… Achilles in the first books of the Iliad to the eventual 'humanization' of Achilles in his interaction with the grieving father of Hector, whom Achilles himself slew, the Iliad can be seen to chronicle the maturation of the Greek hero during the terrible…

… in different eras by different choreographers. The romantic version was danced by the Australian Ballet and choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. It was choreographed and set in the early 1800's but performed in 1841, then later rechoreograph…

… newspaper you are sure to see an image of what is considered the perfect body. Almost every picture I have ever seen of the tennis star Anna Kournikova seems to focus more on her well-toned figure rather than her success. This assignment questions…

… death for what it is while others so foolishly try to avoid it. This notion is clearly depicted in the texts of Sappho and Gilgamesh. Both explore death, but only Sappho accepts it. She is fearless towards the unknown and is not fazed by the concept…

… engineering, genetic modification or genetic manipulation. Genetic engineering is the process by which genes are altered and transferred artificially from one organism to another. In other words, it is the reshuffling of genes usually from one species…

… to hear the half time reports from the commentators between the Detroit Pistons and the San Antonio Spurs. Instead I hear the McDonalds high light half time report that appears on the television screen. They advertise their new Big Mac meal in conjunctio…

… us in making every day choices and gives us a foundation on which to live our life's and to run others. Our culture sets us aside from others, making us unique to the eye and to the heart. It gives us values to set the norms we live by, the capability…

… ways in which Pip, as a child, views Joe as he grows up, in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. "Great Expectations" was written in 1861 by Charles Dickens. However, it was set early in the 19th century. Throughout "Great Expectations" Dickens…

… was desperate to find an end to the Irish conflict. He therefore imposed the 'partition' in 1922. Ulster was split into six counties: Fermanagh, Tyrone, Armagh, Down, Antrim and Londonderry now officially called Northern Ireland. As you can see from…

… On May 22 1856, the day after the sack of Lawrence and two days before Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre, a sudden flash of savagery on the Senate floor electrified the whole country. Just two days earlier Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts had…