sleep with his mother. Later‚ Oedipus leaves his parents and heads for Thebes. Along his way‚ comes a man in the center of a three way road way. Oedipus tells him to move and he refuses and Oedipus kills Laius‚ the king of Thebes and Oedipus real father. Then later on Oedipus becomes the King of Thebes and marries Jocasta‚ the Queen of Thebes and Oedipus real mother. Sooner or later‚ Jocasta and Oedipus sleep together and have children. Awhile after that‚ Oedipus sends out an investigation of who is
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From 1754 to 1763‚ the French and Indian War took place. This war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. It was the last of four North American wars waged from 1689 to 1763 between the British and the French. In these struggles‚ each country fought for control of the continent with the assistance of Native American and colonial allies. The French and Indian War occurred to end the land dispute between the British and French. Whoever
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have more than $1 million in cash in the bank. For example‚ consider a hypothetical investor during the 1990s technology bubble who invested in startup dotcom companies. Assuming that none of this investor’s shares is sold‚ he or she would have become a paper millionaire‚ as recorded on the brokerage statement‚ despite having very little cash in the bank. However‚ once the dotcom bubble burst‚ technology stocks saw their share prices collapse‚ and former paper millionaires once again found
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More often than not‚ racial profiling is a driving factor in police brutality. The issue of police brutality is not a new one; it has become more focused on in recent years due to certain cases that have proved to be of extreme violence and have been linked to racial profiling‚ such as the beating of Rodney King. The incident that had happened to Rodney King is a tragic one‚ but one that accurately reflects what the police force is capable of doing: wrongly deciding to commit a heinous crime based
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The Kings Speech My opinion on the film “The Kings Speech” was that I found it to be very interesting‚ the dialogue is understandable and it’s a very touching movie that draws you in from start to finish. “The Kings Speech” is the story of King George‚ taking place in the mid-1930s‚ after the death of his father; the throne was passed on to George’s brother‚ David. But David makes the decision to reject the throne to marry a woman who has been divorced because he loves her and in order to be king
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King Lear: To be the Cause of One’s Own Tragedy Robert Silverstein Grade 12 English‚ ENG4U Mr. Fuller July 10th‚ 2009 To be the Cause of One’s Own Tragedy William Shakespeare’s tragic works are notably characterized by the hamartia of their protagonists. This tragic flaw is a defect in character that brings about an error in action‚ eventually leading to the characters imminent downfall. In Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ written in 1606‚ the King’s
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Britain after Two World Wars There was a country once called “the empire on which the sun never sets”‚ and it used to be the most powerful countries in the world. It’s the Britain. Britain plays an extremely important role of the world in the modern history. It used to take the lead carrying out Bourgeois Revolution and have the original Industrial Revolution. After two world wars‚ especially the World War II‚ this old-fashion empire gradually goes downhill. Finally and eventually‚ it has
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In the mid-1800s‚ New Zealand and Britain were two very different countries. While Britain was a flourishing country with big cities‚ tall buildings‚ a steadily growing population and civilised enough to have organised people into classes‚ in New Zealand the Maori had only settled three-hundred years earlier‚ the land was heavily forested‚ there was no major cities or towns and there was no money – only trade. Although Britain was much more developed than New Zealand‚ it was becoming overcrowded
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Introduction In the past‚ many people were born‚ lived and died within a limited geographical area‚ never encountering people of other races and/or cultural background. Such existences no longer prevail in the world. Even members of once isolated groups now frequently have contact with members of other cultural groups. Through different cultural experiences‚ people are adapting and learning different cultures. In essence‚ many are becoming intercultural. Cultural Unconscious Until people are
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I want to be a waiter because I know how serve to the customers. The waiters and the waitresses serve customers foods and beverages at the restaurants‚ hotels‚ bars and others establishments. Sometimes called servers or wait staff members‚ workers in this career field explain menu options to customers‚ pass orders to the cooking staff‚ and deliver the prepared meal or beverage to the customer. Servers often help customers with others tasks‚ such as locating boaster seat for the children or boxing
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