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    So‚ it’s true he thought‚ it’s true “Henry Hopkins said right after the old man ended his story. Hopkins don’t believe anything that man said as far as am concerned it’s all a lie “Jackson said Henry only stood there giving his partner an inquisitive and doubtful look. “Do you really want to go chasing some wives tale or the tale of some widow?” Come on Jackson‚ we chase tales all the time. What’s a tale about a magic harp hidden deep in the forest of an island call green ruins any different. “Everything

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    Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex demonstrates large uses of symbolism. Compared to other texts‚ this one does not have a lot of symbolism‚ but the symbolism it does have is used consistently throughout the play and has a big impact on the story. The three-way crossroad at which Laius is murdered means a lot to the story metaphorically and symbolizes a couple different things. First and foremost‚ crossroads most commonly demonstrate a choice that needs to be made. However‚ Sophocles uses this crossroad

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    The Knight’s Tale The Knight’s Tale is a poem from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The Knight’s Tale is a poem about the power of love‚ how it changes people and leads them to their destruction. The poem starts by introducing the well-known Theseus‚ the king of Athens‚ who is a great conqueror that fights in foreign locations‚ conquers ungoverned countries and slays ferocious beasts. To fight and defeat the Amazons‚ a savage race of women who lived in Scythia‚ Theseus travels to their land

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    There was a guy‚ who’s name was Daedalus. He was a very talented sculptor and architect. He was well known for his work. One day Daedalus’s nephew arrives‚ his name is Talus. He’s also very talented and one day while on the beach with Daedalus‚ he invents the saw as well as the compass. Daedalus begins to get very jealous of his nephew Talus. Daedalus gets so jealous that he pushes Talus off a cliff. He didn’t mean to do it‚ he just got so jealous and mad. He raced down to the bottom to save his

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    There was god called apollo and he is the god of many things especially medicine. There once was a simple and kind town person his name was john. But in mountain Olympus‚ the gods were fighting because Ares want to give a plague to a town because they didn’t worship him like the other gods. “I think it should go here‚” said Ares “You just want it to go there bc they don’t worship you munch‚” said Apollo “He has point Ares‚” said Zeus “Who says we don’t plague this town say I‚ Olympic‚” said‚ Zeus

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    Darwin is one of the most well known scientists to date. Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was highly controversial and not widely accepted. The ideas Darwin wrote about in his book had never been heard before and went completely against the church. Darwin said that all species on the Earth originated from one common ancestor. Then as time went on‚ that one species adapted differently based on the environment they were in. This kept happening until they became completely

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    Alienation is the state‚ or experience‚ of being detached from a gathering‚ or a movement‚ to which one ought to have a place or in which one ought to be included. It can cause one to reject loved ones and society. It can also cause a person to feel helpless‚ hopeless‚ and even unsafe when interacting with others. Throughout the story Crime and Punishment‚ alienation is present between three specific characters Raskolinkov‚ Marmaledov‚ and Sonya. Pride‚ alcoholism‚ and prostitution are all factors

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    In Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripdes’ Medea‚ the minor female characters Ismene and the Chorus determine the protagonists’ actions and fate. Ismene serves as the compassionate but rational and prudent counterpart to Antigone’s headstrong style of decision-making with no regard for consequence. In the beginning of the play‚ Antigone starts off on the wrong foot. She defies the order set by Creon to not bury Polynices‚ her brother. She starts to perform the burial rituals on Polynices and resolves

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    A foil is a character that contrasts another character‚ it is usually used with dramatic differences or extreme similarities with a key alteration setting them apart. In the play Antigone‚ Ismene is a foil to Antigone. Antigone demonstrates strong will and courage while Ismene demonstrates weakness. In the period of a male dominating time‚ Antigone stands out. She puts her belief and family before her life. In addition‚ when Sentry brings her to Creon saying it was her who buried Polyneices‚ she

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    In the play Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles‚ foil and parallel characters are very common. The foil character in a story is the character who is the exact opposite of the main character‚ or in other word‚ the parallel character‚ and therefor serves to magnify certain characteristics of the main character. Such characters for example could be Ismene‚ the foil character and Antigone‚ the parallel character. Ismene is cowardly and prefer to follow the rules‚ while Antigone is much more

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