Arachne By Olivia E. Coolidge 2001
Authors want their readers to identify and connect with the universal themes in their stories. Themes such as love, hate, envy, jealousy, hope, fear, or power are all are expressed through carefully crafted characters, conflicts, dialogue, and settings.

After reading the selection, Arachne, decide the universal theme(s) the author wanted to convey and write a literary analysis that defends your thematic choice with textual evidence.

Manage your time carefully so that you can:

Read the passages;
Plan your response;
Write your response; and
Revise and edit your response.
Be sure to:

Include a claim;
Address counterclaims; and
Use evidence from the text and utilize the correct citation format.
Your response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay. Your writing will be assessed using the AzM2 Argumentative Essay rubric. Write your response in the space provided.
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many battles and wars (such as the one at gettysburg), are commemorated by statues or monuments, with some areas preserved as monuments and national parks. do you think this contradicts the message of "grass"? in at least 200 words, explain your thinking and cite evidence from the poem to support your opinion.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job