first of play. PRIEST: ... You came and by your coming saved our city‚ 40 freed us from the tribute which we paid of old to the Sphinx‚7 cruel singer. This you did in virtue of no knowledge we could give you‚ in virtue of no teaching; it was God that aided you‚ men say‚ and you are held 45 with God’s assistance to have saved our lives. Now Oedipus‚ Greatest in all men’s eyes‚ here falling at your feet we all entreat you‚ find us some strength for rescue.... Meanwhile‚ the king Oedipus tries
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Truth has been debated since the begging of time and may be debated forever‚ but one thing is certain‚ that there is truth. There is a universal truth and reality of how things are‚ but it is hard for people to agree and come to a consensus of it because of backgrounds and beliefs. What we can do to help find truth is interact with others in such a way that we learn from them and show each other different perspectives of truth‚ one day we all might what find it. I think that this is very unlikely
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An Inconvenient Truth "What we take for granted might not be here for our children." This is a quote that environmentalist Al Gore uses in his movie‚ An Inconvenient Truth. The movie is about global warming‚ and extreme effects it causes in our planet. The movie demonstrates the effects‚ causes and some solutions to global warming. First‚ there are many causes to global warming. One of the main causes is carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels. Did you know that 40% of U.S. CO2 Emissions come
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Teachers should give less homework (Pro) By: Kyla Ruth Let’s imagine waking up super early in the morning‚ then making your way to a place that’s complete chaos‚ called School‚ then going through seven class periods‚ seven slow hours. Doing tons of work in classes working hard. So when the day is finally over you’re just ready to go home and relax‚ not to do stressful‚ super hard homework that you were given that day. I believe teachers should give less homework for many reasons. One being
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A Critique of “We Should Cherish Our Children’s Freedom to Think” Kie Ho‚ in his article‚ tried to prove that American education is better than any other even though it doesn’t have high standards in basic skills. He sustained his thesis by saying that “[American] children are able to experiment freely with ideas”(Ho‚ 1996‚ p.126)‚ while children in many other countries are demanded to practice mathematics or language skills. However‚ I don’t agree with his stance; he defined education in other
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Basic Rules of Trusts: Property‚ Obligations and trusts 1) Equitable title exists whenever equity will require the legal owner of property to hold the property for the benefit of some other person or group of persons (which group may include the legal owner himself.) 2) Cestuis que trust=beneficiaries 3) Settlor and trustee can be the same person. 4) Settlor and beneficiary can be the same person. (Settlor can convey property to a trustee on trust for himself.) 5) Express trust as the creation
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money to people living on the street. The author divides the article in two points of view and brings them together in the end. On on side‚ giving money to beggars is a good thing. It gives them what they need to provide themselves with food. It also means that you recognize that they have a problem‚ so it’s also a sense of dignity. The prior difficulty of helping these people out with money is that you can never know where they put it‚ what they do with it. A lot of homeless people are drug addicts
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Comentario “When we two parted” es un poema de G.G. Byron‚ escrito en 1808 y publicado posteriormente en 1813. El poema pertenece a la obra “The Poetical Works of Lord Byron”. Como rasgos generales en el poeta podríamos describir a Byron como un poeta romántico‚ donde sus creaciones derrochan un estilo Romántico. Esta característica romántica ha sido criticada a la vez que defendida por autores como John Keats y Baudelaire‚ respectivamente. Desde que Byron comenzara a escribir en 1806‚ no pararía
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?We should Cherish Our Children?s Freedom to Think? In Kie Ho?s essay ?We should Cherish Our Children?s Freedom to Think‚? Ho argues that America education is not as advanced in academics as other countries but it is surely much better in other ways than many countries in the world. Ho shows that American education tends to teach young children to develop their own creativity more‚ rather than trying to fill their brain with knowledge‚ like a can of sausage. The essay consists mainly of the personal
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Why should we conserve plants and animals? I am arguing for conserving plants and animals. I will discuss how plants and animals have an impact on our lives and how this would be dramatically changed if they weren’t conserved. The word "conserve" means preservation‚ especially of the natural environment. In plants and animals case‚ it means‚ To keep in existence‚ to retain and to keep safe from harm or loss.1 Thousands of plant and animal species are being terminated every year due to many factors
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