In the tragedy Antigone the main characters‚ Creon who is the king of Thebes and Antigone who is the daughter of the deceased king Oedipus‚ are fighting over Creon’s decision not to bury one of Antigone’s brothers Polyneices because he felt that he was a trader to his city but he was going to still bury her other brother Eteocles even though they died by the sword of each others hand in war over Thebes. Antigone chooses to disobey the law that Creon has set saying that nobody can bury Polyneices
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(Walk back and forth)(She talks disheartened but slightly annoyed) “Be innocent of the knowledge‚ dearest chuck.” What knowledge is there now that I can be innocent of ? Innocent‚ the eyes of one who has seen the corpse of a King‚ smoothly hacked like a piece of meat in the hands of a butcher‚ knowing it was those eyes‚ my eyes that watched the traitorous act come to pass on that merciless night. Yet I feel as if my soul has shattered into millions of shards‚ the jagged pieces piercing my heart agonizingly
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In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis‚ the reader follows the story of Satrapi’s younger self growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Tehran‚ Iran. Starting too early in life‚ Marjane was forced to mature much too quickly. Not only that‚ even before her teenage years‚ she lost her childhood innocence as she watched the war around her. Satrapi portrays her younger self as brave‚ smart‚ and most importantly‚ mature. In Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ the theme of political hardship causing children to
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VB.NET - QUICK GUIDE http://www.tutorialspoint.com/vb.net/vb.net_quick_guide.htm Copyright © tutorialspoint.com VB.NET - OVERVIEW Visual Basic . NET (VB. NET) is an object-oriented computer programming language implemented on the . NET Framework. Although it is an evolution of classic Visual Basic language‚ it is not backwards-compatible with VB6‚ and any code written in the old version does not compile under VB. NET. Like all other . NET languages‚ VB. NET has complete support for object-oriented
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As I entered English Composition I‚ I was not expecting the intensity of the college grading scale on papers. In all my other English classes‚ the teachers were mostly worried about essay development‚ content‚ and commas so writing an A plus paper in a short amount of time was a stress-free task. I quickly learned that throwing together a paper in procrastination would only lead to failing the class. When I tried to postpone writing essays until the last minute‚ unnecessary errors became the death
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William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is a story about a Scottish soldier who becomes power hungry after listening to a prophecy that three “weird” sisters foretell. They claim that Macbeth‚ Thane of Glamis‚ will become Thane of Candor followed by becoming King of Scotland. But things take a turn when Macbeth realizes that Banquo’s off spring stood between him and the glory of the crown. With some urging from Lady Macbeth‚ she sets the tyrant deeds in motion‚ leading to the death of King Duncan. Finally
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As an American I feel protected by our veterans that have fought for us all. Risking your own life takes a lot of courage. So what is courage? Courage is the will to face your fears without hesitation. I know that our veterans have taken so much just for us to live on. Just what have the veterans actually given us? They have given us a life to live. So what have our veterans protected? They have protected us of course. They have protected our rights‚ our laws‚ our jobs‚ and our ways of life. They
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The sensory skills that children learn help them to develop the ability to navigate through their environment. The uncoordinated movements of a newborn reflect the lack of development in their brain. Since the brain gets stronger with exercise it is known that‚ the more the infant moves‚ the better for their development. As the brain and the body work together coordination develops as an infant presses or pushes off the floor‚ resisting gravity. This difficult work integrates limbs in relation to
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Euthanasia (from the Greek: εὐθανασία meaning "good death": εὖ‚ eu (well or good) + θάνατος‚ thanatos (death)) refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. There are different euthanasia laws in each country. The British House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life‚ to relieve intractable suffering".[1] In the Netherlands‚ euthanasia is understood
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like the retreat program. She hated her supervisor‚ Jack‚ because of not promoting her. And the reason was her boss did not like foreigners (she is from China). She requested supervisor could consider the diverse backgrounds and belief systems. The main reason of her problem is attribution error which we called self-serving bias. She only blamed jack (External Fact) when she did not get the promotion. But ignored that she toke off a huge number of sick days (Internal Fact). If what she said is the
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