of divinity – knowledge‚ certainty‚ justice – are all qualities Oedipus thought he possessed – and that is why he was the perfect example of the inadequacy of human knowledge‚ certainty‚ and justice.” In Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus’s untimely fall is caused by his false certainty of knowledge‚ his rash actions done without that certainty‚ and his injustice toward those trying to warn him. Oedipus’s false certainty of knowledge causes him to act without thought and wisdom. When he
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was phenomenal. A true example of this ability was a time he had been jailed for not having the proper permits during a civil rights parade in Birmingham‚ Alabama. While he was in jail‚ eight clergymen criticized him‚ calling his activities “unwise and untimely” (112). He responded to their criticism with amazing rhetoric‚ grasping at their hearts and minds with syntax‚ diction‚ examples‚ and allusions in his now famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Dr. King established ethos
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Debbie Buckner English 1 Dr. David Morse September 22‚ 2013 Under what circumstances‚ if any is one justified in disobeying the law? Breaking the law is justifiable when one wants to make a point to change a law. As long as you don’t cause harm to anyone else‚ because we realize sometimes disobeying the law can have a positive or negative affect. “If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything” (Malcolm x) Rosa Park was arrested on the evening of
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Martin Luther King Jr. was thrown to jail after organizing a peaceful protest. In his letter‚ he explains himself after hearing comments that his protests were “unwise and untimely” by the clergymen. He makes some insightful statements about the growth of distance and hatred that segregation forms between us. He stammered about how the children‚ the future of our world‚ were already trained to grow hate for the other and
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The struggle for civil rights and civil liberty by African American in the United States of America brought about some of the darkest days in American history. Till this day‚ majority of Americans regardless of race or color look back at that period with regret. Dr Martin Luther King‚ a prominent leader in the civil rights movement was persecuted by his oppressors but he persevered relentlessly in the fight for equal rights for African Americans mainly because we were fighting for a just cause. The
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Homer shows his audience how a character’s hubris can lead to complications between other characters or even a character’s downfall. For example‚ The Iliad’s protagonist‚ Achilles‚ begins to show signs of hubris which unfortunately leads to his untimely demise. It is evident those character’s who show constant signs of hubris‚ are so full of pride that they make the wrong decisions‚ thus leading to further complications along their path.
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King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail masterfully manages to confront racism head-on and urge that action be taken to uproot it without offending or disrespecting those who refuse to acknowledge the urgency of combating racism and believe action is “unwise and
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In modern times‚ teenagers are often seen as irrational and irresponsible. Some would argue that this is because the brain is not yet fully developed or because of emotional challenges. Whatever the cause‚ in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ teenage irresponsibility and irrational thinking is put at extreme‚ which ultimately causes the death of the star-crossed lovers. The friar is often blamed for the couple’s death because it is though that he falsely led the couple down a path that was far more
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spent eight days in his cell. During that time he composed his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." The letter was ostensibly conceived in response to a letter that had recently run in a local newspaper‚ which had claimed that the protests were "unwise and untimely"; however‚ King also quite deliberately wrote his letter for a national audience. The letter reveals King’s strength as a rhetorician and his breadth of learning. It alludes to numerous secular thinkers‚ as well as to the Bible. It is passionate
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appealing to pathos a lot‚ he creates a feeling of hope and despair for the reader to choose which is more prominent in the lives of African Americans. King wrote the "Letter" in response to the eight clergymen from Alabama who called his actions "untimely and unwise". When he explains the reasons for him being in jail‚ King uses the argument that this injustice that was in Birmingham was everywhere and that people needed to do something about it. King ’s diction‚ historical and biblical allusions‚ and rhetorical
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