Oedipus Rex Questions The Prologue (p5-12) 1. Where does the play take place? 2. Which character begins the play? 3. What is Oedipus’s attitude toward the suppliants seeking his help? 4. What does the priest ask Oedipus to do? 5. What has Oedipus already done? 6. Who is Creon? 7. What is the message from the oracle of Delphi with which Creon returns? 8. What prevented Thebes from tracking down the murderer of Laius at the time the murder occurred? 9. What does
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The Prison Industrial Complex in America The main goal of private prisons is to make profit disregarding the necessities of the inmates. Privatization provides bad health services to the inmates‚ lack of opportunities to get an education‚ undertrained staff‚ insecurity‚ and a high recidivism rate. The United States has the largest incarceration rate in the entire world‚ and this is due to the prison-industrial complex (PIC). The more defendants are sent to private prison‚ the more profit they and
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Football is a complex sport with many specifications‚ and although millions of people watch football‚ not all of them understand what is truly “behind the scenes” of each game. When thinking of a football game normally the different teams come to mind or a particular athlete stands out‚ but football is much more than that. There are more people than just the athletes that are involved with a football game‚ including the coaches of the teams‚ referees who call the shots‚ trainers who build up the
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Prophecy and fate play a central role in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy‚ Oedipus the King. Even before Oedipus is born‚ the god Apollo has already determined the tragic nature of his existence. Each action that Oedipus takes to defy the gods causes himself and the city of Thebes to suffer greatly‚ substantiating Apollo’s original intentions. It is important to note that the audience is aware of the ultimate outcome of Oedipus. Sophocles used tragic irony in many plays‚ where the audience understands the
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O. Henry (1862-1910) was originally born William Sydney Porter in Greensboro‚ North Carolina. As a young man‚ he moved to Austin‚ Texas where he worked as a bank teller. He moved again to Houston‚ Texas in 1895 and became a newspaper columnist. In 1896‚ however‚ he was called back to Austin‚ where he was charged with embezzling money from the bank where he had worked. Not wanting to go to prison for his crime‚ O. Henry fled to Honduras‚ and stayed there for six months before returning to the
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"Our fearful trip is done;/the ship has weather’d every rack‚ the prize we sought is won" The poem O Captain! My Captain! Written by Walt Whitman starts out by describing what happened at the begging of his eventful journey in which the captain and his sailors went on. In stanza one the captain and his sailors arrive at their destination point when suddenly the captain falls cold and dead‚ just short of his final destination. If I were to judge why he ended up like that I would say the captain
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The brain is a very complex system. As our body changes through the years‚ so does our brain. When we are infants‚ our brains are reworking. As we learn‚ make memories‚ use our reflexes‚ and develop basic survival skills. The brain is growing incredibly rapidly during these early years. Are neurons are getting bigger‚ and are working more efficiently. Causing us to gain connection between hearing to vision. Near the end of the early stages‚ you would be two years old‚ and your brain will be about
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collected and used for the nursery. The YES-O is authorized to sell their excess seedlings to interested public and private entities as part of its entrepreneurial activities. The proceeds shall be used in the nursery maintenance and operation such as purchase of planting supplies and materials‚ including repairs‚ maintenance and expansion. B. Planting‚ Growing and Caring for Trees Consistent with the seed bank and nursery establishment of the YES-O‚ only native‚ endemic or indigenous species
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these mark schemes. CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2008 question papers for most IGCSE‚ GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. Page 2 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – October/November 2008 Syllabus 5054 Paper 2 Do not accept fractions. No penalty for [ 2 s. f. unless stated or for 1 s. f. where exactly correct. Only one unit and only one fraction penalty per question. Section A 1 (a) 0.5(0)
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Oedipus Tyrannus" is "basically is a story of a man’s discovery through persistent inquiry that he is guilty of unwitting parricide and incest‚ and his horrified reaction to that discovery. In "Oedipus the King"‚ Oedipus king of Thebes unknownly killed his biological father and married his mother. On this Ancient myth‚ the playwright Sophocles weaves a complex story that can be interpreted on many different levels of intellectual thinking. This play‚ since the time it was staged has been subjected
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