hard way. Last night I lost my glasses in the bathroom; this essentially made every trip to the bathroom as hazardous as a stroll through a minefield. However‚ we often tend to approach “sight” and “blindness” from very literal perspective. Whereas Sophocles‚ in his play Oedipus Rex‚ approaches the sight-blind dichotomy metaphorically. Sophocles associates sight with possession of prophecy and knowledge while connecting blindness to ignorance‚ using Tiresius and Oedipus as physical representations
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Complex Change: Presentation 20 May 2005 Harry Truman once said “You issue orders from this office and if you can find out what happens to them after that‚ you’re a better man than I am!” He was talking about the Oval Office rather than the office of the CEO‚ but the analogy holds. Looking at many change projects‚ senior executives often behave as though they believe that life is as straightforward as issuing orders and watching as the world obeys. If that were true‚ the world would be a simpler
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After watching the film the people vs. Larry Flynt‚ it is clear that the major message is that all Americans have rights under the constitution. Although in some cases many Americans may not always agree with each other‚ it is their right and freedom to do so under the Bill of Rights. In particular the first amendment is a major focus of the film. Throughout the entire movie the Larry Flynt character (Woody Harrelson) defends the fact that he is an American‚ therefore like all other Americans he
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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 in the
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Causing our own grief In Oedipus Rex‚ written by Sophocles‚ some of the characters cause their own problems. The idea applies not only to the story but to real life as well. In fact‚ “The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.” The significance of this quotation is that people bring on their own sadness by their own doings. Other people do not cause the grief. In Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus causes his own grief by trying to escape the fate of the oracle’s prophecy. He cannot blame his grief on
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Just as in real life‚ you get to know the characters in a piece of literature by their words‚ their actions‚ and of course‚ by the words of others. This method of acquainting the reader with a character is called characterization. Direct characterization portrays a character through his or her own words‚ whereas indirect characterization 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
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others. A perfect example of this was my first thoughts of this class. All I could think about was what I would need to do to secure a high grade in the class‚ at whatever the cost. I came to the conclusion after reading this essay that it is not the grade‚ the simple one letter answer‚ which is valuable; it is the knowledge that I take from the class that holds the true value. For the first time in my life I am working not for the recognition of passing from all of my teachers and peers‚ but the recognition
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Oedipus Rex – Key Quotes OPENING SCENE – TONE‚ LOCATION AND EXPOSITION The action takes place in Thebes in front of the royal palace OEDIPUS: the city fills with incense‚ chants‚ and cries of pain? PRIEST: For our city‚ as you yourself can see‚ is badly shaken—she cannot raise her head above the depths of so much surging death. Disease infects fruit blossoms in our land‚ disease infects our herds of grazing cattle‚ makes women in labour lose their children.
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A tragic hero is a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall‚ suffering‚ or defeat. Oedipus and Okonkwo are both fantastic examples of a tragic hero because they have it all in the beginning and then they both fall. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo is a man from the village Umofia; he has many wives‚ a famous wrestler‚ and a big yam plantation. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ Oedipus is a man from Corinth who runs away from
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Larry McMurtry wrote Lonesome Dove in 1985. He was born in June 3‚1936. He is currently 80 years old. He has wrote over 35 books. He has been in a couple screenplay and another famous one that he has helped with is Brokeback Mountain. He has had two wives one died not too long ago after he married her. His first wife was Jo Scott McMurtry. His second wife is Norma Faye Kesey and he is still with her today. Literary Perspective: This book is written in 3rd person omniscient. The narrator mainly
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