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    10-17-14 Divine Command Theory I believe to have a definite moral theory we need a guide to follow. Moral Nihilism states that we cannot have any moral truths because they are a human invention. I believe this to be incorrect‚ because we did not invent them‚ but God did. Moral Nihilism states we also need something of objectivism or able to see and witness to have moral theories. I also believe this statement to be false because we do have something to see and hold‚ and this would be the bible.

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    Oedipus the King

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    How Fate and Oedipus’s own essential nature combine to make him a 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

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    Unraveling the Riddle of Oedipus Study Guide PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER’S STUDY GUIDE Oedipus the King by Sophocles Translated by William Butler Yeats September 28 – October 29‚ 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS SOPHOCLES Sophocles’ Life 3 Works by Sophocles 4 THOUGHTS FROM THE DIRECTOR 5 OEDIPUS THE KING Synopsis 6 Characters 7 Glossary 8 The Translator 9 Themes 10 The Riddle of the Sphinx 11 ANCIENT GREECE Daily Life 12 Why Ancient

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    King Lear

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    Throughout King Lear‚ Shakespeare combines many ideas‚ and techniques in order to allow the reader to fully understand the morals behind the main themes‚ Sight and blindness. This is achieved by integrating techniques which stem from the central plot in order to add and explain additional ideas and devices such as deception‚ and inversion. Sight and blindness are common theme’s that are found continuously throughout the text‚ in order to convey the mindset of characters‚ specifically Lear. Both deception

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    Shakespeare’s King Lear is a Jacobean play that explores numerous themes of destruction‚ loyalty and natural law that were so prominent in his context. In the play Gloucester has a bastard son whose character reflects his immoral conception and who actively resents the limitations of his birth. While Jacobean England was undergoing numerous social changes because of factors such as increased trade‚ greater education and a forming middle class‚ Edmund represents the limitations in social mobility

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    Mahabharata and King

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    72. The Ninth Day 73. The Passing Of Bhishma 74. Karna and the Grandsire 75. Drona in Command 76. To Seize Yudhishthira Alive 77. The Twelfth Day 78. Brave Bhagadatta 79. Abhimanyu 80. The Death Of Abhimanyu 81. A Father’s Grief 82. The Sindhu King 83. Borrowed Armor 84. Yudhishthira’s Misgivings 85. Yudhishthira’s Fond Hope 86. Karna And Bhima 87. Pledge Respected 88. Somadatta’s End 89. Jayadratha Slain 90. Drona

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January the 15th in 1929 in Atlanta Georgia to Reverend Martin Luther King‚ Sr. and Reverend Alberta Williams King. Dr. King was originally born Michael King Jr. but his father changed his name to Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of Martin Luther the leader of the Protestant Reformation. Dr. King was an American minister and became a Civil Rights Movement Leader in 1954 until his death in 1968. Dr. King grew up in a time where racism was a very big issue.

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    King Kong The film of King Kong from 2005 is directed by Peter Jackson and is a mixture of the genres action‚ drama and adventure. This version is a remake of the 1993 film of the same name and stars several famous actors such as Naomi Watts‚ Jack Black and Adrien Brody. King Kong had a record-breaking film budget of incredible 207 million dollars. Even though the film performed lower than expectations‚ King Kong had an income of approximately 550 million dollars. The film has received many

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    Throughout the Civil Rights Movement in the in the United States‚ there have many great influential leaders. However‚ there is always one unequivocal leader that jumps into mind‚ and that is Martin Luther King Jr. MLK was born on January 15‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. During this time‚ segregation and discrimination was still integrated in the daily life of every African American. Even though it had been nearly 100 years after the emancipation proclamation‚ “African Americans in Southern states still

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    Antigone: Divine Law vs. Human Law Possibly the most prominent theme in Sophocles’ "Antigone" is the concept of divine law vs. human law. In the story the two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polyneices have slain each other in battle. The new King Creon‚ who assumed the throne after Eteocles’ death‚ decrees that because Polyneices committed treason against the king‚ he shall not be buried‚ but instead "He shall be left unburied for all to watch The corpse mutilated and eaten by carrion-birds and by

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