Discuss how beowulf, as a protagonist, and grendel, grendel’s mother, and the dragon, as antagonists, convey the history and values of anglo-saxon culture. in addition, compare these characters with protagonists and antagonists who appear in modern epics, those read or viewed. how do the heroes and villains of modern epics communicate recent historical events and contemporary values?

The vertical height of a soccer ball can be represented by the following function, where h(x) represents the height, in feet, x seconds after the soccer ball is kicked. rewrite the function in the form that reveals the times at which the soccer ball is on the ground.

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

Hamlet act 1 what does polonius tell ophelia to do? why?