Beowulf, the good heroic figure battles three evil monsters, Grendel, the troll wife, and the dragon. ... Likewise, he battles the dragon in his final battle because he wanted to avenge his kingdom. ... In his final battle with the dragon his men all run away cowardly and abandoned him to be fatally injured by the dragon which eventual killed him. ... Also, the dragon is a common mythical creature in pagan tales. ... He first battles Grendel the evil monsters then he battles the troll wife and in his last adventure as king he battles an evil dragon that has threatened his kingdom. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Young boys often play at slaying the dragon and being the hero, young girls often dream of the handsome prince who will rescue them and whisk them away. ... This promotes the idea that women are unable to be happy and successful without a strong, heroic male waiting in the wings. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Rintrah roars and shakes his fires," while in the printing house of Hell are dragons, vipers, eagles with "wings and feathers of air", raging "lions of flaming fire", and "unnamed forms" presumably too great or overwhelming for words. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the area of computer science focusing on creating machines that can engage on behaviors that humans consider intelligent. The ability to create intelligent machines has intrigued humans since ancient times and today with the advent of the computer and ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Fami...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great siz...

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• Grade Level: High School