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Oedipus Rex
Words: 993 - Pages: 4.... the dramatic conflict within the story. The dramatic conflict is the murder of the former king, Laius. Oedipus, the present king, pledges to find the murderer. Oedipus declares to his people, "You shall see how I stand by you, as I should, Avenging this country and the god as well…" (33.137) "Whoever killed Laius might - who knows? - Lay violent hands even on me -and soon. I act for the murdered king in my own interest." (33.141)
The rising action begins when the blind man, Teiresias, who is a prophet arrives. He is praised by Oedipus for his vast knowledge and then is requested the name of the murderer in order to rid the country of t .....
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The Politics Of Education Reform
Words: 1553 - Pages: 6.... first glance this prerequisite does not seem to create a problem. With our "open" curriculum students will have a variety activities from which to choose. Students will Desmarais 2 gain insight to certain occupations; students will gain exposer to other groups; students will gain self confidence. Students will gain and so will the community. Nevertheless, the "community involvement activities" requirement does present questions that the Ministry of Education has yet to address.
The first question: Why did the Ministry feel that making community involvement mandatory was necessary? One possible answer is economics. With budget cuts .....
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A Hero
Words: 1188 - Pages: 5.... who risks his life countless times for immortal glory and for the good of others.
Beowulf is in the eyes of his fellow men through his amazing physical strength. He fought in numerous battles and returned victorious from all but his last. In his argument with Unferth, Beowulf explains the reason he lost a simple swimming match with his youthful opponent Brecca. Not only had Beowulf been swimming for seven nights, he had also stopped to kill nine sea creatures in the depths of the ocean. Beowulf is also strong enough to kill the monster Grendel, who has been terrorizing the Danes for twelve years, with his bare hands by ripping off h .....
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Review Of John Updike's Review "It Was Sad"
Words: 413 - Pages: 2.... most courageous in the eventful two and half hours it took for the ship to
totally go under. He provides quotes from the various selections, one being the
statistics of death, by class. These statistics show that, in actuality, more
of the upper class passengers survived than the lower classes (by both
percentage, and total people).
Updike also examines, in depth, the cultural effect of the sinking of the
Titanic. The thought that a ship declared unsinkable going down on its first
voyage was at the very least, shocking to the public. Who could look at
invention and progress in the same way? Updike seems to point out that the
public at .....
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Achilleus
Words: 322 - Pages: 2.... can even
escape death, if fighting now must crush the Achaians and the plague
likewise". Agamemnon who claims himself as the far greatest of all the
Achaians shows fear to Achilleus by calling him a "good fighter though you
be, godlike ".
By defeating Agamemnon Achilleus proves to be the greatest Achaian
soldier and the most respected because he stood up to Agamemnon the
"wine sack, with a dogs eyes, and deer's heart; the King who feeds on his
people".
After the death of Patrokolos Achilleus returns to avenge his friends
death in book XXII.
In the Iliad Achilleus shows t .....
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Professor Soruco As A Consumer
Words: 371 - Pages: 2.... are moved out and on their own but he helps them out financially if and when they need it. A walk during the evenings with his wife, wearing his Nike walking shoes, keeps him healthy and in touch with his wife. Not too much working out though, Dr.Soruco likes to relax and watch his big screen, surround sound TV. Many weekend nights are filled with wonderful dinners at Monty's, China Grill, or other fancy romantic restaurants. Dr. Soruco loves to dance as well.
If Dr. Soruco were to go on a vacation, he would choose an exotic and romantic place overseas. A vacation place would vary from somewhere like France, Spain or Portugal to Hawai .....
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Character Analysis Of The Gran
Words: 957 - Pages: 4.... safety. The grandmother says that "she
couldn't answer to her conscience if she took the children in a direction where there was a convict on the loose." She is not success-ful with Bailey, so she uses the same antics on her daughter-in-law who doesn't even acknowledge her. Before she has a chance to work on the children, they tell her "stay at home if you don't want to go." The grandmother then decides that she will have to go along after all, but she is already working on her own agenda.
The grandmother is very deceitful, and she manages to sneak the cat in the car with her even though she knows Bailey does not "like to arrive at .....
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Definition Of War
Words: 769 - Pages: 3.... society, and when that freedom was denied, they withdrew from the Union. The Union, on the other hand, viewed the South as a group of radicals making an attempt to dissolve the unity of states their ancestors had worked so hard to create. As a result, they felt their freedom of unity and nationhood had been taken away. It is difficult to say who was right, but when all of the negotiations had been exhausted, war was the result. In this case there was no other option because both sides believed in their cause. The soldiers in the war suffered. American men spent weeks at a time in rat infested trenches with lice all over their bo .....
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The Musee De Beaux Arts
Words: 1438 - Pages: 6.... were never wrong, the old masters," then investigates how the Old Masters show that they were never wrong. The Old Masters don't exactly have to represent people but I believe Auden is referring to the chorus of Oedipus. The chorus knows all about suffering and they know it shouldn't be. This poem is also written poorly because people don't deserve a well written poem. People don't notice the problems because people don't care. They don't get the point to the story about The Fall of Icarus because they don't care. Last a whole generation died in WWII because people don't care.
In the painting The Fall of Icarus the "ploughman" and the "d .....
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The Crucible 6
Words: 965 - Pages: 4.... are gathered around the pot, whispering is used to catch the attention of the viewers. As the scene continues one of the persons starts singing a voodoo song. A girl takes a dead chicken and drinks the blood from it. By now everyone is running wild jumping and screaming. One girl feels the urge to get naked and dance around. By now the governor has entered the scene. The maidens see him and recognize him. They all frantically run away, except two. One is screaming because of what she has seen. She claims to not be able to move. The other one is holding her staring off into an endless gaze.
Aside from the audio and visual points .....
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