A young woman who is strong‚ fearless and has self-confidence loses her parents as a result of fate and is now being raised by an uncle who aims to uphold the laws of men rather than fear divine intervention from the gods. In championing the laws of the gods above the laws of the state‚ she breaks the law and risks her life to honor her family. This young woman is Antigone. The citizens of Thebes agree with Antigone that she made the right decision except for one person‚ her uncle‚ Creon. In Sophocles’
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A large issue with our educational system is standardized testing. Standardized tests are used to measure students academic achievement and gage teaching. While the intentions are good‚ the tests are flawed and often discriminate against students. Due to the weaknesses‚ standardized tests are an unreliable source of measuring student performance. Standardized tests are not only used to measure student achievement. They are frequently used to gage how well teachers are teaching. These tests measure
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I’m sure we have all realized at some point in our lives that our education system has been flawed for quite some time. Like all of you‚ I have been a student for most of my life and have found myself stuck in the same cycle from year to year. Rishi Hazra‚ a guest student voice in the Seattle Times‚ explains‚ “Every weekday I walk into my first class period exhausted from the previous night’s homework. For 55 minutes my teacher teaches‚ I take notes‚ and then the bell rings. I scribble down my homework
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Nazi’s told the jews that they have to come with them to take them to a camp and must forsake everything they have and come with them now.I’m sick of these Nazi’s ‚ they’re just like pigs ! People were yelling‚ crying ‚ and getting mad. So the Nazi’s commander got a gun and shoot people so they know he’s not playing and the jews and I went in the truck. After three weeks of the camp more than 100 jews died from starvation ‚ suffering ‚ and getting shot Nazi’s‚ just kill jews just how lions kill
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HOW ZIONIST JEWS CONTROL THE BANKER Based on the slide introduction‚ it stated that Jews control the money in America. They own and run the Federal Reserve Bank that the US government continually borrows from and eventually in debt to. As we all know‚ Federal Reserve banks are private monopolies that target people from United States for their own benefits. According to napoleon‚ if a government solely depends on the banker‚ they are not the one that controls the nation. This is because the banks
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/adolf_hitler.htmHitler and the Nazis said the Jews were responsible for huge events like losing World War One and the economic crisis. This was totally not true at all though. But by blaming the Jews‚ Hitler was now able to create an enemy. So he told all the people in Germany that the Jews were the root of all the problems they had. Without work and without any means to support himself‚ Hitler‚ short of money lived in a doss house with tramps. He spent his time
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The word character means moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Character flaws in the Crucible by author Arthur Miller seem very apparent as a common trait. The characters John Proctor and Reverend John Hale convey the dominant claim that character flaws do not define a person. John Proctor conveys the dominant claim that character flaws do not define a person. In Act I‚ John and Abigail meet several months after a brief affair‚ and Abigail hopes to rekindle their relationship. John flirts
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Hello‚ I am Robin Goodfellow. I also go by the name Puck. I am Oberon’s personal fairy and I’ve been with him for a very long time. I’m 250 years old‚ and have been serving him for over 75 years. I’m loyal to him‚ alway doing whatever he asks me to. In addition to serving Oberon‚ I am known to be a jokester. I tend to play pranks on the most unsuspecting people. I find it to be very entertaining. In this scene‚ I was walking in the woods when I came across a fairy. The fairy tells me that she
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Tragic Flaws in Othello William Shakespeare creates dynamic and complex characters in his tragic play‚ Othello. Othello‚ Iago‚ Desdemona‚ and Emilia each display a tragic flaw. Shakespeare’s subtle descriptions of the characters allow for varying interpretations of each character. The tragic flaws can truly alter perspectives as the story transitions. A tragic flaw can begin as a positive character trait‚ yet spiral into the downfall of the respective character. Shakespeare thoroughly expresses
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therefore‚ everyone has a flaw. However‚ our flaws are not what define us; it is what we can transform our flaws into that defines us. In two very similar stories this exact idea is conveyed. The Odyssey by Homer illustrates Odysseus’s difficult journey of his return from the Trojan war. Similar to this‚ Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand describes Louie’s everlasting quest of survival. Although some may consider these two characters heroes‚ they both have fatal flaws. Louie possesses qualities
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