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    “If you can hold it in your hands then you can fold it by commands but if its fate to understand ‚ fate cannot wait and is unmanned‚ the decisions you make will lend fate a hand.”- Unknown After analyzing the manuscript ‚Macbeth‚ it can be said that fate is not determined by pre-destination but by free will. This is proven when Macbeth takes his fate into his own hands by killing his cousin‚ King Duncan‚ in order to become king of Scotland. It is a dispute started by Christians that has traveled

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    the river was completely dry‚ so the results from that site are likely to be an anomaly. Looking at the Bedload in the bar graphs it is clear that with the pebble roundness the pebbles got more rounded as the river progressed‚ with the average being 3.5 for site 1 and 4.4 for Site 5. Site 2 here was the anomaly as it’s average was lower than site 1‚ yet this is could be due to our random sampling method which meant we only looked at random rocks from the Site. In regards to pebble size there really

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    changed? Is escaping your fate ever a good thing? Is it ever a good idea to try to escape your destiny? In the tragic Greek play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ a man escapes his given fate and establishes a new life by being the King of Thebes. Sadly‚ the city is going through a plague and by trying to fix this‚ Oedipus’ fate comes back to him‚ a Prophecy which stated that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Once finding out the truth‚ he impales brooches into his eyes. Oedipus does

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    Knowledge Brings Sorrow; Fate vs. Free Will The themes of “fate versus free will” and “knowledge brings sorrow” are present throughout the play Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles. Fate and free will are antitheses of each other‚ just as knowledge and sorrow are. Many years before Oedipus began his journey to Thebes‚ his father‚ King Laius‚ heard a prophecy saying that his son would kill him (65). In order to prevent this from happening‚ Laius had the baby abandoned‚ and had his feet bound together with

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    Oedipus the King: Fate vs. Free Will Most religions teach humans that their choices matter‚ but also that there is a greater force that will determine the course of events and final outcomes of our lives. The debate on whether our lives are based on fate or free will has been long standing with several different opinions and points of view. In Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King”‚ fate and free will battle it out in the tale of Oedipus’ life. Although “Oedipus the King” portrays multiple characters

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    Conclusion Lastly‚ the writer comes to the end of the chapter of conclusion from all of the chapters previously. This research focuses on mental disorder of anxiety and the treatment‚ defense mechanism. The writer discuss those in Into The Wild which is written by Jon Krakauer. In the novel‚ the writer finds two kinds of anxiety that are realistic anxiety and morality anxiety. For defense mechanism‚ the book contains of three levels of defense mechanism‚ which are immature‚ neurotic and mature defense

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    Some people embrace change while others resist it. Is this true of the texts you have studied? In your answer you should make close reference to your prescribed text and at least one other related text. Change is a process that affects individuals and their environments. Some people choose to embrace change‚ while others resist it. “Macbeth”; the song “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and the episode of the Twilight Zone‚ “A Stop at Willoughby” all successfully convey the notion of change and demonstrate

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    1.1 Explain in your own words what the welfare requirements are. The welfare requirements cover many areas. We protect the children by having policies and procedures for safeguarding children. Practitioners are attending safeguarding courses to understand and know how to respond appropriately to signs of abuse. Ofsted is informed if any form of abuse was noticed in the nursery or at home. People working with children must be able to fulfil the requirements of their role. Every person employed working

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    contrast of fate and free will appears many times and is a key theme in his play Oedipus Rex. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles weighs in on his opinions on this topic. Sophocles utilizes fate as a key component of his play Oedipus rex to develop Oedipus and influence the reader to sympathize with him. With the cruel and inevitable fate of Oedipus‚ Sophocles can make Oedipus‚ a ruler and king more relatable to the reader. By humanizing Oedipus with sympathy the message of the play changes from an unlucky

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    Caesar‚ two interesting forces‚ fate and free will‚ are shown competing for prominence over the other. Fate was exemplified in the many prophecies and omens the characters viewed throughout the play. Free will was the characters abilities to overcome and defeat their fate. Many characters have struggles with the power of their free will overcoming their fate‚ namely Caesar‚ Cassius‚ and Brutus. Although in the end all three of those characters succumb to their fate‚ Shakespeare shows that there is

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