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    Lesson Learned Analysis

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    Lesson Learned “Opportunities don’t happen‚ you create them.” Chris Grosser I remember getting off the yellow school bus that morning feeling very anxious. While walking towards my school’s office‚ my mind began to drift. My mother’s conversation with me that night began to slowly repeat in my head. I knew this was a great opportunity and getting accepted would make her happy. In order to get accepted into the career center there are requirements that I had to fulfil. These included a 2.0

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    Oedipus Rex Cosmic Trial

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    supposed to study. No one is to blame for Laius’s death‚ not even Oedipus‚ it was fate‚ and fate can’t be avoided. Before reading the play‚ we’re already aware of Oedipus’s story. We know what his ultimate fate is‚ so we know what that all of Oedipus’s actions led up to his ultimate fate. One of the first clues we are given is also one of the biggest clues proving that fate can’t be changed. King Laius didn’t kill Oedipus himself‚ he ordered the shepherd to do it for him. There was no way

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    Analysis on Oedipus Rex

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    ENGLISH 13/Mythology and Folklore Hidden Themes from Homer’s Odyssey (Source: www1.union.edu/wareht/gkcultur/guide/14) The Odyssey is not just about the heroic Odysseus‚ but more importantly about the underlying themes from the Greek culture.  The following page discusses in detail four of those themes:  spiritual growth‚ loyalty‚ perseverance‚ and hospitality.  Spiritual Growth By Brian Lower Homer uses the idea of spiritual growth as one of his underlying themes in the Odyssey.  He relates

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    Racism: Lessons Learned

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    in this classroom environment. Issues have been studied that have caught the attention of the class and made them consider things that perhaps were not contemplated before. Over the past semester‚ one series of lessons have stood out to me more than any other. That particular set of lessons revolved around the issue of racism. <br> <br>Racism has taken on a new comprehension within my thoughts and mind over the course of this semester. I had always considered racism a baneful idea and an even more

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    Through Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero‚ it can be inferred that Oedipus is a tragic hero because of three main reasons: he discove his fate by his own actions‚ he falls from great esteem and his story arises fear and empathy. With all these attributes‚ Oedipus directly fits Aristotle’s definition. Oedipus discovers his fate not by things happening to him but instead by his own actions. Oedipus would have probably never learned that he was Laois’s murderer if he had not called on Teresias. This

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    Three Lessons Learned

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    Today I would like you share with you three lessons I’ve learned so far in life‚ and how those experiences have changed me. My two main focuses in my life are school and volleyball‚ and I have reached a considerably high level in both. Both are extremely demanding and time consuming and I have often been overwhelmed with the amount of have to do and how little time I may have to do it. The easy thing‚ would be to back away. The easy thing‚ would be so slack off and make excuses. The easy thing‚ would

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    In Oedipus‚ King Laios and Jocasta were warned by the oracle that if they were to get married they would have a son who would kill the king and marry the queen. They ignored these warning and got married and had a child. They both decided it was best to send him away to keep the prophesy from coming true. However‚ the baby was saved and taken to a nearby city. Oedipus comes back to Thebes and the prophesy comes true. This play is full of ironical twists that add to the drama and suspense of it all

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    Oedipus Rex Persuasive Essay I believe the main point Sophocles was trying to convey in the story “Oedipus Rex” was that you have to be accountable for your actions. He shows this by the use of dramatic‚ situational‚ and many more different kinds of irony. Sophocles also uses foreshadowing to show how Oedipus needs to be accountable for his actions. Sophocles is teaching his audience an important life lesson. Sophocles shows his audience that you have to be accountable for your own actions. He

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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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    Oedipus Rex and Tragedy Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is‚ in short‚ the story of a man who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother. It certainly sounds like a tragedy‚ doesn’t it? But the classification and definition of ‘tragedy’ are one of the many things widely disputed in the realm of literary studies. So‚ for the purposes here we’ll use Aristotle’s five criteria of a tragedy: a tragic hero of noble birth‚ a tragic flaw or mistake‚ a fall from grace‚ a moment of remorse‚ and catharsis

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