Heraclitus said “We can never step into the same river twice‚ for different water is ever flowing” (12). The river which Heraclitus refers to‚ is a metaphor for time. Time continues on regardless of life‚ always changing. Although it may seem impossible to go back in time – impossible to step into the same river – there are times when moments in time seems to repeat themselves throughout history. Ovid refutes this maxim through the use of a common storyline throughout several of his stories. Many
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“Well‚ you see we have a very special prophecy that tells us that the zodiac princess will be reborn when planets are aligned in a specific pattern. But in order for them to be the true Zodiac Princess here; they would need to put their hand on the altar at the temple of the Zodiacs. However‚ the renegade zodiacs want to use their princess candidates for their own purposes; which is very disrespectful to Princess Andromeda’s soul here. Since the zodiac princess shouldn’t be used as a tool for destruction
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In Divergent by Veronica Roth‚ the protagonist is Tris Prior‚ the main character‚ and the antagonist is Jeanine Matthews‚ the Erudite Leader. Tris’s role in the story is to hide her divergence‚ an unknown secret and danger and to pass the Dauntless initiation to become a Dauntless member. As the story progresses‚ Tris along with Four must save their previous faction‚ Abnegation‚ and stop the Erudite and Dauntless revolt to overthrow and run the government. In Veronica Roth’s book‚ Divergent‚ Tris
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to decipher and rave about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" hails critic Berhardy (Theatre History). He goes on to rave "It is the first poem produced by
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Macbeth Project 4) CHARACTERIZATION: Macbeth: 1.) “Stars‚ hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.” (I‚iv‚57-58) This quote reveals Macbeth’s evil desire to kill King Duncan to be deemed king of Scotland. 2.) “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” (I‚iii‚39) This quote is the first line spoken by Macbeth‚ and it reveals that Macbeth almost foreshadows the bottom of his wheel is nearing. 3.) “Stay‚ you imperfect speakers. Tell me more.” (I‚iii‚73) This quote reveals
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That was my lady’s voice. I die a guiltless death. Commend me to my kind lord. How could she be murdered? You heard her say herself‚ it was not i. I must report the truth. She has gone to burning hell. It was I that killed her. The more angel she‚ and you the blacker devil! She turned to folly‚ and she was a whore. You wrongly condemn her‚ and you are a devil. She was false as water. You are rash as fire‚ to say that she was false. Let me be damned in the fiery pit in hell if‚in doing this deed‚
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In 1917‚ during the end of World War I‚ there was a stand-off of the great war. The germans had been spraying the French with deadly gases and they have demoralized the french army. In a very long engagement‚ five French soldiers during the battle of the Somme Shot themselves‚ some intentionally and some accidentally. The reason why they did this was to try and escape a war. But they all were granted one way to ticket towards execution.They were forced by their own troops to run through no man’s
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Boxers and Saints are two companion graphic novels written by Gene Luen Tang‚a famous writer of graphic novels and comics.He said that he did two volumes because he wanted to give readers a different perspective to explain Boxers.Some people think Boxers are terrorists while some people may think Boxers are national hero.In my opinion‚there’s no absolute “good” or “bad” after I read these two books.The main characters‚Bao and Vibiana‚are in opposition.However‚they have many similarities
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Imagine if a 4th grader rose to power in your town‚ won’t you be mad‚ especially if you were supposed to be the next ruler? King Tut took power over Egypt when he was just 9 years old‚ and he ruled until his violent death at age 19. There are many theories to how King Tut died‚ but after many studies there is proof that he could have been assassinated. Ay‚ Tuts elderly chief and successor‚ may have been the shooter . In Mysteries of Egypt - Cause of Tutankhamun’s death‚ the article states‚ “Since
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In the play Ajax‚ one of the main themes is justice. In it two conflicting ideas of justice are stated: first‚ that it is self-proclaiming‚ and second‚ that it is situational and must be worked out. These opposing ideas are very clearly shown in the dialogue between Teucer and Menelaus‚ where they argue over whether Ajax should be given a proper funeral and the conflicting definitions are exposed. In this essay‚ I will analyze how this piece of dialogue demonstrates both definitions of justice‚ without
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