One of my favorite lessons we learned was medieval romance and knight’s virtues. My favorite assignment was watching the Lion King (even though I hate that movie) and comparing the movie to the story of Hamlet. One of the things that will help me in the future while at college is the knowledge in writing …
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Satire
During this satire project I learned various types of satire. Some of the different types of satire include: parody, Juvenalian, incongruity, Horatian, reversal, and exaggeration satire. My group did exaggeration satire. Exaggeration satire is to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. I’m …
Hamlet vs The Lion King
There were many similarities between Hamlet and The Lion King. The main characters are princes with evil uncles wanting to rule the kingdom, their fathers were murdered, there’s a love interest and many more. Some differences between Hamlet and The Lion King are that Simba’s mother never remarries like Gertrude does, Simba believes he is …
Hamlet Reflection
Hamlet is a tale of murder and madness. It tells of Hamlet losing his father and mother to his evil, cruel uncle. The story is filled with death, lies, love, and deception. All the main characters in the story die because of their ambition or loyalty to one side. I did not like that ending. …
APA
What I learned from the APA and writing in this unit is the correct and formal way to write an APA paper. By starting with an annotated bibliography, you find your most reliable cites that inform you about the subject of your paper. What was frustrating about making an APA paper was deciding on what …
APA Career Research Paper
New things that I learned from the APA research paper was mainly the schooling that was required for all of my topics. I am excited to learn more about the day-to-day schedules. Also about the accomplishments and promotions that you can earn. I want to see people in the job. Possibly go out and talk …
Personality Quiz
Mediator personalities are true idealists, always looking for the hint of good in even the worst of people and events, searching for ways to make things better. I’m constantly the one person that is saying “well what about this that was nice” or something like that. I always think people that do me wrong can …
Canterbury Tales
In the Canterbury tales we see examples of greed is the root of all evil and self-same sovereignty. Greed is the root of all evil is shown in two stories. In the Prologue the people of the church abuse their powers and don’t follow the rules of the church. For example the Nun takes extra …
Field of Dreams
Field of dreams is similar to Beowulf because it follows the qualities of an epic. John in Field of Dreams, has a big hubris like Beowulf. John cuts ties with his father because of this. Beowulf’s hubris is that he believes that he can take on anything by himself. They both soon find out that …
Social Commentary
Social commentary is anything that offers insight into society, values, and customs. Today our society is corrupted by technology. Technology is an addiction in society. Most people wake up and look at their phones first thing in the morning. People addicted to there phones miss what’s happening in the real world and just read about …
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