"She will herself take arms and be the general, judge, and rewarder of every one of their virtues in the field."
According to Barry Lopez, the fundamental topic of nature writing concerns our lack of connection to a sense of place and the natural world.
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For matching those excerpts with the epic characteristic first of all you need to know are those standard characteristics of epic that are mentioned in many epic poems and novels.
- One of the most important things in epic are heroes. They are also historical and legendary part of every story. Epic stories have long setting. Also, one of the characteristics are supernatural forces and heroes such as angels. In many epic poem there is hero who is less stronger that his enemy, but the supernatural force is bringing him the victory against the enemy.
As far as I know, they do. the idea seems to be to inculcate the pupils (once the poor public, now the wealthy 'cos the facilities are good) in the ideas which the state has. former pupils have been given the strong notion to "serve the state" as a sort of "thank you" for their education.
Should they do this, or should they impartially teach ??? dunno.
The setting is important because the organization of Hell into nine circles reflects Dante's belief in an orderly universe.
