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    Oedipus Rex: Displaying Pride with+- Dramatic Irony Dramatic irony is when the audience of a play knows something that the characters do not. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ the author Sophocles illustrates Oedipus becoming king of Thebes and then his ultimate downfall‚ destruction‚ and physical blindness. All of this resulted from Oedipus’ tragic flaw of pride. Sophocles shows Oedipus’ downfall by using dramatic irony. He accomplishes this to show Oedipus’ flaw by illustrating how mentally blind Oedipus

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    BUSINESS ETHICS 214 SECOND WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2013 Assignment handed out: Wednesday 10 April Assignment due: Tuesday 30 April at 12:00 at the Department of Philosophy (Arts Building‚ room 678‚ Ms Lizelle Franken) Writing assignment: 1. Refer to the case study ‘One Nation Under Wal-Mart’ (Shaw‚ 2005; 2008; 2011 - end of chapter 4). Is Wal-Mart’s rapid rise to retail dominance (as described in the case study) a positive or negative economic development? Motivate your answer at the hand

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    GDP Expanded at 4.2% Rate in Second Quarter Corporate Profits Also Surged‚ Rising 6% from the First Quarter to an Annual Rate of $1.840 Trillion Ben Leubsdorf. August 28‚ 2014. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/articles/gdp-expanded-at-4-2-rate-in-second-quarter-1409229416Gross Domestic Product The purpose of Mr. Leubsdorf’s article was to explain how the current GDP exceeded prior expectations. Ben went into great detail about the encouraging direction of not only the GDP but also of unemployment

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    Decoding ’Natural’ Rate of Unemployment Neil Shah. September 7‚ 2012. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1038358262?accountid=12085 UNEMPLOYMENT Neil Shah wrote this article which briefly covers the topics of unemployment and the natural unemployment rate. The way our economy has been on a downward slope has led to the need to write about the natural unemployment rate. There are more and more people losing their jobs. Not only do they lose their jobs‚ but the longer that

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    ‘The Best Satire Seeks To Do More than Simply Mock and Criticise’ In modern day culture‚ satire is appreciated for its unique approach to significant issues regarding the development of the human race and the ways these issues are conveyed. The best satire not only mocks and criticises‚ but also evokes thoughts of change from the audience in an attempt to identify and negate the vices of mankind. These qualities are evident in George Orwell’s novella Animal Farm (1945) and Gary Ross’ film Pleasantville

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    “Hamlet”‚ writen by William Shakespeare‚ and “Odeipus Rex”‚ written by Sophocles have a similar tie-in of innocence and bond. In these plays‚ two kings are forced to forget about their innocence‚ man up and face the truth which leads to both highs and lows in these characters lives through the play. It is a battle between truth and lies. As I read‚ and analyzed these two plays‚ I see that both of these characters are in their own world‚ negligent of the real world and truths around them. In the case

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    in the tragedy of Oedipus Rex and Antigone‚ Oedipus and Creon do foolish actions. In a way they had eyes yet were blind to the actions they created. The story of Oedipus was well known to Sophocles’ audience. In Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus was born from Jocasta and the king as a prince‚ but a prophet foretold that he would kill the king and "lay" with his mother. So the king and Jocasta let him bleed out on a mountain. Afterward he was then raised by the people who found him. when he grew up he then

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    Walls are like guardians for a person’s privacy. Walls are built to hid away from society and to either keep people in or out of someone’s life. They come in different sizes‚ color‚ and shape. People can also build an invisible wall in their life to isolate themselves from others that might hurt them and prevent from anyone coming into their life. "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost uses tone‚ setting‚ and imagery to tell the story of two neighbors who come together to fix a wall and discover the reason

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    Aristotle‚ is a man of noble reputation who is admired by society but has a tragic flaw‚ which leads to his downfall. Shakespeare and Sophocles were both inspired by the theme of Tragic Heroes and have used this theme in their plays Macbeth and Oedipus Rex‚ respectively. These plays teach us moral lessons and it is imperative to decide which character best fits the title of a Tragic Hero. Undoubtedly‚ Macbeth and Oedipus are both Tragic Heroes but in different ways. Hamartia is a tragic flaw‚ which leads

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    The wall is more than just a lawn decoration‚ but rather a symbol of separation‚ and division between two neighbors. From the first few lines in the poem Mending Walls by Robert Frost‚ you will gather a sense of mistrust or even isolation and separation. Frost starts the poem with two neighbors meet up as a yearly tradition to mend their broken wall. Robert never quite understood the need for such wall. But the neighbor insists a good wall makes a great neighbor. But Robert could not disagree more

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