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Summary. The poet invokes a muse to aid him in telling the story of the rage of Achilles, the greatest Greek hero to fight in the Trojan War. The narrative begins nine years after the start of the war, as the Achaeans sack a Trojan-allied town and capture two beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis. Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaean ...
- Books 3 & 4
A summary of Books 3 & 4 in Homer's The Iliad. Learn exactly...
- Books 3 & 4
Summary. Chapter 1. Circe grows up in the dark palace of her father, the Titan sun god Helios. The palace has obsidian walls because Helios selfishly enjoys how his light reflects on them. Circe’s mother is a nymph named Perse who seduced Helios and then refused to have sex with him unless he married her.
A summary of Epigraph, Prologues, & Part 1: Chapters 1 & 2 in Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Summary. Analysis. In Greek mythology the universe created the gods, rather than the other way around. Heaven and Earth existed first as vague entities, and their children were the Titans. The children of the Titans were the Olympians, the principal Greek gods. The Titans, or Elder Gods, ruled the universe until the gods overthrew them.
John 1 invites us into the profound mystery of the Incarnation—God becoming man in Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. It beckons us to recognize Jesus as the eternal Word through whom all things were created, the Light that shines in the darkness, and the Lamb of God who takes away sin. This chapter serves as a reminder of Jesus’ divine ...
Analysis. Immaculée thinks of her birthplace as “paradise.”. Rwanda’s natural landscape and climate are so beautiful that German colonizers called it “the land of eternal spring.”. As a child, Immaculée is surrounded by love and doesn’t know that racism or prejudice exist. She doesn’t hear the words Tutsi or Hutu until starting ...
Paradise Lost: Book 1. LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in , which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Milton introduces his subject: “man’s first disobedience” against God and its sorrowful consequences. In the first line Milton refers to the consequences as the “fruit” of disobedience, punning on the ...
