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Rape Of The Lock Gods And Goddesses
1,797 wordsAs the name indicates, the Mock-Epic is a literary form that burlesques the classical epics by using characteristics of the epic -- the invocation of a deity, a formal statement of theme, the division of the work into books and cantos, grandiose speeches, battles and supernatural machinery- to reveal the ridiculousness of a certain subject. The main effect of employing techniques of an epic is, however, not so much to have fun with the epic, but to deflate a subject or characters that by contras...
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Arm Teachers To Stop School Violence
378 wordsArm Teachers to Stop School Shootings? How often do we open the newspaper or turn on the television and see there has been another school shooting? It seems as though it is happening more and more everyday. Violence in schools seems to be on the rise. And now we are faced with the possibility of weapons willingly going into our schools to "protect our children. " It is asked should we arm teachers to stop school shootings? I do not believe Arming teachers is a good idea. Teachers should not brin...
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Runaway Slaves Union Armies
1,151 wordsBlack Soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War Black Soldiers in the Civil War During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and part of the Nineteenth Century the White people of North America used the Black people of Africa as slaves to benefit their interests. White people created a climate of superiority of their race over the Black African race that in some places, still lingers on today. The American Civil War however, was a key turning point for the Black African race. Through their actions a...
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Air Force Base President Bush
893 wordsSeptember 11, 2001 is a day that will not be soon forgotten. The effects of this tragedy reach every aspect of our lives, from the economy, to foreign policy, to travel, and especially airline safety. Anyone who has traveled can tell you the extent of new security in place at airports. Besides checking travelers belongings, there are other proposed precautions, such as using biometrics to identify passengers, placing sky marshals on nearly every flight, creating stronger cockpit doors, arming pi...
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Alexander Pope And His Part 2
2,407 words... the petty (the single hair) and the grand (Mans Imperial Race) makes the reader realize that the former is very real but the second premise is debatable. The poems form clearly categorizes it as a mock-epic which closely resembles the classical epic, having the same central concerns, but the approach is satirical and humorous rather than earnest. It is without a doubt an indication of how lightly the treatment is yet the same light treatment makes the impact is more pronounced, valid and com...
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York Harper Collins Rape Of The Lock
1,562 words... his mourning people. They place the ashes of Beowulf and all of the dragon's treasures inside a giant mound of sand where they would be safe from the enemies sure to attack after hearing of the tragedy. (Russom 15) The contemporary mock epic like The Rape of the Lock is certainly quite different from the ancient epic such as Beowulf, and this illustrates how epic has changed with time. As the name indicates, the mock epic is a literary form that burlesques the classical epics by using charac...
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