The Ramses that the world hailed as "The Spirit of the Sun" would have escaped or died trying.
Would've taken a dozen arrows in his back as he ravage a bloody path through Aloysius's soldiers to rip the prince apart with his bare hands. Would've tore the collar from his neck, even if he needed to break his neck. Wouldn't have shied from escaping because Prince Cyrillus's quarters teemed with patrolling guards.
Ferocious wind and rain needled into Ramses's skin, clawing into the tight fabrics of his jacket and breeches. The monsoon begun during the ninth hour Ramses's meditation and Ramses's location at the apex of Prince Cyrillus's Observer's Tower offered him no respite. Watching the flashes of lighting in the funereal nebulas rolling above, Ramses heard Aloysius's mocking voice in the tempest's howl.
No sense of self.
When his second-in-command pissed his pants seeing the six thousand barbarians, Ramses had growled "If there's a will, then there's a way" before commanding the six hundred trainees into the victory that forged his legacy. Thirteen years frozen in an ice prison and ten years wandering through the human countries had robbed him of the intrepid drive and relentless passion that once made him him.
Gentle footsteps, the susurration of softened leather against stone stairs, sounded from behind Ramses.
"You stink," said Ramses, standing up.
Now that Prince Cyrillus stood beside him, with a contraption of palm leaves and oiled wood to keep the rain from
This passage also gives us feeling of how he felt from this uproar of sound, he expresses himself by saying “in this godsakenplace” (284), this attitude tells us that the wind is not breezing, instead it’s more of an unpleasant sounding gush of air. As a reader, I can say that he is trying
From then on the story would have been tremendously different. The story would almost be completely different. From that point on the story would be about saving
He would instead have stabbed upward into the stomach to do more damage. As what an experienced Knife fighter would have done. And with him stabbing his father like that would have killed him much
On the ship that carried the lost warriors, Odysseus’ heroic leadership and desire to bring his men home, fueled the men’s hunger to follow him. Odysseus’ persistence and clear mind are
Odysseus also could have avoided this entire situation if he would have just left the cyclops’ cave when all of his other men told him to.
In order to observe a leader’s rise to power it is vital to understand their upbringing and early life. Like a lot of kings, queens, and other monarchs, Ramesses inherited the
Though Hrothgar is a strong king, he lacks the courage to instill a powerful spirit into his men when leading them into battle.
Gary Paulsen’s,”Stop the Sun,” is a short story surrounding Terry Erickson - a 13-year-old boy - trying to understand his father’s syndrome (post-traumatic stress disorder). At the start of the story, Terry was puzzled to why his father’s eyes ‘would go away’ and what caused him to change after coming back from Vietnam. Seeing someone he loved changed for the worst hurt him. Terry questioned his mother, but she wouldn’t give him a straight answer, seemingly that she did not know the answer to the question either. So he took matters into his own hands. Everything happened at once - his father’s explanations and the truth about his condition. He had to grasp all the information that was coming all at once at him. Terry afterward became insightful of his father’s experiences and what happened when he couldn’t ‘stop the sun.’ Although Terry was puzzled and conflicted with the fact his father’s experiences and syndrome at the start of the story, through the understanding discussion they had together, Terry became insightful while learning not to be ashamed of his father.
Power can drive people to do crazy, messed-up things; that’s what happens in the famous play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth starts off as a respected soldier fighting for the King of Scotland. Three sketchy witches promptly tell him that he will become the next ruler. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, is the most power-hungry, manipulative lady ever. As soon as she catches wind of the prophecy.
“They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms” (page. 396) The storm reaches its climax, as do Calixta and Alcee, and in his arms she is no longer scared, she now laughs at the roaring storm. “The growl of the thunder was distant and passing away. The rain beat softly upon the shingles…” (p. 396). The storm is passing, the threat is over
seeking glory in battle and commanding respect from men twice his age but if Hal
The Epic of Sundiata is a tale about the ancient kingdom of Mali in Africa and the legendary king and founder of the Mali Empire told by Djeli Mamadou Kouyate a griot, which is equivalent to storyteller. Before the griot begins the story he introduces himself as a “master in the art of eloquence.” He explains how his family had played an important role in preserving the history of the Mali Empire. By serving the princes of the Mali Empire. He says a griots job is to protect secrets, memorize the names and accomplishments of the great kings and preserving “the memory of mankind.” It is the griot that teaches kings their history so they can use lessons of their ancestors to guide their decisions. There is an obvious tone of importance in his introduction as well as a theme of power that resonates throughout the epic. The griot presents himself in the introduction to the audience in a way that gives him prestige. He is persuading his audience to believe that he has the credentials to tell a valid story.
Another illusion. Patently, we are gazing at miniature paintings of our lovers in a garden. Do they want me to give an illusionary act? Should I sit down and pretend to act?
The Eulogies to Ramesses II on the Kuban stele and from the Great Dedicatory Inscription of Ramesses II tell us the king’s relationship with the gods, and while the former, the Great Dedicatory, appears to be more direct. Both eulogies still tell us of Ramesses II’s relationship through the use of metaphors, giving us the sense that there is a kinship between the gods and the king, and how his is their representative, or earthly manifestation here on earth.
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