main character‚ Oedipus Rex‚ killed his father and married his mother. Approaching the end of the play‚ Creon‚ now the King of Thebes‚ said to Oedipus‚ "Think no longer/That you are in command here‚ but rather think/How‚ when you were‚ you served your own destruction." Creon is correct in this pronouncement. Three times throughout the play‚ Oedipus failed to take the advice of significant people in his life. His father‚ Polybus‚ the prophet‚ Teiresias‚ and his wife‚ Jocasta‚ all tried to advise him
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Gaga: Getting Back On The Horse After dropping out of Collaborative Arts Project 21 (a New York-based musical school)‚ the unconventional singer did some small gigs around town until she gained a loyal following in the downtown Lower East Side club scene. She finally caught the eye of Rob Fusari‚ a music producer who then collaborated with her to cut some tracks in the studio that they shopped to other people in the music industry. Things took a nasty turn when Lady Gaga was suddenly dropped
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existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700. (98) 4. Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750. British French Spanish (00) 5. How did economic‚ geographic‚ and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775? (01) 6. Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society
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Throughout his reign as the King of the Belgians‚ Leopold II both followed and went against some of the ideas Niccolo Machiavelli lists in “The Prince”. One of the first things Leopold II did when he came into power in 1865 was pulling Belgium into neutrality in Europe due to recent shifts in the European balance of power. This goes against what Niccolo Machiavelli says in “The Prince” about what a prince must do to be esteemed. “A prince can also win prestige by declaring himself an ally of one
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combination of unusual and unsettling personality traits and the unabashedly ambitious‚ taboo of his or her experiments” (Wikipedia). Also‚ “Mad Scientist” is the main theme of the class and Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Glaspell’s The Verge definitely help to illustrate the theme of Professor Ngyuen’s class. Glaspell and Stevenson handle the “Mad Scientist” by describing Claire and Dr. Jekyll’s uncommon experiments‚ atmosphere of the book‚ setting of the Era and their urge to
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in History” is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We chose Dr. King as our topic for this project because we think he was a very brave individual who fought for equal rights for colored men and women. Dr. King definitely took a stand in history by giving speeches‚ leading marches‚ and doing everything he could for black America all the while staying peaceful and nonviolent. I think this particular topic is important because King has done a lot for our country‚ we still remember his bravery and passion
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Abigail Jenkins Baringer H.British Lit 2-28-2008 King Arthur Essay Heroes are usually the major part of a legend. Heroes exemplify the qualities that the people of their time period admire most in a person. Beowulf was considered to be a hero in the Anglo- Saxon era. King Arthur was considered a hero in the medieval era. From one era to the other‚ the concept of what a hero is has changed. During Beowulf’s time‚ he fought monsters and mythical creatures‚ like dragons. Beowulf was
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Essay 2 1400-1600 Define and explain the aims of the Enlightenment. The Age of Enlightenment is also known as the Age of Reason. It was the main intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century. It refers to the period between 1650 – 1800. During this period intellectuals and philosophers emphasised reason. The enlightenment was a historical change that had affected both politically and socially. Most people believed that the main ideas of the Enlightenment are : using
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I. Famous Elizabethans and their era Before speaking about Shakespeare it is very important to remember the famous Elizabethan and their era‚ by referring to what they did in literature and how they renewed literature. The famous Elizabethans were Christopher Marlowe‚ Edmund Spenser‚ Ben Johnson and Thomas Kyd. The first about who we will talk is Edmund Spenser (1522-1599)‚ who was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene‚ an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating
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artist to become famous for pop art. Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who came to become the world’s icon of the twenty first century. From there he became painter and filmmaker. I think people are drawn to andy because he is a very odd individual‚ even as a small child.He made the simplest things pop ‚ i think that’s why it’s called pop art.The way he thought that everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes made him famous. Warhol did have struggles becoming famous. The pop art movement
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