the carved Diocletian’s head with the cross engraved in its forehead. The ureus on the head of the sphinx on Gotovac House was recarved into the cross‚ which was‚ by no means‚ inadvertent. The ureus was the symbol of a ruler‚ and its destruction meant also‚ however symbolically‚ the destruction of a ruler’ very essence: his power‚ honour‚ status‚ and‚ for some‚ his divinity. Apart from the sphinx‚ all other symbols were considered pagan by the Christians who wanted to destroy their persecutor‚
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solving problems and mysteries‚ which later revealed his huge downfall and sin. For example‚ the riddle of the Sphinx is a Greek legend that proposes the question‚ “What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning‚ two legs at noon and three in the evening?” For all travelers that seeked to answer this riddle were devoured by the Sphinx until Oedipus the hero answered “man” causing Sphinx to die. This type of leadership reflected his work as king.
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William Butler Yeats poem “The Second Coming” was written shortly after World War 1. Yeats was greatly affected by the events that took place during the war. He lived through a time where there was no faith in God. Yeats depicts a society that has lost its faith in God and is no longer stable. The author uses a dark diction to convey his theme throughout the poem. For example “The falcon cannot hear the falconer”(line 2) visualizes someone being lost. He uses falcon and falconer to symbolize god
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tragic hero is being talented and of noble birth. Oedipus was talented because during his journey to runaway form his curse‚ the oracle foresaw for him. He stumbled upon the Riddle of the Sphinx in Thebes; Oedipus solved the riddle and was rewarded to be king and was given the old kings wife. (“You freed us from the Sphinx; you came to Thebes and cut us loose from the bloody tribute we had paid that harsh‚ brutal singer.” Line 44) As Oedipus was being rewarded for his talents no one knew that Oedipus was
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leaves Corinth he will be able to avoid his fate. The oracle says the Oedipus will kill his father and bear children with his mother. Needless to say‚ he unknowingly kills his father in a chance meeting. Because he is able to kill the unavoidable Sphinx‚ Iokaste‚ who is unaware that she is his mother‚ wants his hand in marriage.
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frightened when he came to know that the old man he killed‚ “my stick had struck him backwards from the car/ and he rolled out of it. And I killed them/ all” (Sophocles‚ 713)‚ was his own father and then he married his mother‚ Jocasta‚ after killing Sphinx. He was angry and frustrated realising that he was both father and brother to his own children‚ but unlike his mother-wife‚ Jacosta‚ he didn’t end his life but he faced the hard reality. Instead‚ he gouged out his eyes for not knowing the truth and
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Odysseus’ wife. In Oedipus the King‚ a wild plague has been killing a big population of the city-state of Thebes . This was a big conflict that the people in Thebes turned to King Oedipus to solve. He helped the city before by solving the riddle of the Sphinx and they needed help from him once more. During this plague‚ blight on the crops was present‚ children stillborn‚ women dying after giving birth‚ and cattle were sickened. The main characters in both epic poems were also very similar.
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about his eight days - adventure in the future. He recounts his first impressions about the year 802.701 A.D. where he stops his time travel in a paradise like future world. Everything is blooming with plants and flowers. He sees a big winged sphinx-like statue with a bronze pedestal. He gets to know the inhabitants of this "new" world: the so called "Eloi" who are very small and frail creatures. They doesn’t seem very advanced to him and their behaviour is childish and unintelligent. The TT
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I believe that the Archaic Indians were the most important of the pre-historic Native American groups because they learned how to adjust to their surroundings. For example‚ the Archaic Indians invented tools like axes and adzes to help build permanent base camps and places to live. This helped increase the population growth of their culture. They would now be able to form a community instead of always moving around. When climate changed it caused the Archaic Indians to adjust to their environment
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midway through the meal‚ haggard and limping. He tells them of his eight days of time travel. He uses the Time Machine that morning and speeds forward through time. The Time Machine lands in a garden and the Time Traveller sees a statue of a White Sphinx and he notices robed figures in a nearby house who are watching him. One approaches him and speaks in a "strange tongue". When the creatures feel the Time Machine‚ the Time Traveller adjusts the levers to render it inoperable. The Time Traveller is
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