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    events back to normal showing that everyone is acting through habit‚ though it is more of a false reality because it is easier to continue doing the same thing than to confront the issue. After Stella’s child has been born‚ Blanche is waiting for her dream man to pick her up and take her away. Except‚ unintimately it is inferred that she is taken to a mental institution because of her inability to face reality and continues to replace the truth with her version of it. Blanche’s past has been riddled with

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    fate when Oedipus declares his intent to solve the murder of Laius which is expressed by the metaphor of “expelling the poison in the blood” and righting the wrong. The second part of the quote‚ “for whoso slew the king might have a mind to strike me too with his assassin hand” also shows the intervention of fate when Oedipus denounces the murderer in front of his citizens when he himself is the murderer of Laius. This is a clear example of fate’s intervention in the life of the tragic Oedipus. | Quote:“Oh

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    Tyrannosaurus rex have come about between Paleontologist and Ecologists over the past decades; on whether the Tyrannosaurus rex is a Predator or Scavenger. Paul Colinvaux has his own opinions on this argument. An Ecologist that has spent his entire life devoted to how the environment has determined the development of life‚ publishing books and being senior scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Colinvaux points out certain pieces of the Tyrannosaurus rex that has allowed

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    Tyrannosaurus rex means "tyrant lizard king" .It is also called T.Rex abbreviation. The first T. rex was first found by Barnum Brown in 1902. The first T. rex was found in Hell Creek‚ Montana‚ USA‚ North America. Tyrannosaurus rex was a meat-eater about 40 feet (12.4 m) long‚ about 15-20 feet (4.6-6 m) tall‚ and about 5-7 tons in weight. T. rex probably had about 200 bones‚ roughly the same as us (no one knows exactly how many it had‚ since no complete T. Rex Skeletons have been found). About a

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    The theme of appearance and reality Arms and the Man are considered as one of the most important plays written by George Bernard Show. Through out of his play‚ show attacks and satirizes the hypocritical society in which the appearance of people differs from their reality. The petkoff family is an example of the hypocritical people in society. They pretend to be more civilized that what they really are. Petkoff always proud that he was a library which is full of books though he was never read any

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    T-Rex T-rex name have you wonder where their name came from well wonder no longer. T-Rex came from a Latin word meaning “king” and Tyrannosaurus comes from a Greek word meaning ‘tyrant lizard’(science kids). The person that named the T-rex was Henry Fairfield Osborn(enchanted learning). Tyrannosaurus’ comes from the Greek words meaning ‘tyrant lizard’‚ while the word ‘rex’ means ‘king’ in Latin(science kids). Do you know the year when the T-rex got named was 1905(enchanted learning). Tyrannosaurus

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    Sumo Wrestling. Sumo Wrestling has a long history. It began during the Edo Period (1603-1868) in Japan and has become Japan’s national sport. It was originated as a ritual ceremony to the gods of good harvest. In the days of Shogun and Samurai‚ Sumo was used for military and that is where Jujitsu was developed from. Even though other national sports are played in Japan such as soccer and baseball‚ Sumo is the oldest nation’s professional sport. As of January 2007‚ there are 702 professional sumo

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    Appearances are unmistakably an ugly thing. They’re abused‚ judged‚ excessively used‚ and misplaced. Appearances are judged of cores‚ that’s why there is fashion but really appearances are a mask of the truth. We use them to hide our faults‚ our mistakes‚ imperfections‚ and our reality. Why‚ well because we are forced to‚ if we are not perfect we are rejected by society because of our imperfections. That’s where The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton transfers. Greasers are rejected by society because their

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    Oedipus Rex‚ also known as Oedipus Tyrannus and Oedipus the King is the first installment in a trilogy commonly referred to as the three Theban plays (Goldhill 231). The second installment is Oedipus Coloneus also known as Oedipus at Colonus with the last being Antigone. Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus are both about the tragedy of Oedipus‚ a man born a prince in Thebes‚ raised a Prince in Corinth‚ reigns as King in Thebes and dies full of shame and regret in Athens (Goldhill 232). The totality

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    his plays Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus. This motif is so abundant in Greek literature because oftentimes characters try to avoid an oracle that they don’t want to accept to be true; this opens up an opportunity for human nature to fight fate‚ which is what Sophocles sets the basis for his plays. Although each character’s fate is chosen for them‚ they try to fight their destiny because they want a brighter future. In Oedipus the King‚ there are two major oracles that cause Oedipus to fight

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