The leather and linden wood shield have rotted away and there is nothing left except its iron boss, gilt fittings, and two magnificent animal figures, a dragon and a bird of play. ... The final result was significantly different from the first attempt and made use of extra helmet pieces from the reserve collection including a third gilded dragon head. ... Each end of the crest ended in gilt-bronze dragon heads featuring garnet eyes similar to the winged dragon on the shield. ... When all the face mask elements are in place they form an image of a flying bird or dragon with the eyebrows formi...

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When Dedalus and his son, Icarus, are imprisoned in this same maze by King Minos, of Knosos, he fashions two pairs of wax wings to allow him and Icarus to fly out of the maze. ... It was her own appalling inadequacy; her cowardice; her mean, water-sprinkled blood that depressed her. (170) Even Mabel's metaphors reflect how she feels about herself: She saw herself like that - she was a fly, but the others were dragon-flies, butterflies, beautiful insects, dancing, fluttering, skimming, while she alone dragged herself up out of the saucer. (171) By the time she is actually at M...

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The problems he faces are not simple "dragons", blatant evils for him to attack and get the crowds cheers. ... (Ghost) So art thou to revenge (Hamlet) Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift as meditation May sweep to my revenge (Act 1, Scene5) O, what a rogue and peasant slave I am" (Act 2, Scene 2) Hamlet's rashness and passion are common features found in all people. ...

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