How successful is Miller in adapting material from the Odyssey? If Miller changes materials regarding the original myth, why and how does she do so? What purpose does it serve?

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Circe – Madeline Miller

Give a review of the novel Circe, by Madeline Miller. Use two sources, one being the book itself and the second the poem, The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson.
Touch on the below points:
1. How successful is Miller in adapting material from the Odyssey?
2. If Miller changes materials regarding the original myth, why and how does she do so? What purpose does it serve?
3. Focus primarily on the characterization of Circe
4. To a lesser degree, some other examples of topics to discuss in the paper: Circe’s relationship with the gods and/or humans; the changing characterization of Odysseus; the characterization of ‘minor’ characters like Hermes, Pasiphae, or Jason; the nature of the gods in general as portrayed in the novel; the novel’s sense of time. You might also consider whether Miller’s understanding of Circe, Odysseus, and the Odyssey impacts how you understand those characters and the ancient text.

What is the theme of your selected piece of literature? Interpret the theme utilizing various literary areas to prove that your interpretation is not only possible, but also probable.

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3RD PERSON

What is the theme of your selected piece of literature? Interpret the theme utilizing various literary areas to prove that your interpretation is not only possible, but also probable. Be definitive and confident. Avoid summarizing or paraphrasing the story. Do not retell the plot sequence. That is the BIGGEST mistake.

Write well develop paragraph 2-3 sentences that summarizes, evaluate and explains relevance of each individual source.

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Why Was Shakespeare Hamlet Angry

-Create discussion post with 3 sources

-Use work cited entry for your first chosen research source

-write well develop paragraph 2-3 sentences that summarizes, evaluate and explains relevance of each individual source (make sure each paragraph contain specific information and include statement about author background and credibility)

In other words show you know what source is and can state relevance for your paper (Use parenthetical citation when appropriate)

What type of Buddhist concepts are discussed and with time whether there has been a change of interpreting or choosing these concepts? What for of Buddhism is commonly used in these works?

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Identities of transmission of Buddhism in to the west: Modernist Literature

This is a comparative analysis of the modernist literature period.
However, readings are oriented around the social, political, historical, or biographical context of the following writers. Non-literary material will be used to explore the actual Buddhist influence in the west. (

1.The research investigates the above writers and the mentioned texts and, the period from 1900 onwards. will take each writer and analyse the representation of Buddhism in their work.
2.The study will also look at whether there is a transformation of the Buddhist identity across time.
3.What type of Buddhist concepts are discussed (e.g. karma, nirvana, samsara) and with time whether there has been a change of interpreting or choosing these concepts.
4. What for of Buddhism is commonly used in these works. (zen/Mahayana/Theravada)
4. Whether or how the social background has influenced to portray such Buddhist identity.
5. How the writer education or Buddhist background if there’s such has influenced the writing.
6. Whether or how the identity of Buddhism has been changing in these literary works over the period of given time.

Existing literature shows no such transformation of Buddhist identity over time, merely represents the Buddhist aspects in western literature with a background analysis of each writer in most of them

Identify all pronouns in your paragraph. Remember that pronouns include personal pronouns like “she,” “her,” and “it”; indefinite pronouns like “everyone,” “each,” and “all”; and relative pronouns like “that” and “which.”

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Types of Pronoun

Post one paragraph from any of your recent writing, and do the following:
1. Identify all pronouns in your paragraph. Remember that pronouns include personal pronouns like “she,” “her,” and “it”; indefinite pronouns like “everyone,” “each,” and “all”; and relative pronouns like “that” and “which.”
2. Identify the antecedent of each pronoun in your paragraph. The antecedent is the noun to which the pronoun refers.
3. If you found any of the three types of pronoun problems—unclear pronoun reference, vague subject pronoun, or agreement error—in your paragraph, identify the problem and revise the problematic sentence.

Write a book report about Tom Sawyer in paragraph form. Paragraph 1- exposition, Paragraph 2- rising action, Paragraph 3- Climax, Paragraph 4- Falling action, Paragraph 5- Resolution.

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Tom Sawyer

2) Write a book report about Tom Sawyer in paragraph form. Paragraph 1- exposition, Paragraph 2- rising action, Paragraph 3- Climax, Paragraph 4- Falling action, Paragraph 5- Resolution. Each paragraph should have at least 5 sentences (but may have more). Use correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.

What type of Buddhist concepts are discussed and with time whether there has been a change of interpreting or choosing these concepts. What for of Buddhism is commonly used in these works

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Identities of transmission of Buddhism in to the west: Modernist Literature

1.The research investigates the above writers and the mentioned texts and, the period from 1900 onwards. will take each writer and analyse the representation of Buddhism in their work.
2.The study will also look at whether there is a transformation of the Buddhist identity across time.
3.What type of Buddhist concepts are discussed (e.g. karma, nirvana, samsara) and with time whether there has been a change of interpreting or choosing these concepts.
4. What for of Buddhism is commonly used in these works. (zen/Mahayana/Theravada)
4. Whether or how the social background has influenced to portray such Buddhist identity.
5. How the writer education or Buddhist background if there’s such has influenced the writing.
6. Whether or how the identity of Buddhism has been changing in these literary works over the period of given time.

Existing literature shows no such transformation of Buddhist identity over time, merely represents the Buddhist aspects in western literature with a background analysis of each writer in most of them.

What do the themes tell you about the specific values and beliefs of medieval society? How do the themes of sacred & secular literature differ or are they so closely bound together that it is impossible to separate them?

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Literature of the early and late middle ages

Look at 3 selections from the Readings in “The Humanities Culture, Continuity, and Change 3rd edition, Ch. 8-10”. Reading 8.5 From Augustine’s Confessions, Reading 9.1 Surah 47 Muhammad, and Reading 10.4 Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias

Discuss how this literature reveals some of the major themes and concerns of the early and late middle ages.
Cite specific lines from the works to discuss, explain, or support your assessment of what the literature is doing and what it reveals to you as a reader.
What do the themes tell you about the specific values and beliefs of medieval society?
How do the themes of sacred & secular literature differ or are they so closely bound together that it is impossible to separate them? Explain & use examples.
How is the problem of good vs evil represented in some of these stories and through the characters?

Identify three pieces of important information we learn in the exposition, three plot points for the rising action, the climax, two plot points for the falling action, and the two pieces of information for the conclusion.

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The Grasshopper & the Bell Cricket

After reviewing pages 75-83 in the Norton (which cover plot) and “The Grasshopper & the Bell Cricket” on 456-8, complete the Plot Diagram handout (linked above). Map out the plot of the short story by identifying the elements of the story that correspond to the Freytag’s Pyramid labels on the handout. You can legibly handwrite or type your responses. If you have trouble with the formatting, you can type a detailed list addressing all of the following requirements rather than trying to add text boxes on the pyramid.

Instructions
Identify three pieces of important information we learn in the exposition, three plot points for the rising action, the climax, two plot points for the falling action, and the two pieces of information for the conclusion. The aforementioned points do not need to be complete sentences, but you must provide specific page numbers for each point you identify. For the conflict, provide two complete sentences: identify the conflict in one and then provide an explanation of why you believe that to be the conflict in the second.

Would you be happy that only people who legitimately need your product buy it? What if you could encourage people to believe that they need your product even if they do not?

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Rhetoric and Target Audience:

Advertisements use cultural imagery to appeal to the values of their target audience. For this project, you will produce a rhetorical analysis that analyzes and evaluates how a specific advertisement uses cultural symbols to make its appeals to the target audience for the ad. You will need to first carefully and concisely describe the symbols used in the ad, but avoid simple summary. The paper is not a summery; it is an analysis.

Consider carefully whether the advertisement you are analyzing makes assumptions about its target audience and then uses those assumptions to appeal to certain values. Remember that the quality of your evidence and your analysis are key to writing a successful analysis, as that these will support your claims about how the advertisement works.

Your Imagined Reader: You can assume that your ideal community of readers has some experience with reading media texts, so be sure to concentrate on your particular analysis and the evidence that supports that analysis and not on making the argument that the advertisement is trying to sell something. Your readers will know that.

What is a cultural symbol? A cultural symbol is a shared value, image or icon that we identify with because we are members of a shared culture. It is a symbol of something bigger than itself.

The image above is nothing but a smudge of black on white, and it may mean nothing to millions of people around the world. But chances are good YOU have some thoughts about what this symbol stands for. Did you also know that the Greek Goddess named Nike was a goddess who personified victory? Her Roman equivalent was Victoria. Here is a slightly older depiction of her than the black smudge above.

With a little analysis of the shoe company’s name, we can see all sorts of cultural symbols. We can also understand why and how they developed their name and trademark.

Rhetoric and Target Audience: Since all media is a form of argument, examination of how rhetoric works in the media to promote ideas and values helps us to make better choices. Imagine that you are designing an advertisement. Would you be happy that only people who legitimately need your product buy it? What if you could encourage people to believe that they need your product even if they do not? After all, did you know that you needed a cell phone that told you where the nearest coffee shop was before you saw one? How do people know that they “need” a shirt with an American Eagle logo? You might be tempted to answer that you buy these things because they are convenient, because you simply want them, and because they make your life better. Chances are that you have been influenced by the rhetoric of advertising, though, whether you are aware of it or not.

Advertisers are not just in the business of promoting their product based on its usefulness. They are also in the business of creating desire for their products, and to do that they use rhetoric. Just as you consider what values you might appeal to in order to persuade your ideal community of readers, so, too, do advertisers and the authors of televisions shows, movies, new broadcasts, songs, billboards, and newspaper articles consider their rhetorical appeals, their ideal community of readers (the target audience), and the values that audience shares.

For this paper, identify and evaluate cultural symbols, target audiences, shared belief structures, assumptions, and the arguments (rhetoric) used by advertisers to persuade consumers to buy products.