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    illustrates a character through the author’s or other characters’ words. Direct and indirect characterization allow us to see not only each character’s obvious side‚ but their hidden side too‚ that is not always as easily seen. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ the three main characters Oedipus‚ Teiresias‚ and Iokaste are introduced to us through direct and indirect characterization‚ where we learn about each character’s positive as well as negative traits. Oedipus‚ the main character in the story‚ and

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    In her youth‚ Jeannette struggled with denial to understand the reality of her family life. When she was a young girl and her family didn’t have a roof over their heads she only saw the good in the situation. In one instant Jeannette describes a discussion between herself and her sister Lori “I told Lori how lucky we were to be sleeping out under the sky like Indians‚ ‘We could live like this forever’ I said‚” (18). This quote connects to my claim because it demonstrates that when she was young‚

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    HISTORY OF ICE CREAM Once upon a time‚ hundreds of years ago‚ Charles I of England hosted a sumptuous state banquet for many of his friends and family. The meal‚ consisting of many delicacies of the day‚ had been simply superb but the ’’coup de grace’ was yet to come. After much preparation‚ the king’s French chief had concocted an apparently new dish. It was cold and resembled fresh fallen snow but was much creamier and wetter than any other was after dinner dessert. The guests were delighted

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    Journal Project for Oedipus Rex 1. What is the effect of Oedipus’ insistence and promises regarding the hunting down and punishing of the murderer of Laius? What does this suggest concerning his character as well as the meaning of Sophocles’ play? Sophocles – a Greek poet and a writer – was famous for his tragedies. All of his plays and tragedies consisted of a very distinctive style called dramatic irony - a situation of drama which is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters

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    Lavinia Oliveros Health Social Science Walls Traditional practitioners of social science and medicine would view the two fields as separate. However‚ in order to understand complex health problems better‚ there is a need to integrate both. This is way easier said than done‚ of course. Integration of the two fields means permeating the walls that surround them. Rigid knowledge boundaries among these fields alone hinder the unification. As Van Der Geest said‚ medicine is problem-oriented and physicians

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    Jeannette Rankin was born near Missoula‚ Montana on June 11‚ 1880. She successfully fought for a woman’s right to vote in Washington State and Montana and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. The first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress‚ during her two separate terms Rankin helped pass the 19th Amendment and was the only Congressperson to vote against both WWI and WWII. She died in 1973. Jeannette Rankins was a vigorous feminist ‚ a life time pacifist and a reformer for social

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    Oedipus Rex Sophocles‚ 496-406 B.C. Main Characters Oedipus - The story revolves around Oedipus and his search for the cause of the blight on his city finding it to be himself. Iocaste - Iocaste is Oedipus’ wife and mother who was very supportive of Oedipus’ search of the truth until she found out that she was part of that truth when she committed suicide. Creon - Creon‚ Iocaste’s brother‚ helps Oedipus find the murderer‚ but when the truth begins to come out through Teiresias‚ Oedipus

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    tradition of how to behave. Therefore‚ creating chaos politically draws attention to make it in history. To make a legacy‚ you must be uniquely different and brave to stand up against the set rules. Women such as Jeannette Rankin is one of that stubborn and demanding person in history. Jeannette Rankin is such an inspiration for women‚ gives women hope that they can be anything they set their heart to. Jeanette was a suffragist‚ pacifist‚ and the first congresswoman. I believe that her education played

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    OEDIPUS REX AN ENGLISH VERSION BY DUDLEY FITTS AND ROBERT FITZGERALD Table of Contents: PERSONS REPRESENTED: OEDIPUS A PRIEST CREON TEIRESIAS IOCASTE MESSENGER SECOND MESSENGER CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS SHEPHERD OF LAIOS ANTIGONE‚ Daughter of Oedipus ISMENE‚ Daughter of Oedipus PROLOGUE THE SCENE. Before the palace of Oedipus‚ King of Thebes. A central door and two lateral doors open onto a platform which runs the length of the facade. On the platform‚ right

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    In "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles we see many occasions where a reader or perhaps even a scholar can begin to get confused. However‚ Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex takes time to look at some of the most debated events throughout the entire book. E.R. Dodd’s transforms Oedipus Rex into a descriptive legible masterpiece. Within we find the answers to many key questions and elements which have plagued undergraduates and scholars for years‚ and perhaps even years to come. "In what sense‚ if in any‚ does

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