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    Fate plays a very extensive role in Oedipus’s life. Nearly his entire life was influenced by his fate whether it be him running away from it or carrying it out. Fate prevented the steps were taken to stop the prophecy. Fate made it so that Teiresias was able to accurately predict that day. The Delphic Oracle told Oedipus his fate causing everything from that point forth to be about avoiding fulfilling the given fate. Steps were taken at Oedipus’s birth and by Oedipus himself to stop his fate

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    Central State University of Agriculture College of Development Education Computer science High School of Bicolandia San Jose‚ Pili‚ Camarines Sur OPTIONAL PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER Ms. Elvie P. Racasag (Technical Writing teacher) Joedy Mae B. Mangampo II- Algorithm Attention Lines In formal correspondence‚ it is a line of text denoting the intended recipient within an organization. In a business letter‚ it is usually positioned above the salutation

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    given to the poem because the poet shows that the speaker is studying the poem. This poem "A contemplation upon flowers by Henry King" is about a man who wants the flowers to teach him to become humble. But instead the flowers taught him three lessons. His first lesson that he learnt was to become brave and to remember the place where the flower came from‚ as referred to line 1‚ 5-6 " Brave flowers that I could gallant it like you"‚ " You are not proud you know your birth for your embroidered garments

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    and Hamlet will soon discover he has to accept fate. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet struggles to notice his life will change and to trust his fate. In Act I and ll is shows his resisting in fate‚ where in Act lll and lV is his turning point where he wants to accept his fate but does not believe. In Act V‚ Hamlet notices he can trust his fate and this was the plan for his life. Hamlet does not want to believe in his fate because he does not want it to be true. When Hamlet is left

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    lyricist‚ Paulo Coelho claimed‚ “I can control my destiny‚ but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left‚ but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny‚ but our fate is sealed”. In today’s society‚ many people are conflicted on whether events in one’s lives are driven by one’s choices or are simply meant to be. Coelho believes that both free will and fate play a role in one’s life‚ he says that one has the power to make certain

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    What Does it Mean to Be Free? “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" When Francis Scott Key wrote these closing lyrics to our national anthem in 1814‚ he clearly understood what it meant to be free. But do we know what freedom really means? Webster’s dictionary defines freedom as a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses‚ without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions. When the founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence

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    analysis definition according to www.sil.org C.A is an inductive investigative approach based on the distinctive elements in a language. According to SIL.ORG definition‚ contrastive analysis is about distinctive elements in A LANGUAGE‚ and then what does it compare in a language? The answer would be provided for this question as we move along with the C.A. The other definition according to en.wikipedia.orgContrastive analysis is the systematic study of a pair of languages with a view to identifying

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    ago‚ human beings invented the gadget called camera. Nobody could have known the importance of this invention when it was devised. After years‚ television and cinema were invented‚ and people gradually understood the importance of these gadgets. They had a chance to join entertaining‚ interesting‚ and even amazing world of television and cinema because the life they saw in movies usually resembled their daily life. Now people have considered that movies are inevitable for them. The movie industry

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    1.0 INTRODUCTION Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe. Bomb disposal is an all encompassing term to describe the separate‚ but interrelated functions in the military fields of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD)‚ and the public safety roles of Public Safety Bomb Disposal (PSBD) and the Bomb Squad. Many shells‚ bombs and munitions fail to explode‚ leaving them around the battlefield after the fighting is

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    “Why do bad things always happen to good people?” You’ve probably heard this saying several times‚ or you may be one to say it. The answer is actually quite clear in the eyes of Sophocles‚ who believes that one does not have free will‚ and every aspect of one’s life is already predetermined. Another extremely well-known saying is by Newton and states that‚ “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” While this statement is definitely true in physics‚ it sparks controversy when it comes to our

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