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    Oedipus Rex vs. Paranoid Android In Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles seizes every opportunity to exploit the dramatic irony of the willingness to ignore the painful truth and the song ‘Paranoid Android’ by Radiohead demonstrates that same approach to truth in its lyrics. The first example of Oedipus’ willingness to ignore the painful truth takes place when Jocasta says that she was told that Laius was killed by “strangers‚” whereas Oedipus knows that he acted alone when he killed

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    countries‚ where they speak different languages. Immigrants who were arriving to the U.S did not know how to speak or write english‚ so reading the words on that wall would have been very difficult for them to understand what is written. In the image it also says “The Americanese Wall ‚ As Congressman Burnett Would Built It”‚ saying the wall is not built yet‚ but it will soon in the future‚ making it harder for immigrants to enter the

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    Education and Wall Map

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    that they will use the computers and the Internet to share information with these other schools and students Materials Children’s book (see Related Children’s Books) List of project participants 3x5 Cards String Tape Medium sized container Wall map of the world Globe Push pins and post-it notes A folder for each student Student copies of a world map or student atlases Time: Approximately four hours spread over a one week period. Teacher Preparation: Obtain a list of the participating

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    Oedipus Rex “Fear? What should a man fear? It’s all chance‚ chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth can see a day ahead‚ groping through the dark. Better to live at random‚ best we can.” (lines 1068-1072) The themes of fate and light and darkness are prominent in Oedipus Rex‚ a play written in ancient Greece by the famous poet Sophocles. Oedipus was a powerful Greek king and was notable for his compassion‚ sense of justice and his swiftness of thought and action. Unfortunately for him‚ his life

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    The Wall in Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall “ As a Symbol of Division The ordinarily mundane takes a thought arousing spin in one of Robert Frost’s earlier works‚ “Mending Wall”. This poem is a striking take on an otherwise commonplace ritual between two farmers in the spring. Because the poem is in blank verse‚ it carries a casual folksy feel throughout‚ contradictory to its deeper message and paradoxical tone. “Good fences make good neighbors.” This line is a paradox when compared with the previous

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    “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls‚ is a novel about the hardships throughout her life and the several lives of her family and how they overcome those hardships. Within the novel‚ Jeanette goes into detail about some of the incidents that her parents made and how they each chose a different parenting style. Her father‚ Rex Walls‚ was very hands on with his parenting‚ while contrasting her mother Rose Mary was very relaxed in her parenting technique. In each of the tiny stories Jeanette told during

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    Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China ( pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng;) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China‚ built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups such as the Xiongnu from the north and rebuilt and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century. Since the 5th century BC‚ several walls have been built that were referred to as the Great Wall. One of the most famous is the wall built

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    Wall Street The movie "Wall Street" is a representation of poor morals and dissapointing business ethics in the popular world of business. This movie shows the negative effects that bad business morals can have on society. The three main characters are Bud Fox‚ Gordon Gekko‚ and Carl fox. Bud Fox is a young stockbroker who comes from an honest working-class family but on the other hand‚ Gordon Gekko is a millionaire who Bud admires and wants to be associated with. Greed seems to be a huge theme

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    Wall Chalking in Pakistan

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    Causes and Effects of Wall Chalking in Pakistan April 12‚ 2011   Abstract This research aims to shed light on the issue of wall chalking in Pakistan. A survey is carried out to ascertain why wall chalking is so common in Pakistan‚ why does the public indulge in so much wall chalking‚ and what can be done to address this issue. Data from the survey and secondary sources (newspaper articles‚ videos) is used to find out the various aspects of wall chalking done for advertising purposes‚ and what is

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    The Great wall of China

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    The Great Wall of China stretches for about 6‚259 kilometers(3889.16 miles) from east to west‚ built by slaves and prisoners of war. Against their will‚ soldiers and local peasants were forced to also help build the Great Wall of China. Building the wall was not an easy job. Many people died because of starvation and the unhealthy work conditions. The Great Wall China was built to its current state by many different dynasties and it kept China safe from invasion until Genghis Khan attacked from

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