Jessie Romelus English I Mrs. Joseph March 14‚2011 Antigone: the Most Tragic Hero Sophocles Playwright‚ The Three Plebian Plays: Antigone‚ Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus at Colonus written by Sophocles‚ is one of the many plays that shows the audience heroic figures and the outcome of being exposed to fate. Creon and Anitgone both show nobility throughout the play showing that they are both admirable and human. Antigone copes with the situation she has fallen in. She rebels the governments decree
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There are so many ways to rid or attempt to rid a person of cancer. Things have surfaced anywhere from radiation therapy to smoking medicinal marijuana‚ but the main one that is administered is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is defined as the treatment of disease especially cancer through chemical substance. This method of treatment although successful is “literally burning your body up from the inside out” states Maze magician Jim Monroe. Therefore these drugs were meant for beneficial purposes but
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died on November 22nd‚ 1949 in Pasadena‚ California at the age of 56. During his era he was one of the most popular American short story writers. Most of his stories were published in “The Saturday Evening Post” and “Collier’s magazines”. He also found success in being a journalist as well as a screenwriter. However‚ probably his most famous short story would be “The Most Dangerous Game”. “The Most Dangerous Game” takes you on a journey to where human reasoning is put to the test against human instinct
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The Most Dangerous Game SSA: Samuel Hammett Richard Connell was America’s most renowned short story writer of the 1920s and arguably his greatest work was the 1924 classic The Most Dangerous Game. This short story starts out with Sanger Rainsford‚ a world renowned hunter‚ traveling to the Amazon to go big game hunting with his first mate Whitley. While voyaging on Rainsford’s yacht they pass an ominous island named “Ship Trap Island” and Rainsford falls overboard where he proceeds to swim to this
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Connell’s short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game.” After Rainsford’s ship crashes‚ he meets an ex-militant General Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt‚ but hunting in his terms means people. He loves to lure sailors to a lighthouse surrounded by rocks‚ so their boat would crash and Zaroff can hunt them. General Zaroff challenges Rainsford to a battle. A battle to the death. With Zaroff having the upper hand and Rainsford having nothing but his wits. In his short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” Richard
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to most it is the most painful one. “He would put his peewee in my peewee‚ and touch my peewee”. Those are the words no parent or adult wants to hear come from a child’s mouth. Child abuse is sadly a common issue that our society has to face‚ and I was one of those who went through it. I was sexually abused by my grandfather multiple times day from the age of three to six and half. I was abused multiple times day in different ways each time‚ and it was only when I was left alone with him. My parents
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Pierre de Coubertin‚ the father of the modern Olympics‚ once said that "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.” Well‚ I believe that no one should be taking part in the Olympics‚ because they should be cancelled. Yes‚ it can be argued that they provide countries with sometimes much needed unity and strength to improve‚ and that the Olympics are highly competitive that is great for the athletes competing. But‚ the pros greatly overweigh the cons. The Olympics
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think of my bedroom‚ I realize why some people are so crazy about locking their doors and not letting anyone inside it and touch their stuff. My bedroom is the place where I can sit back and relax. It is the only place where I can get away from the world‚ away from the stressing college student life; a place away from work and rude customers‚ that even though no matter how nice you are to them‚ there’s always someone that finds the way to bring your mood down. A place when I can have my own privacy
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Kobie Douglas Douglas 1 2-6-12 My family history "In all of us there is a hunger‚ marrow deep‚ to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge‚ there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life‚ there is still a vacuum‚ emptiness‚ and the most disquieting loneliness.” –Alex Haley This quote explained to me the importance of my grandparent’s legacy and their history. A long twisting family tree inspires one who
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The most beautiful woman anyone in the town of Buzios‚ Brazil had ever seen. Tan‚ dark‚ flawless skin like it was painted by an artist. Long‚ flowing‚ black hair similar to the beautiful Pocahontas. She had the most perfect figure‚ as if it was sculpted by the most talented of men. She only had one flaw that she refused to tell anyone about. She suffered with multiple personalities disorder. She had her loyal‚ peaceful‚ friendly personality‚ which she spent most of her time during the day as‚ and
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