daughters‚ Oedipus is banished. Throughout the whole play Oedipus struggles with seeing and realizing the truth. Oedipus’s is so blind that he doesn’t see clearly till the end when it’s all laid out to him. At the beginning of the play Oedipus shows blindness by cursing the murderer without knowing
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Henry Drummond is the lawyer that defended Cates during the case‚ altho he loses the case‚ he left the town of Hillsboro a hero. He exposed that Brady and the whole town is blindly following the church without knowing what’s in the bible. Drummond showed he is a smart‚ courageous and caring who won the heart of the readers. In act 1 scene 2 Drummond demonstrated that he is smart when he examined Bannister. Drummond ask if Bannister read the Bible‚ but he responded that he couldn’t read. If Bannister
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Montresor’s Revenge. In the short story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Edgar Allan Poe wastes no time in revealing the story’s theme. Revenge. Within the first sentence‚ the story’s narrator‚ Montresor‚ vows revenge upon his antagonist‚ Fortunato‚ for a perceived insult which proved to be one insult to many. Montresor states‚ “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could‚ but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” Montresor is a static character. His one aim is to not only
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“First with the head then with the heart‚ that’s how a man stays ahead from the start” (Hoppie Groenewald). Peekay had taken a train to Gravelotte‚ South Africa and had met Hoppie Groenewald‚ the train guard. Hoppie had watched over Peekay during the ride and had told him about being the “champion of the railways” (Courtenay 66). With this‚ Groenewald had opened up the idea of boxing to Peekay and soon enough‚ becoming the Welterweight Champion of South Africa was Peekay’s goal. Ever since Hoppie
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is molded to each person throughout the different experiences in our lifetime. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee has given us three characters who show courage in different ways. One of the main characters of this book‚ Atticus‚ shows his true courageous form at many points throughout the story. One of the strongest passages that shows the courage and character of this man is‚
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are that he is an elegant‚ formal looking man‚ looks peaceful when he meets Fortunato in street. “My dear Fortunato! I am indeed glad that I have met you. I was just thinking of you” (page 69) Author uses these conversations between two friends to show Montersor’s personality and physical description. Also‚ often he would look really suspicious‚ but from outside he will be nice. In being of the story when Fortunato made fun of Montersor‚ inside Montersor said “I would make him pay‚ Yes; but I would
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To show what terrible people the Taliban truly were‚ Malala went undercover as a blogger for BBC‚ revealing the Taliban’s true intentions. The Taliban’s threats intensified due to this‚ causing Malala’s life to be at risk. Source A informs‚ “In early 2009
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you imitate‚ a prudent man should always enter by paths beaten by great men and imitate those who have been the most excellent‚ so that if his virtue does not arrive there‚ at least it gives off some scent of it. And he should do as the prudent archers do when the place they wish to strike appears to them too far off. Since the archers know just how far the virtue of their bow reaches‚ they place their aim much higher than the intended place‚ not in order to reach a place so high with their arrow
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ability to do something that frightens one. In Speak there are many little acts of courage by many different people but I believe the main character Melinda had the most big and small acts of courage. In this essay I will talk about why I believe she does and why I think courage is important in the ways it comes into this book. The first reason I think Melinda has the most courage is when Melinda finally said no to Heather. When she said no to Heather she found courage to speak up and
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their courage. Jem is one of the characters which showed his courage many times by confronting a situation or accepting difficult challenges. One of the examples when Jem show courage is‚ “ ‘I’m going’ said Jem‚’don’t hurry me’. He walked to the corner of the lot‚ then back again‚ studying the simple terrain as if deciding how best to effect an entry‚ frowning and scratching his head”(Chapter 1‚ pg 18). Despite the fact that Jem was so
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