and Dia, the wife of Ixion; king of the Lapiths, a mythical people inhabiting the mountains of Thessaly; friend of the hero Theseus.

• espagnol thème 1 et 2

  Hazana : l'exploit Eligio : choisir Desempeno :jouer un rôle     Presentacion : Hemos estudiado en classe : -  Segundo una actriz : Penelope Cruz . Es muy famosa porque es una actriz , es una forma de Heroe porque piensa que la gente necesita divertirse y olividar sus problemas , viendos sus peliculas       Presentacion : Pues , estudiado « Una Mujer Fuerte » . El periodista esta Rigoberta Menchu , una indigenas Informaciones :   Rigoberta Menchu nacio en una comidad de indos mayas quic...

• Mythology I INTRODUCTION Mythology, the body of myths of a particular culture, and the study and interpretation of such myths.

  usually define a myth as a story that has compelling drama and deals with basic elements and assumptions of a culture. Myths explain, for example, how the worldbegan; how humans and animals came into being; how certain customs, gestures, or forms of human activity originated; and how the divine and human worlds interact.Many myths take place at a time before the world as human beings know it came into being. Because myth-making often involves gods, other supernatural beings, andprocesses beyond...

• Homer I INTRODUCTION Homer According to tradition, the Greek poet Homer is believed to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two great epics of ancient Greek literature.

  The Return of OdysseusAfter the Greek warrior Odysseus returns from the Trojan War to his home in Ithaca, he kills the uninvited and unwantedsuitors of his wife, Penelope, who believed him to be dead. Odysseus’s astonishing skill with the bow convinces Penelopethat he is indeed her long-absent husband. This anonymous engraving is of an unknown date.Corbis The Odyssey narrates the return of the Greek hero Odysseus from the Trojan War. The opening scenes depict the disorder that has arisen in Ody...

• William Henry Harrison.

  in September 1813, Harrison recaptured the city of Detroit, which the British had taken in 1812. The following month he overtook the British and Tecumseh's forces onthe Thames River in Canada. He captured the entire British force. Tecumseh was killed, and his forces were routed. Harrison's triumph on the Thames, although won over inferior forces badly placed, was vitally important because the victory secured the Northwest from the threat of aBritish invasion from Canada. It also added considerab...

• William Henry Harrison

  in September 1813, Harrison recaptured the city of Detroit, which the British had taken in 1812. The following month he overtook the British and Tecumseh's forces onthe Thames River in Canada. He captured the entire British force. Tecumseh was killed, and his forces were routed. Harrison's triumph on the Thames, although won over inferior forces badly placed, was vitally important because the victory secured the Northwest from the threat of aBritish invasion from Canada. It also added considerab...

• Herman Melville I INTRODUCTION Herman Melville These lines (recited by an actor) begin the novel Moby Dick (1851), by Herman Melville.

  short novel Billy Budd in manuscript form. Melville’s death in New York City on September 28, 1891, went virtually unnoticed. None of his books was still in print. VI MELVILLE’S EARLY WORKS With the exception of Mardi , all of Melville’s early books are narratives of maritime adventure based upon his own experiences and on his wide reading. Although London publisher John Murray accepted Typee for his Home and Colonial Library as a strictly factual account of South Seas travel, he was lar...

• Simón Bolívar.

  Again, he expressed his dislike of federalism and his preference for strong centralized republics. He felt that Venezuela and New Granada should unite into a centralizedrepublic, which would be called Colombia. This new republic would have an elected executive and a legislature consisting of an elected lower house and a hereditaryupper house. Lastly, he spoke about the need for a union of all the countries in Spanish America to ensure prosperity and security after independence. IV BOLÍVAR AS MI...

• mythes and heroes

  himself because he has had the courage to resist. In 1912, a left-wing political party was founded : African National Congress (ANC), its purpose was to defend the rights of blacks. But it was banned in 1960. The people who sided with this party were considered as a terrorist and were imprisoned. This is the case of Nelson Mandela who was the leader and who spent 27 years in jail because he wanted to defend the black people's rights. He is considered as hero because he has sacrificed his life to...

• Theodore Roosevelt.

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Theodore Roosevelt

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Texte Alain

  comprend point les autres"(l.6), c'est à dire qu'elle est totalement hermétique aux autres. Ainsi, cette pensée, celle des héros n'est pas une pensée selon Alain, et il qualifie cette pensée de "lieu commun"(l.6). Ce lieu commun qu'écrit l'auteur est en réalité les opinions, les clichés qui sont toujours les même qui s'enferment, qui sont un véritable cercle vicieux dans lequel nous ne pouvons plus nous échapper. Alain s'interroge alors si ce lieu commun, ces opinions, cette façon de pen...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: The Golden Fleece - anthology.

  It remained to lull to sleep the dragon that guarded the fleece, and this was done by scattering over him a few drops of a preparation which Medea had supplied. Atthe smell he relaxed his rage, stood for a moment motionless, then shut those great round eyes, that had never been known to shut before, and turned over on his side,fast asleep. Jason seized the fleece and with his friends and Medea accompanying, hastened to their vessel before Æetes the king could arrest their departure, andmade the...

• Indian Literature I INTRODUCTION Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things Indian author Arundhati Roy poses with a copy of her acclaimed first novel, The God of Small Things (1997).

  Mathura BuddhaMany of the earliest texts of Indian literature were religious writings of Buddhism. This Buddha figure carved out ofsandstone is from Mathura, a city in northern India that was at the center of Buddhist sculptural activity from the 2ndcentury bc to the 6th century ad.Angelo Hornak/Corbis The sacred Vedas were composed in Old Sanskrit by Aryan poet-seers between about 1500 BC and about 1000 BC. The Vedas are compilations of two major literary forms: hymns of praise to nature deit...

• Analyse chapitre 16 ,24 et 25 le Rouge et le Noir de Stendhal

  Récapitulatif : Par rapport a la notion, on a dégager les valeurs que le personnages incarne soit la jeunesse , l’énergie, exaltation, indépendance d'esprit , le goût pour la liberté, le désir de l’élévation, le goût pour le rêve et l’imagination, l'ambition , rêverie d'amour,le goût pour l'introspection avec sincérité et l’écriture qui lui permet de se rencontrer lui-même. Ce passage est un esthétique romantique(goût pour la solitude, paysage sublime, héro sublime) et une caractérisation...

• Scandinavian Mythology I INTRODUCTION Scandinavian Mythology, pre-Christian religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people.

  Werner Forman/Corbis Many ancient mythological heroes, some of whom may have been derived from real persons, were believed to be descendants of the gods; among them were Sigurdthe Dragon-slayer; Helgi Thrice-Born, Harald Wartooth, Hadding, Starkad, and the Valkyries. The Valkyries, a band of warrior-maidens that included Svava andBrunhild, served Odin as choosers of slain warriors, who were taken to reside in Valhalla. There the warriors would spend their days fighting and nights feasting untilR...

• Iliad I INTRODUCTION The Abduction of Helen The Trojan War began with the abduction of Helen, the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta, by the Trojan prince Paris.

  Ajax Defends Greek ShipsThe Greek hero Ajax wields his spear in defense of Greek ships as Trojan warriors try to set the wooden vessels on firewith their torches. This encounter, shown in a late-18th-century illustration, occurs in Book 15 of the Iliad, an epicattributed to Greek poet Homer that recounts events from the Trojan War.Corbis Paris offers to fight a duel with Menelaus to settle the conflict. After an exchange of blows, Paris’s protector, the goddess Aphrodite, intervenes to save him....

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Theseus - anthology.

  One of the most celebrated of the adventures of Theseus is his expedition against the Amazons. He assailed them before they had recovered from the attack ofHercules, and carried off their queen Antiope. The Amazons in their turn invaded the country of Athens and penetrated into the city itself; and the final battle inwhich Theseus overcame them was fought in the very midst of the city. This battle was one of the favourite subjects of the ancient sculptors, and is commemorated inseveral works of...

• Le héros d'un roman doit-il être forcément hors du commun des mortels ?

  L'étoffe des héros est un tissu de mensonges (Jacques Prévert). Le héros antique fait rêver, transporte et impressionne le lecteur. L’anti héros agit comme un miroir : il est plus proche du quotidien du lecteur donc plus crédible. Pourtant au XVIIe siècle, les romanciers se tourneront vers un autre type de « héros », il est banal voir médiocre, son quotidien se rapproche du notre ainsi il a une certaine similitude avec nous. C’est la naissance de l’anti héros. « Bel ami » de...