Je m’appelle Gustave Moreau‚ and I just introduced myself in my native language. You see‚ I was a french painter‚ born in Paris‚ who specialized in symbolism. I was born on April the 6th in the year 1826. My paintings lean a bit towards romanticism and neoclassicism with the themes focusing on the mysticism‚ in the beginning‚ but my style changed more as my career progressed. I often painted using my dear friend‚ a woman named Adelaide-Alexandrine Dureux‚ as the model. Historians speculate that
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Caitlin Lacy AP English Literature 11/12/12 Persuasive Essay Everything happens for a reason. You were born for a reason‚ there’s a reason you got an F on your math quiz. Everything happens for a reason. Most of the time the reason for something bad happening might not be very clear to you‚ but it’s there. Everything that happens to you happens because it all leads up to your ultimate fate‚ you can’t change your fate because for one‚ you probably don’t know what it is‚ but if you happened
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This question asks you to consider the importance of dark and light‚ and therefore perhaps also sight‚ in the play. Think metaphorically (i.e. ’in the dark’ - unknowing) but also literally (Oedipus’ blinding at the end of the play). Oedipus is old before his time. Do you agree? This question asks you to consider question of youth and age in Oedipus - though the action of the play happens in a single day‚ how might Oedipus be considered old? You might also want to think about fathers and children
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Timostoma smaragditis The Timostoma smaragditis‚ also known as the Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kauai or the Fabulous Green Sphinx Moth‚ is a moth that is part of the Arthropod phylum‚ the Hexapoda subphylum‚ the Lepidoptera order‚ the Insecta class‚ and the Sphingidae family (Heddle 2004). The Green Sphinx resides on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean (Heddle 2004). The habitat of the Green Sphinx is in lowland mesic forests‚ as determined by success in collecting the moth in these
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he became king for getting rid of the Sphinx and was very stubborn to his brother-in-law (uncle). Then I thought that he needs to stop talking and listen to his own thoughts and think everything threw. 2) From lines 1-89‚ what qualities do the people attribute to Oedipus? What heroic qualities does he attribute to himself? The qualities people attribute to Oedipus is that they see him as a very kind‚ smart‚ and a strong man mostly because he faced the Sphinx. The heroic quality that he attributes
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speak truth and so begins their downfall of pride. however‚ oedipus is used with visions of blindness - unaware of wht is going on as well as his future being blind. when he is also known for seeing things clearly and quick minded whn fighting the sphinx he is unable to see himself for what he rly is. oedipus is high class from birth‚ wheras as willy is a different tragic hero - he describes himself as a lowman instd of a powerful leader but he is also plagud with metaphorical blindness. he is a dreamer
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beyond imagination. And it was not long before I discovered them‚ or rather discovered the Gates. There were twenty of them. They were normally locked away. And I still remember what I saw when the Gate opened for me the first time. It was the Sphinx and the Pyramids of Egypt. They are still vivid in my mind’s eye today after over 80 years. My uncle had a retreat in his apartment he called the library. I remember the room well. In lieu of a door there hung Persian Bead drapes and so it was
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was an ironic tale of the life and downfall a man name Oedipus whom was cursed from birth. Thebes was a city in central Greece located in Boeotia. In mythological history it is told to be the place of the birth of Hercules and also the home of the sphinx (A mythological creature that terrorized the area until the riddle was solved by Oedipus platforming him to his place as King of Thebes. The setting and staging is that of a darker era in Theban history when plague and famine stretched it arms across
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This quote is later given reason to when we hear from other characters such as the Priest when he explains things that Oedipus has done such as‚ “You freed us from the Sphinx‚ you came to Thebes/and cut us loose from the bloody tribute we had paid/that harsh‚ brutal singer” (44-46). The Priest depicts when Oedipus defeated the Sphinx‚ which is the task that gains him the position of king of Thebes. The next characteristic that Oedipus possesses that makes him a tragic hero is that his downfall is
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but being unable to help them recover. Human versus nature was a major concept and conflict that occurred in this play. The human versus nature conflict of the play occurs when Oedipus is born into the family and is cursed by the riddle of the Sphinx. Throughout the play Oedipus is unaware of the curse‚ but as he slowly uncovers himself he gets closer and closer to the answer. The curse said that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother‚ however only Teresias the prophecy knew
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