Category: Literature

Assignment type:Essay (any type)
Service:Writing
Assignment size:
2 pages / 550 words (Double spacing)
Education level:College
Language:English (US)
Assignment topic:The Flood – Sumerian text and content from Jacobsen
Subject:Ancient literature
Instructions
The FLOOD –
The Flood to erase mankind – catastrophe that begins ‘time’ as human awareness of before and after the Flood.
Introduction
2 page essay
Please content matters and is based solely on the content here with your addition from internet for recent weather or geological hazards ( such as earthquakes in Syria and Turkey).
Please be aware that Noah has several names in texts from Mesopotamia (Ataharsis in Thorkild’s 17th c BCE text and Zi-ud-sura in the earlier Sumerian text; in Gilgamesh’s epic, c. 2500 BCE, Utnapishtim). Languages and peoples change and repeatedly the Flood was cited by scribes because it was so terrible and established a sequence. Gratefully humankind survived but perhaps the awareness of the harshness of the gods was more than a warning.
Instructions: 2 page paper
These texts provide the assignment’s content – no other content or scholar. Please employ specific quoted passages as your evidence but you may explain # 1 and # 3 without a passage.
This is not a report or a summary. We are the critical readers using the actual ancient content.
Please answer following based on the ancient texts in translation (below – please read all) and the passages from the essay by Thorkild Jacobsen who translated and explained these texts.
Content of the ancient flood text emphasizes the gods, citing their cities as the Sumerians also took pride in the cities with the gods as most important.
How do the gods interact? (Rationally/ with reason or erratically? Be sure to be specific to show what a specific god said or did that shows their priorities and that you judge as…
Who has the most power among the gods (based on)? (with specific passages)
Who is the human? What is his relationship to two gods?
What do we learn of the Flood (from your choice from fragmentary texts and Thorkild?) what defines the storm? What was the warning – by means of a dream and a wall – explain with quoted passages.
From Jacobsen, how many attempts were made to control humans, what was the reason, and what was the outcome? Supply helpful passage for one of these attempts.
Bonus: Why do humans exist?
Bonus: The flood – what was its cause? Monsoons have cross continent impact and at 2800 BCE a drought impacted Egypt and this region. Sudden rain can be a catastrophe on barren land. Please find a recent flood on the internet – offer possible comparison or impact – California? Sudan?
(Translated ancient Sumerian texts are from ETCLS = Electronic Corpus of Sumerian Texts- Oxford online )
Please read all of the following (then you select passages that answer the assignment):
You should cite and quote exactly from these ancient texts in translation. Please use the heading (Flood text 1.7.3 or Jacobsen p.117..) to be the correct reference. Each quoted passage is your evidence. You then explain, use your own words to explain its content and if it causes, harms or helps .. Then your essay reveals cause and effect of the gods, the human, their interaction and of course,the impact of the FLOOD. You may raise a question or criticism. In the conclucion, when you add a recent natural disaster, please give source.
Ancient Sumerian Texts
Flood Text 1.7.3:
“All the windstorms and gales arose together, and the flood swept over the ……. After the flood had swept over the land, and waves and windstorms had rocked the huge boat for seven days and seven nights, Utu the sun god came out, illuminating heaven and earth. Zi-ud-sura / Noah could drill an opening in the huge boat and the hero Utu entered the huge boat with his rays. Zi-ud-sura the king prostrated himself before Utu. The king sacrificed oxen and offered innumerable sheep.
Text from the death of Gilgamesh:
“the Flood sweep over to destroy the seed of mankind, among us I was the only one who was for life (?), and so he remained alive (?) — Zi-ud-sura, although (?) a human being, remained alive (?). Then you made me swear by heaven and by earth, and …… that no human will be allowed to live forever?”
Text Aratta
“After the flood had swept over, Inana, the lady of all the lands (goddess of love and heaven), from her great love of Dumuzid (her human husband), has sprinkled the water of life upon those who had stood in the face of the flood [those who were drowned!!] and made the Land subject to them.”
ETCLS sumerian texts online for the FLOODLinks to an external site.
Fragment C Sumerian fragmentary FLOOD text http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr174.htmLinks to an external site.
..”Holy Inanna (goddess of love, fertility) made a lament for its people. Enki (his Sumerian but Ea is his later name) took counsel with himself.
SKY God ANU ( An ), STORM god ENLIL, Enki and Ninhursag (mother goddess and mountain) made all the gods of heaven and earth take an oath by invoking An and Enlil.
In those days Zi-ud-sura the king, the gudu priest, — — humble, committed, reverent — Day by day, standing constantly at …….
Something that was not a dream appeared—and was then heard by a human and king named Zi-ud-sura [NOAH or Atrahasis), standing at (the wall) its side, who heard: “’ Side-wall, I will speak words to you; take heed of my words, pay attention to my instructions. A flood will sweep over — in all — A decision that the seed of mankind is to be destroyed has been made. The verdict, the word of the divine assembly, cannot be revoked. The order announced by An and Enlil cannot be overturned—‘“
Fragment D
“All the windstorms and gales arose together, and the flood swept over the ……. After the flood had swept over the land, and waves and windstorms had rocked the huge boat for seven days and seven nights,
Utu the sun-god came out, illuminating heaven and earth.
Zi-ud-sura could drill an opening in the huge boat and hero Utu (sun god) entered the huge boat with his rays. Zi-ud-sura the king prostrated himself before Utu. The king sacrificed oxen and offered innumerable sheep.”
Thorkild Jacobsen, Treasures of Darkness (Yale Univ 1976) “Story of Atrahasis” (Noah)
Thorkild p. 117
‘Before man was created’ the gods had to work.. to ‘dig canals’ and farm, to dig the path for the rivers Tigris and Euphrates!!..
The three highest gods divided the universe: .. Anu their father and king got heaven (ANU sky god), the warrior (and storm god) ENLIL received the earth, Enki/Ea the clever one (god of wisdom) received the waters (ABYSS – deep and original water) and the sea.
The gods labored endlessly day and night, year after year.. under the management of Enlil and finally they grumbled and wanted to complain directly to Enlil, but one of them argued that they would only get more work. (Thorkild does not identify this god) a god ‘advocated a show of violence, attack the house of Enlil. The gods listened. They burned their tools and surrounded Enlil’s house. It was the middle of the night when the doorkeeper heard them. He rushed to lock the gate and sent the vizier (high official and god) Nusku to wake the god Enlil. Thoroughly alarmed, Enlil had to be reminded by Nusku that the gods were Enlil’s children and Enlil should not fear them. Nusku also suggested a council with gods Anu and Ea.
(based on Thorkild’s) Once Anu and Enki arrived, Anu asked that Nusku [god of writing] would be sent to the protesting gods to learn who the instigator was. The gods did not reveal the identity of the instigator and replied that they all were tired of the endless labor and refused to ever dig or work again. So frustrated Enlil weeps and ‘at once offers his resignation. He would retire to heaven and stay with Anu. At this point the diplomatic Enki (in Thorkild’s essay) intervened and proposed a compromise.’
p. 118 ..(Enki’s solution to request the Birth Goddess NINTUR to create man).
Let man be created to ‘bear the yoke so that the gods would be free.’
‘Nintur was willing if Enki would help.. At his suggestion, the gods then killed one of their number – apparently the ringleader of the rebellion – one We-e had the idea.’ Enki instituted rituals 1st, 7th and 15th day of each month’ to absolve the gods of this murder. With the slain god’s flesh and blood, Nintur mixed the clay from which man was to be fashioned.’…
7 pairs of clay separated by a BRICK to create 7 male and 7 female embryos.
p.118
Thorkild relates that the humans multiplied so rapidly that in 1,200 years the din of the population prevented the god Enlil from sleeping. The land was like ‘a bellowing bull’ !! Enlil, thoroughly vexed, asked the gods to send a plague to reduce the population of Humans.
A very wise man named Atrahasis asked his god Enki to help stop the plague. Enki suggested to him to consult with the elders and have the heralds announce to the people to make less noise. People were advised to not make offerings to their personal gods but to Namtar (god of the plague). Namtar then was embarrassed by the endless offerings and stopped the plague.
p.119
After another 1,200 years, the people multiplied and made noise keeping Enlil awake. Drought resulted from Enlil’s anger. Enki then advised Atrahasis to have all people make offerings to the god of rain ADAD. The embarrassed god Adad then permitted rain.
Fragmentary text suggests that a 3rd time the humans were so noisy that Enlil forced the gods to starve the humans .. 5 years no crops.. [ what in terms of weather or natural resources ??]
p.120 Furious beyond limit, Enlil forced the gods to be bound by an oath and to bring on the FLOOD. Enlil wanted Birth goddess Nintur and Enki to create the flood, but Enki responded that it should be Enlil, his responsibility.
Bound by the oath not to tell any human, Enki managed to warn Atrahasis by pretending to speak to a hut (the wall in the fragmentary Sumerian text) where Atrahasis was sleeping.
This was overheard by the wise human, Atrahasis, who then built a huge ship. Atrahasis told his townsmen that he was leaving because the gods Enlil and Enki/Ea were in disagreement. Atrahasis loaded up the ship with animals and lastly his family. Sick with foreknowledge, he closed the hatch to the ship and – the flood raged over the land, drowning all in its path.
The gods were horrified with the death to the humans.. the flood raged for seven nights and seven days. Finally the ship of Atrahasis was grounded. He made offerings of thanks and the gods gratefully ate the offerings – all but Enlil ! He was furious and asked how could any human survive? Anu answered – why of course, Enki!
Enki did not deny but argued that Enlil had .. hurt the innocent as well as the troublesome. Enlil finally calms down. ..
p.121 .. the gods and terrible consequences for humans, Thorkild observed, were harsh reality. What is is.

read and write response, 2-3 pages. it must be typed and double-spaced in nothing larger than 12 (twelve) point font size. take notes and talk about what you read. reflect on the reading and be specific, best if quoted from the book .no reference. watch the film and relate to the book, a little bit of comparison as well
Reading: Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire (1976, novel and film)
book: http://www.biatv.hu/~zsu/lestat/TheVampireChronicles/%20Anne%20Rice%20-%20Interview%20With%20The%20Vampire.pdf
film: https://ww7.soap2dayhd.co/film/interview-with-the-vampire-4106/

I am attaching the outline which was previously done. Also, I am pasting the instructions and rubric in this comment box. Thank you! Please call if you have any questions.
Overview: Based on one of the authors we have read this semester, you will write a research paper, using at least two of the sources you researched for your Annotated Bibliography.
Tell me about the life of the individual author (Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, or Anton Chekhov). Include family history, marriage, children, education, critical reception of their literary works, achievements. For example, some biographers believe Hemingway wanted his wife to have an abortion. Could this have been why he wrote “Hills Like White Elephants”? Poe saw his mother and wife die of tuberculosis, a death that causes blood to be coughed up by the patient. Is there a connection between these deaths and “Masque of the Red Death”? Don’t become stressed over this assignment. The main goal is to research the life. As you find out something about the author, you may start to think about how life and art can become intertwined. Make sure to cite your research information according to proper MLA format.
Have fun with this assignment. There is not a right or wrong thesis. Your argument is that the author’s life did or did not affect the type of fiction written by that author. The thesis can be as simple as saying something like the following: “Edgar Allan Poe saw most of the people he loved die an early and painful death. No wonder he writes such macabre stories.” Be sure you effectively anchor your direct quotes by introducing them before quoting and then discussing them after quoting (the quotation sandwich). If you paraphrase your sources, you must still cite. Use parenthetical citations after inserting a direct quote or paraphrase. Remember, this is a research paper. When you use information you have found, be sure to cite it appropriately. If you do not cite your sources, you will have committed plagiarism.
Requirements: Your research paper should be 2-3 pages long. Include a Works Cited page. Do not attach the Annotated Bibliography. Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double spaced. Word documents only. Heading in upper left hand corner.
For the Works Cited page, be sure to only include the sources which you actually use for your research paper.
Pay special attention to the Learning Materials this week and from Week 6.
Pages 34-35 of Portable Literature lists Conventions of Writing about Literature. Follow them: refer to authors by their full names ( for example, Edgar Allan Poe, not Edgar) in your first reference to them and by their last names (Poe) subsequently. Never refer to authors by their first names, and never use titles that indicate marital status ( Conventions When Writing about Literature ). I deduct points if you do not observe the conventions, so review all of them.
Use internal citations as much as necessary. Research papers will naturally contain information that you do not already know. That is why it is called “research.” If you paraphrase, quote, or summarize, you must have an internal citation for each piece of information you are presenting. A research paper without sufficient internal citations is a failure. The whole point of doing this assignment is to document the sources you have discovered and present them in the final paper.
Please ask me if you are not sure. It is never wrong to have internal citations. Do not worry about having too many. The time to worry is if you do not have enough.
Research Paper Rubric SP23
Research Paper Rubric SP23
Criteria Ratings Pts
Thesis Statement
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20 to >10 pts
Full Marks
10 to >5 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
5 to >0 pts
No Marks
/ 20 pts
Supporting Research
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20 to >10 pts
Full Marks
10 to >5 pts
Has only one source
5 to >0 pts
No Marks
no internal citations, so sources of information cannot be determined
/ 20 pts
Organization and Style
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20 to >15 pts
Full Marks
15 to >9 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
9 to >0 pts
Partly meets expectations or fails completely
/ 20 pts
Mechanics and Usage
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20 to >15 pts
Full Marks
15 to >9 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
9 to >0 pts
Partly meets or Fails to Meet Expectations
/ 20 pts
Correct MLA format
view longer descriiption
20 to >15 pts
Full Marks
completely meets requirements
15 to >9 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
9 to >0 pts
Partly meets requirements or fails completely
/ 20 pts

Please be sure to incorporate some quotes and citations from individual sources inside of the provided source.

Create a good thesis statement, also write a 5-page essay on the topic provide, a Rubic has been attached to give your more information.
also create a PowerPoint presentation to go along with it. 3-10 slides, An example is attached

Read and Think
Read your peer’s response to yourn original essay. Peer response and orignal essay attached.
Consider ways of sharpening your argument so that it is clear and easy to locate. Also look for ideas from this week’s reading (scholarly articles) that you can incorporate into your essay. Finally, consider any other ways of making the essay stronger and more convincing.
Compose
Revise your essay so that it effectively enters into a scholarly conversation. You must do the following:
Include two quotes from scholarly research (3 scholarly articles are attached and quotes must be from these articles) (this could be two quotes from one article, or one quote from one article and one quote from another). Be sure that the quotes are properly formatted and cited, so that your grader can locate the original text. More importantly, make sure that the quotes play a role in supporting your argument. There are at least two ways quotes might do that:
A quote might show that you agree with a scholar. Perhaps the scholar puts forth an idea that you find relevant for your own analyis. Show your reader that you interpret the text in ways that coincide with the scholar you are quoting. Remember, it’s not very profound to say that you simply agree with someone in the conversation. Once you agree, show us what you can add to the discussion to move it forward.
You might disagree with a scholar. You might use a quote to show that one scholar has put forth an idea from which your analysis diverges. Perhaps the scholar has good points, but you see things somewhat or significantly differently. In this case, use the quote as a jumping-off point to provide support for your original argument. Remember, it’s not very profound to simply say that you disagree with someone in the conversation. Prove to your reader that your ideas are somehow better for moving the conversation forward.
If you have other ways to make use of quotes from research, please feel free use them. Just make sure that your essay is in coversation with existing scholarly research.

Read and Think
Read your peer’s response to yourn original essay. Peer response and orignal essay attached.
Consider ways of sharpening your argument so that it is clear and easy to locate. Also look for ideas from this week’s reading (scholarly articles) that you can incorporate into your essay. Finally, consider any other ways of making the essay stronger and more convincing.
Compose
Revise your essay so that it effectively enters into a scholarly conversation. You must do the following:
Include two quotes from scholarly research (3 scholarly articles are attached and quotes must be from these articles) (this could be two quotes from one article, or one quote from one article and one quote from another). Be sure that the quotes are properly formatted and cited, so that your grader can locate the original text. More importantly, make sure that the quotes play a role in supporting your argument. There are at least two ways quotes might do that:
A quote might show that you agree with a scholar. Perhaps the scholar puts forth an idea that you find relevant for your own analyis. Show your reader that you interpret the text in ways that coincide with the scholar you are quoting. Remember, it’s not very profound to say that you simply agree with someone in the conversation. Once you agree, show us what you can add to the discussion to move it forward.
You might disagree with a scholar. You might use a quote to show that one scholar has put forth an idea from which your analysis diverges. Perhaps the scholar has good points, but you see things somewhat or significantly differently. In this case, use the quote as a jumping-off point to provide support for your original argument. Remember, it’s not very profound to simply say that you disagree with someone in the conversation. Prove to your reader that your ideas are somehow better for moving the conversation forward.
If you have other ways to make use of quotes from research, please feel free use them. Just make sure that your essay is in coversation with existing scholarly research.

In this literary response, you will find a famous work of art, write a researched history of the artist and the artwork, and create a Descriptive Poem that uses imagery to describe the artwork and your reaction to it.
This assignment focuses on your ability to: research academic and reliable sources; translate the information from those sources into a cohesive piece of writing; respond creatively to artwork.
The purpose of completing this assignment is: as a student and a career professional, and individual, you will often be required to research information that will further a school assignment, a work-related project, or a personal endeavor. Also, you might be asked to translate research into a written or oral presentation that you can share with coworkers and peers in a way that will describe, persuade, or evoke emotion. This assignment has all of these skills!
Please be sure to read the assignment page and rubric for complete criteria and requirements.

Instructions:
1. Choose and watch a movie or a season (select episodes) of a mini-series and view it with a critical eye. While you’re watching, take note of your choice’s strengths and weaknesses, as both an artistic effort and its underlying ideologies, stereotypes and/or representations.
2. Write a 4-5 paragraph (500-800 word) film review that does the following:
provides a brief, partial plot summary (without spoilers) and brief description of the main characters and their motives that drive story
quotes dialogue or paraphrases scenes and/or be specific about elements of the creators’ artistic vision that highlight the film’s strengths or weaknesses OR answers questions below
includes a clear opinion about whether the movie failed or succeeded in telling a strong story that left you satisfied as a viewer
refers to at least TWO concepts from ideas used in this class (see the concept review each module) with specific details from your movie choice
refers to ONE reading from this class that is relevant to your choice OR one other movie example used in class as a comparison
Ensure that following questions are also answered at some point in the review:
How did your movie disrupt or push back against stereotypes or tropes or problematic representations? How did it fail to do so?
What would have made this movie stronger in your opinion?
Paragraph 1: Craft a strong opening that gets the reader’s attention and hints at the film’s major theme and your overall opinion of the film.
Paragraph 2: Provide a plot summary, and brief description of main characters and motives or themes
Paragraph 3-5 Discuss the film’s strengths and weaknesses. Make sure your analysis includes all the assigned elements and ends with a 1-2 sentence conclusion.
3. Rate your movie: Rate your movie choice out of four stars and include this rating at the end of your review. (The explanation of your rating system should follow.)
Style: Please use complete sentences and proper paragraph structure throughout. Edit your work for clarity and correct grammar. Select your words carefully and write with college-level vocabulary. Don’t use personal pronouns. Keep the tone moderately formal. While you don’t need a formal reference page or footnotes as yet, make sure to attribute ideas within the text using signal phrases such as, “According to …” etc.
NOTE: Watch or read the storyline of the Bollywood movie DHRISHYAM. Please DON’T use any AI tool for writing. As it is a college-level project DON’T use high-level terms or vocabularies. Please read the instructions carefully as we DON’T miss any element of the project.

Attached is the research proposal. For the proposal, you just need to revise it using the revision notes that are posted below.
“I will start by creating a stronger thesis statement. Secondly, I’ll refrain from using words like “we” or “us”, I always assumed it was bad to speak in first person, but my classmate’s advice say otherwise. Next, I would include non-literary secondary sources. Lastly, I’ll make sure to include my bibliography with the primary literature source. This is the feedback I received from the classmates that reviewed my proposal.”