in the United States. Two major court cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education showed how the Civil Rights Movement had a significant impact on how Americans identified themselves during that century. The first well-known Court case during the civil rights movement was Plessy v. Ferguson. The court case was based on a man named Homer
schemes” (Homer 1). For Odysseus coming up with schemes to save his men came easily. After being trapped in the cave of the Cyclops, Polyphemus, Odysseus comes up with a plan to save his men. After blinding Polyphemus with a hot, pointed stick, Odysseus ties his men to the bottom of sheep, and as the flock goes outside, so do the men. However, Odysseus could not help boasting, “I could not resist a taunt...The men tried to hush me, but I was aquiver with triumph. If someone asks who did this, the
significant effect on how the United States is run today. Greece was the most influential civilization to the United States. Many social concepts are credited to the ancient Greek society. Philosophers, writers, governments, and the military are all important to the foundation to a civilization. Greece has played an important role in guiding the American forefathers. Many ideas that originated from Greece civilization impact the way Americans live daily. Greece has had a bigger impact on present day
educated depiction of how society functioned in that time period and the lifestyle people were accustomed to. The Greek culture influenced aspects of advanced society and through this has had a powerful effect on modern society. The ancient Greeks formulated a strong legacy in literature. This is evident in the statement in Source A that says the Greeks “created and perfected literature in all its forms”. The invention of the Greek alphabet allowed for the evolution of a literate society. This alphabet
Ancient Athenians were, like all of the Ancient Greek City States believers in the pagan polytheistic religion, and thus their belief in the specific gods had major impacts on their society and culture. Their gods in particular had a massive effect on the cultural aspects of literature like the Ancient Greek poets, and playwrights; such as Homer or Euripides. The effect of the gods had on the cultural arts like pottery and architecture like the Pantheon. Finally, the culture was significantly impacted
Homer is famous for his epic poems The Iliad and Odyssey. Both poems are the only insight into life around that time in Greece and are the only accounts of the Trojan War. Homer’s poems sculpt the history of Greece in the dark ages because his are the only
Cyclops Polyphemus, he allows his pride to get the best of him and taunts ‘“If ever any one asks you [Polyphemus] who put out your ugly eye, tell him your blinder was Odysseus, the conqueror of Troy, the son of Laërtês, whose address is in Ithaca”’(Homer 110). Odysseus and his men were originally trapped by Polyphemus, but he [Odysseus] comes up with a brilliant escape plan: he gets the Cyclops drunk, himself as Noman, rams a spike into his Polyphemus’ eye, effectively blinding him, and slips away
Emily’s weak mentality, Miss Emily develops a sense of insecurity with the outside world, so she decides to live on her own. E. Based on Miss Emily’s disconnection from the society, she develops an interest for Homer Barron, a homosexual day laborer. Later on, the narrator reveals a gruesome secret as Miss Emily poisons Homer Barron and sleeps with his corpse for years. F. “What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, and become inextricable from the bed in which he lay…
test. If it is not on this list it will not be on the test as a regular question, only potentially as a bonus question. You may create one double sided 3” x 5” notecard for the test. 1. How far did Alexander the Great’s Empire reach? Alexander the Great’s Empire reached from Greece to the Indus River. 2. What did Greek architecture seek to reflect? Greek architecture seeks to reflect perfect balance and universal harmony (symmetry) and order. 3. What defined the Hellenistic Age? The Hellenistic Age
Luther King. Nowadays, people say that there aren’t as many heroes around anymore as there were in the past. They say that we are the generation of bystanders rather than heroes. It may not seem like it but heroes are everywhere. In our fast-paced society, these humble heroes hardly ever receive the attention they deserve. These heroes do good deeds, not for the sake of attention but for the sake of doing what’s right. The Greeks think of a hero as someone who had courage, athletic ability, and resilience