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  • Essay on the Ironic Qualities of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

    Essay on the Ironic Qualities of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

    Essay On The Ironic Qualities of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex Abstract: This essay discusses the ironic qualities of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. The play is very ironical in that it entwines the themes of free will as well as predestination. Even though we are sickened by the tragic life of Oedipus and the other characters, we are still able to appreciate the ironic characteristics of the play itself. Indeed, we eventually come to realize that man is

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Swot Analysis of McDonald’s Vs.Burger King

    Swot Analysis of McDonald’s Vs.Burger King

    The McDonald brothers' first restaurant, founded in 1937 in a parking lot just east of Pasadena, Calif., didn't serve hamburgers. It had no playground and no Happy Meals. The most popular item on the menu was the hot dog, and most people ate it sitting on an outdoor stool or in their cherished new autos while being served by teenage carhops. That model was a smashing success--for about a decade. Then America's tastes began to

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Top
  • The King Must Die

    The King Must Die

    Derek Byers English 11cp pd. 3 During the time of the Revolution, the individuals that wanted independence had to find a way to spread their idea to all of the colonists. What better way to do this than to use writing? In this time period, the colonists were very fickle. The author of some sort of writing would have to be very good to get the readers attention and then eventually have them on their

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    Essay Length: 587 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Greek Theater Related to Oedipus

    Greek Theater Related to Oedipus

    Dan Mullen Structure of Greek Theater Greek theater took great advantage of the natural surroundings, a great theater design, and technologically advanced props and equipment. The Theater itself consisted of 4 parts, the Orchestra, the Skene, the theatron, and the paradoi. Technologically advanced equipment such as the machina, or the ekeclema gave the greek theater an air of believability. Oedipus took advantage of many of these aspects of the theater, and used them to

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Top
  • The Impact of Gandhi on American Society Through Martin Luther King Jr.

    The Impact of Gandhi on American Society Through Martin Luther King Jr.

    Most Americans know little about Hinduism and few imagine that the values of Hinduism had any influence on the development of American society. But what little they do know of Hinduism is most likely derived from their knowledge of Mahatma Gandhi. Few Americans realize that Gandhi's teachings and life's work had a tremendous impact on the development of American society during the Civil Rights Movement. Mohandas K. Gandhi, known to the world as The Mahatma,

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    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” (S. King 17) These are the words made famous by a man who was one of the greatest civil rights leaders of our time. Michael Luther King Jr. was born in the city of Atlanta, Georgia on January 15th, 1929. The second child of Michael Luther

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    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Burger King Vs. McDonald

    Burger King Vs. McDonald

    MCDONALD OR BURGER KING Remember when eating out used to be a treat? Over the past 40 years, we have moved out of the kitchen and into the car for mealtime. Nearly one-quarter of all meals are eaten away from home. The odds that frequently eating fast food meals can "super size" you are real. But to prevent unwanted and unhealthy weight gain, is it enough to change your choice of food, drink, or portion

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    Edward Kaikumba Theatre 101 Sept. 17, 2006 Oedipus Rex: The Collage Oedipus Rex is a very interesting story involving a king, Oedipus, who is on the search for the murderers of the former king Talius. The story is very involving with many twists and turns. The story starts with Oedipus a man who through hard work (and a few extra traits) rose to power and eventually married the queen to become king after the first

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    Essay Length: 285 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Janna
  • Oedipus Rex - Dripping with Irony

    Oedipus Rex - Dripping with Irony

    Oedipus Rex- Dripping with Irony Sophocles’ masterpiece Oedipus has both fascinated and terrified audiences for centuries. The story offers unique insight into the complexities of human nature, of pain and suffering. King Oedipus is fortune’s fool, and at the mercy of fate throughout the entire play. It is, however, his own decisions and actions which ultimately cause his demise. With creative use of irony, Sophocles makes apparent how tragic both fate and even free will

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    Essay Length: 595 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Jon
  • King Lear

    King Lear

    King Lear is widely regarded as Shakespeare's crowning artistic achievement. The scenes in which a mad Lear rages naked on a stormy heath against his deceitful daughters and nature itself are considered by many scholars to be the finest example of tragic lyricism in the English language. Shakespeare took his main plot line of an aged monarch abused by his children from a folk tale that appeared first in written form in the 12th century

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: regina
  • King Kong Comparison

    King Kong Comparison

    The original 1933 King Kong was created as a movie: to convey a story and entertain and audience. Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake took the foundation for King Kong and expanded upon it in almost every way in order to “make again” the amazement of the original for a modern audience. Audiences received the original King Kong very well. The stop motion sequences of Kong were amazing for their time and the movie grossed $90,000 in

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Oedipus Plays

    The Oedipus Plays

    The Oedipus Plays, written by Sophocles, is a trilogy including the plays Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. This was a very entertaining book for me, and I enjoyed it because I had a hard time putting it down. The reader cannot help but get sucked into the plot for wanting to know what will happen next. The version I read was revised and translated by Paul Roche. I think that Sophocles was

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Steve
  • Oedipus; Free Will and Fate

    Oedipus; Free Will and Fate

    The events in Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, show an underlying relationship of man's free will existing within the cosmic order or fate which the Greeks believed guided the universe in a harmonious purpose. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. Both the concept of fate and free will played an itregal part in Oedipus' destruction. Although he was a victim of fate, he was not controlled

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: David
  • Malcolm X Vs. Dr. King: Passive Vs; Aggressive

    Malcolm X Vs. Dr. King: Passive Vs; Aggressive

    Africans were brought to America by Europeans, not of their own volition, but in chains, without the knowledge that over the next several hundred years, generations and generations of our people would be brutally and unjustly treated as nothing more than property or animals. The era during which slavery flourished, Africans were bred, overworked, beaten, lynched, and stripped of any positive identity or self respect. When slavery was abolished in 1865, Africans, or former slaves,

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Justice in King Lear

    Justice in King Lear

    King Lear Essay Although some critics may debate and argue against this statement, I strongly stand by my belief that there is no justice in the play King Lear. Whether it be Cordelia’s banishment, Gloucester’s torture, or Lear’s insanity, no character in this play is shown mercy. Then again, perhaps this is why William Shakespeare’s works are called tragedies. Throughout his entire writing career, Shakespeare has been known to end all of his tragedies with

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Pen Is Mightier Than the King

    The Pen Is Mightier Than the King

    Matt Mclellan February 4, 2002 6pm class Monday The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne, in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change, there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Monika
  • Stepen King

    Stepen King

    The second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King was born on 1974 in Portland, Maine. His name was Stephen Edwin King. After his parents serpertion as a toddler, Stephen and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen, David, and their mother lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was where Stephen's father's side of the family lived. They then moved to Stratford, Connecticut, that was where Stephen King spent most of

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    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Erl King

    Erl King

    Song XV of the Dichterliebe by R. Schumann and The Erl-King by Fr. Schubert are both highly dynamic 19th century pieces, however they are both extremely dissimilar in there own domains. As typical 19th century music, each of these pieces tells a story through a mix of the music and lyrics. The two composers have use a blend of key, tempo and rhythm to portray there story to the audience. Another strong provider to the

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Does Martin Luther King’s Preacher Style of Speaking Take Away the Spirit and Tone of His Famous

    Does Martin Luther King’s Preacher Style of Speaking Take Away the Spirit and Tone of His Famous

    Does Martin Luther King’s preacher style of Speaking take away the spirit And tone of his famous “I have a dream” speech? By R. Ernie Lee Composition II English122 03/04/05 From Doctor King’s speech, I quote: “ This is the faith that I go back to the South With. And with this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Oedipus Tyrannus

    Oedipus Tyrannus

    Oedipus Tyrannus” is “basically is a story of a man’s discovery through persistent inquiry that he is guilty of unwitting parricide and incest, and his horrified reaction to that discovery. In “Oedipus the King”, Oedipus king of Thebes unknownly killed his biological father and married his mother. On this Ancient myth, the playwright Sophocles weaves a complex story that can be interpreted on many different levels of intellectual thinking. This play, since the time it

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Home Run King Wears Tarnished Crown

    Home Run King Wears Tarnished Crown

    Home Run King Wears Tarnished Crown On August 7, 2007 Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants left-fielder, hit his 6th homerun to break Hank Aarons record of 5. According to an article entitled "Barry Bonds Breaks Home Run Record" posted on CBSnews.com on August 8, 2007, Bonds felt ecstatic that this day finally came and celebrated gleefully as he ran the final 90 feet to home plate to make it official. After a long career of

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: July
  • King Arthur’s Reasons Concerning War

    King Arthur’s Reasons Concerning War

    Arthur’s Reasons Concerning War Since the beginning of time, the chaotic and barbaric fighting called war has been and will happen until the end of the world, that is, unless mankind smartens up. As T.H. White puts it on pages 631-632,“They were always saying that the present one (war) was to be the last, and afterwards there was to be a heaven. They were always to rebuild such a new world as never was seen.

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Mike
  • Reader-Response to Chapter 12 of ’the once & Future King’

    Reader-Response to Chapter 12 of ’the once & Future King’

    Chapter Five starts off with a description of the Castle of the Forest Sauvage, specifically the areas in which Wart would most likely be found. Merlyn informs Wart that it’s time to start his education, which in this case happens to involve the two of them turning into fish and swimming around the castle moat. After a brief swimming lesson, Wart is introduced to an entire underwater community. Merlyn plays the part of the doctor

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Monika
  • Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “letter from Birmingham Jail

    Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “letter from Birmingham Jail

    Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr was arrested because he was the leader of non violent protests in Birmingham Alabama. While King was imprisoned he wrote a response to a statement that eight white Alabama clergymen had made criticizing his presence and actions in Birmingham. King responded to the clergymen by writing the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” this is an amazing display of rhetorical skill, especially considering

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Stephen King

    Stephen King

    The second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King was born on 1974 in Portland, Maine. His name was Stephen Edwin King. After his parents serpertion as a toddler, Stephen and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen, David, nd their mother lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was where Stephen’s father’s side of the family lived. They then moved to Stratford, Connecticut, that was where Stephen King spent most

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Victor

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