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    Fruit and Tin Foil

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    Page 1 & 2 Question of Interest- Out of tin foil‚ a plastic baggy and saran wrap‚ which preserves a piece of fruit the best after a week? Population of interest- The population of interest is the pieces of fruit we are using. The fruit is what we are experimenting on. Experimental Design- For our experiment‚ we chose three types of fruit to put into the three different wrappings. We did this so that we could have replication. The fruits we used were strawberries‚ apples and bananas

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    Fate In Oedipus

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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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    In many stories‚ a foil is inserted into the plot for the sole purpose of developing and supporting the actions of the protagonist. The foil and protagonist are best seen when they act in close proximity to each other‚ which describes the relationship of the Goober and Jerry quite befittingly. Goober’s actions help develop Jerry as a character by demonstrating his contrasting personality and thoughts towards those of Jerry. Goober often turns to Jerry on matters concerning the status of the chocolate

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    How to Season a Crawfish Boil How to Season Your Crawfish Boil It’s in the water‚ really. The difference between crawdads from Louisiana or crayfish from anywhere else comes down to the seasoning added in the boiling water. Cajun cuisine has been stereotyped along with Chinese‚ Korean‚ Indian‚ Mexican and Thai foods for being very hot and spicy. While not every Cajun dish causes tears and runny noses‚ many are generously seasoned. With any dish‚ the amount of pepper spice desired is easily adjusted

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    The Foils of Jane Eyre

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    The Foils of Jane Though Blanche‚ from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ thinks that opposites attract and thus that she will marry Rochester‚ Brontë has different ideas about foils. Near the end of the novel Jane marries Rochester effectively quieting Blanche’s ideas. However‚ Brontë does use foils in the novel for a different reason. She uses characters will opposite personalities to reveal more about them‚ and to keep the reader from overlooking many of the major characters’ traits. For instance

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    Oedipus Flaws

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    Oedipus Tyrannous When half human monsters walked the Earth and mythical Gods ruled all of creation‚ one man was destined to suffer the worst fate ever imaginable. Oedipus Tyrannous is a classic Greek tragedy written by Sophocles around 470 BC. According to Aristotle’s Poetics‚ Greek tragedies should follow certain guidelines in order to be effective tragic drama. Many of Oedipus’ character traits ultimately justify his place as a perfect specimen of Aristotle’s tragic hero. According

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    Oedipus the King

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    tragic hero? “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles is a very good play which talks about a guy who was fated to kill his father and married his mother. Aristotle defines “tragic hero as a person of great stature and virtue who becomes aware of a mortal defect within himself.” This defect leads to great tragedy. Oedipus’s own essential nature makes him a tragic hero because his ignorance (lack of knowledge) led him to his own destruction. Also Fate plays an important role in make Oedipus a tragic hero because

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    Foil Character

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    A Readers Perception of Sydney Carton Honors English 2 November 2012 In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens he presents Sydney Carton as an irrelevant character throughout the story. Sydney Carton is first illustrated to be a careless drunk. He is an attorney who can’t find the slightest bit of interest in anything he does. In the first few chapters‚ Carton comments about Lucie in a bitter way which leads to his initial feelings. The revealing of his feelings to Lucie sets the fundamental

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    espinosa Mr. West world literature 17 september ‚ 2015 Creon‚ A new man The play “Antigone” by Sophocles‚ is about the king of thieves having a baby with his wife or (queen Iocaste) and the name the baby oedipus‚ and ___oricals __told the king when oedipus gets older he will be strong enough and would kill the king (or his dad) so they sent him away far away from them but the carrier couldn’t hold the guilt so instead he gave oedipus to another family that lived in another land ruled by another

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    Oedipus Rex

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    Oedipus Rex Topic: Is it always good to know the truth? Have you ever heard the saying ‘’ the truth will set you free‚ but first it will make you miserable.’’ Well behind that there is another question‚ Is it always good to know the truth? Some say the truth will either break or make a person. Would you rather live your life in a bundle of lies and pretend to be happy? Or would you rather spend your life in shame and suffering because of the truth? It would be a guarantee the guilty feeling will

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