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    Importance of not being late In this amazingly well thought of essay i will discuss with you today of the series of actions that brought me to write this paper‚ the possible effects these actions might have on the accomplishment of the mission‚ and how to discourage and possibly stop such things from ever happening to me. The reason I am being subject to this time consuming‚ uninspired‚ and rather boring writing assignment is because I failed to be at the correct place of duty at the time appointed

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    The Importance of Being Earnest: Prompt 3 Society tends to have expectations and stereotypes that are actually a corruption of reality. Many people draw assumptions based on the set values of a culture or society. Those that stray or are isolated from those cultural values because of on the gender‚ race‚ class‚ or creed actually reveal these stereotypes and conventional ideas. Throughout the play The Importance of Being Earnest there were a few characters that deviations showed the assumptions of

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    Oscar Wilde‚ author of the play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ once said “man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask‚ and he will tell you the truth.” Wilde understands that everyone has their own way of hiding the truth about who they truly are and everyone has their own way of how they portray that side of themselves. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ many characters use the technique of bunburying to hide their true selves and escape from reality. Proper etiquette

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    humor. Ridiculing people’s views and acts seem to make the largest impression on the audience. So many artists use satire to create a humor that is easily understood. Oscar Wilde is not any different oh his approach in The Importance of Being Earnest. In The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde uses many witty literary devices‚ such as puns‚ epigrams‚ and inversions‚ to reveal the absurdity of his Victorian society’s hypocritical mortality. Puns have very little pull in the literary drama biased

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    has to fix it nobody can fix what I mess up. I have to learn from my own mistakes and try my best not to make the same mistakes in the future. This is not the first time I have been late I need to either buy an alarm clock or go to bed earlier. Being on time is very important. If there is important information that I need to know at a certain time and I show up late I risk not knowing the things I need to know. For example if I was told to be up at the TOC to get information on a mission and I

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    “There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex You may have heard about his odd complex. His name appears in Freud’s index ‘Cause he loved his mother.” To what extent do you think the tragedy of Oedipus Rex has been simplified over time? The way in which the tragedy of Oedipus Rex is interpreted has changed significantly since its first presentation to audiences in ancient Greece. The ways in which audiences over many years have interpreted it have changed because of changes to society in matters

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    Shakespeare Vs. Sophocles Sophocles and Shakespeare were both notable playwrights of their times. Although some of their writing techniques were similar‚ they had many differences from each other‚ as well as from other writers of their time‚ which made them stand out among the rest. When most people think about these two playwrights‚ they think of a strong resemblance between two literary geniuses. In reality‚ the amount of differences outnumbers the amount of similarities. Both Sophocles and Shakespeare

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    Oedipus: Fate vs. Free Will In Oedipus the King‚ one of Sophocles’ most popular plays‚ Sophocles clearly depicts the Greek’s popular belief that fate will control a man’s life despite of man’s free will. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. Throughout Oedipus the King‚ the concept of fate and free will plays an integral part in Oedipus’ destruction. Destined to marry his mother and murder his father‚ Oedipus was partly guided by fate. This prophecy

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    Wilde uses puns throughout this play‚ but the major pun is found within the title. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ the pun‚ widely considered to be the lowest form of verbal wit‚ is rarely just a play on words. The title‚ - The Importance of Being Earnest‚- insinuates the importance of being honest and truthful‚ while playing on the male name‚ Ernest. The pun in the title is a case in point. The earnest/Ernest joke strikes at the very heart of Victorian notions of respectability and duty. Gwendolen

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    Oedipus the King vs Matchpoint Among today’s society a strong majority of people believe that our lives can be led by an external force‚ a divine power‚ that controls our fate. However‚ a debate that continues today questions whether we as humans have the ability to make choices in free will or allow that divine power to limit us and control our destiny. In the critically acclaimed play‚ Oedipus the King and the academy award nominated movie‚ Matchpoint the protagonist both seem to have the power

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