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Paragraph one 1) B- 4th level 2) D-1st level 3) C-2nd level 4) A-3rd level

1) (Conrad 8) 2) (Tolkien 226) 3) (Time 2017) 4) (Harper 2015) 5) (Modern Language Association 2009) 6) (Trump 2017) 7)  (Kidder 2013)

1) Some values and beliefs that are reflected in Ancient Greek culture towards the underworld are religion. The underworld was divided into at least 4 religions, Tartarus, Elysian Fields, Fields of Mourning, and the Asphodel Meadows. 2) Yes, I do recognize similarities between the Greek's beliefs toward death and the underworld and to those that are held in my religion. One of the similarities are how when we die, each and everyone one of us either go to Heaven or to hell.  3) I think that the journey of the soul is an elaborate process because there are different religions and many different people who will end up coming to the underworld. It can't be simpler because there are many ways to "get in to" the underworld, so therefore they have to make it conflicting. 4) I think the hero needs to visit the underworld because they need to face their fears/obstacles as a hero. In "The Epic Of Gilgamesh" the hero went to the underworld to confront death....