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    When given a prophecy‚ most accept it and live their lives accordingly. From day one everyone did all possible to prove Oedipus’s prophesy wrong‚ and did all possible to prevent it. Oedipus left his family in route for a new fresh life. Oedipus was naive in disregarding his prophecy‚ proving that the human race is sheltered from what they see and what they chose to believe. Despite knowing of his prophecy since birth‚ Oedipus lives his life naïve of his foreshadowed destiny. Though countless hints

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    Jose castillo Periodr 5th Mr Jhonson Macbeth was not a victim of the Witch’s misleading prophecies and he is guilty of committing murder not because of Lady Macbeth’s manipulation but rather his ambitions to be king and have power. The struggle Macbeth underwent was his desires to get to the throne of Scotland and know right from his rights and wrongs. His wife‚ Lady Macbeth however urged him to commit murder and it was in their interest to get power no matter what the consequence

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    I was still having a dream when my alarm clock roared to life at exactly six in the morning. I focused my eyes on the cracks of the ceiling then I held my passport on my right hand. “Ava Kyara Pellosis‚ this is your time to shine “‚ I told myself. I’ll be flying to America at ten in the morning. This is a dream come true. After being the Philippine’s top model‚ I’ll be going to a new world today to show more of myself. After an hour‚ I found myself sitting inside the plane. It also happened that

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    Prophecy Life is an exciting‚ mystical‚ powerful and romantic adventure in the modern WORD. As we face life‚ how would we imagine the success of ourselves? We should prepare to face another chapter of our life in the future. Ten years from now I can imagine myself being an administrator of a famous school waiting for my promotion as a division superintendent staying in my own beautiful mansion --- living in a comfortable life. As I traveled along the shores of the Philippines I couldn’t shut my

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    The Celestine Prophecy is a 247 page fictional paperback book by James Redfield targeted to persons open to philosophy of a new age spiritual theorist. This paperback is a tale of journey that follows the protagonist on a religious and theoretical trip all the way through Peru. The paperback details a religious development in the late 20th century that realises holy heavenly power as the definitive guide. It follows the pretense that there are no accidental coincidences‚ and everything happens for

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    classic tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the 17th century. Macbeth is a general in the army of King Duncan‚ as well as the Thane of Glamis‚ Thane of Cawdor‚ and‚ for a short time‚ the King of Scotland. When three witches tell Macbeth three prophecies‚ and the first two come true‚ Macbeth is determined to make the third become reality as well. Tragedy occurs when King Duncan is murdered and Macbeth is pronounced the new king. Macbeth becomes an isolated individual and is eventually destroyed

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    when the prophecy of Jesus Christ coming back and being born was fulfilled. A prophecy is a prediction that you think will come true. Jesus fulfilled many prophecies that were predicted in the old testament. One prophecy fulfilled by Jesus was about how he would be born. In Isaiah 7: 14‚ Isaiah is prophecy how the Lord will give the people a sign‚ and that he would be born of a virgin. This is also prophesied in Zechariah that their will be a messiah who is born from a virgin. This prophecy

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    The prophecies that were given to Macbeth by the witches‚ Lady Macbeth’s persuation and plans‚ and Macbeth’s ambition‚ all contributed greatly to his degeneration of character. This also resulted in Macbeth’s downfall‚ which was death. Lady Macbeth uses her husband’s pride to manipulate him into killing a king to become a king. The consequences for both were not what they had planned. Macbeth show that he is a tragic hero when he kills King Duncan. Macbeth took the throne after killing King

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    Althoug this system presented during the play seems to be extremely significant‚ it is later obstructed by a prophecy told by a group of three witches. The withces said‚ “All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee Thane of Glamis! / All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee Thane of Cawdor! / All hail‚ Macbeth‚ that shalt be king hereafter!” informin Macbeth of his future of becoming king (). Turns out the prophecy actually was starting to come true‚ but knowing this was not enough and instead of waiting for it to come

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    Lady Macbeth’s Prophecies Self-perception is widely misinterpreted‚ many want to be insulated from the truth‚ making the individual unable to come to terms with who they really are. Once quoted by Rick Riordan‚ “Human’s see what they want to see”. In the play‚ Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare develops the idea that the world we see is perceived through our own interpretations‚ right or wrong the reality is twisted through our thoughts and actions. The play develops the idea that illusions are hard

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