It started out as any other normal day. Except for one thing. "Plop". A blob of white‚ slimy goo fell onto the side of my bed. I look up‚ half expecting to see some sort of monster‚ drooling all over me. Instead I see a ceiling covered in goo. "Plop". This time it falls onto my face. Gross. I quickly roll out of my bed‚ and grab my shoes. By the time I am done with that‚ the atrocious liquid is spewing down my walls. "Mom!" I yell. I wait for a response but no one answers. I call for my mom
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character in Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex‚ could not see the truth‚ but the blind man‚ Teiresias‚ "saw" it plainly. Sophocles uses blindness as a motif in the play Oedipus Rex. Oedipus‚ known for his intelligence‚ is ignorant and therefore blind to the truth about himself and his past. Yet‚ when Teiresias exposes the truth he is shunned. It is left to Oedipus to overcome his "blindness‚" realize the truth‚ and accept fate. Oedipus‚ "who bear the famous name‚" fled his home of Corinth in fear of fulfilling
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Blindness means lack of vision or inability to see‚ as defined in the dictionary. Not being able to see can be extremely hard‚ and so blind people have to cope to become part of society. They have to depend on their other senses to be able to explore the world around them. However‚ the good thing is that they learn to use their other senses better than other people do. Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ is set in an early stage when the industry is switching from black and white to colored television
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In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ the themes of sight and blindness are developed in a way to communicate to the reader that it is not eyesight itself‚ but insight that holds the key to truth and‚ without it‚ no amount of knowledge can help uncover that truth. Some may define insight as the ability to intuitively know what is going to happen‚ or simply as the capacity to understand the true nature of a situation. Both definitions hold a significant role in the play‚ not only for more obvious
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through the portrayal of character’s vision and imagery used in the text. It enhances other ideas in the play‚ therefore resulting in the audience having a better visual and wider understanding of the plot and primary issues. Shakespeare’s motif of blindness is used throughout the entirety of the play. The audience first experiences this when the King fails to see the truth behind the words of Goneril and Regan‚ casting off Cordelia when she refuses partake in King Lear’s love test for his daughters
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In literature‚ it is common for the main protagonist to be infallible. When reading Blindness by Jose Saramago‚ the main protagonist who goes by the identity as the Doctor’s Wife‚ constantly makes rash decisions with little thought‚ though she always manages to have done the correct thing in the reader’s perspective. Saramago incorporated the Doctor’s Wife to have unique characteristics that make her very different from the rest of the individuals in the novel‚ the characteristic of simply not being
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#6 Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness‚ affecting 66 million individuals worldwide‚ with the majority manifesting blindness are from Asian countries (Stein‚ MD‚ MS‚ et al.‚ 2011). The Unites States continues to experience a significant number of Asian immigrants consequently glaucoma is a degenerative disease that requires additional research and monitoring. Japanese Americans are generally lumped into the Asian population health research and subsequently reported as a sub-population within
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34 Annual Objectives: 35 Strategic Review and Evaluation Procedures: 35 Bibliography: 36 Executive Summary: Merck & Co. is a research driven pharmaceutical company involved in manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and drugs. Merck ’s products are not limited to preventive and therapeutic vaccines. Merck merged with Schering-Plough in November of 2009 for $41billion. Merck is based in Whitehouse Station‚ New Jersey and has more than 110000 employees. The company has a annual revenue of
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The New Product Development Process and Merck and Company Introduction The business environment of the 21st century is very different from the business environment 200 years ago. Since the Industrial Revolution until today‚ businesses have developed more and more products to meet the needs of an ever increasing world population. The cycle of business has been changed dramatically since the invention of the Internet‚ which has shortened the selling cycle and made it more convenient
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Brittany Wester SOC 228 TR 3-4:50 River Conscious Living: The Willamette Oregon ’s Willamette River is the 13th largest river in the United States‚ not only does it span more than 11‚000 square miles in total area but over 70% of all Oregonians live in the Willamette Basin. This river is as much a part of Oregon ’s culture as Crater Lake or Mt. Hood‚ it is even a declared American Heritage river‚ yet we have become so disconnected from it that most people don ’t even look down as they cross
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