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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
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Naomi Shihab Nye on Kindness and Sorrow
Naomi Shihab Nye on Kindness and the Art of Living a Compassionate Life
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On “The Science of Sleep” by Michel Gondry: a Psychological Critique
This is one of the most polarizing and hauntingly beautiful films I have ever seen. A movie so emotionally packed that audiences promptly fall into one of two camps: the hopeless romantics, absolutely smitten or the average consumer, completely repulsed.