Explain the paradox (something that seems to be a contradiction but is not) of blindness of the following example: Tiresias [to Oedipus]: Listen to me. You mock my blindness‚ do you? But I say that you‚ with both your eyes‚ are blind. Ode One (p27-28) 21. What does the chorus remind the audience about the murderer? 22. When the chorus debates whether to believe Oedipus or Teiresias‚ with whom do they side and what is their reason? Scene Two (p29-48) 23. What character trait
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above-market pricing? 4 Touché Toiletries Inc. has developed an addition to its Lizardman Cologne line tentatively branded Ode d’Toade Cologne. Unit variable costs are 45 cents for a 3-ounce bottle‚ and heavy advertising expenditures in the first year would result in total fixed costs of $900‚000. Ode d’Toade Cologne is priced at $7.50 for a 3-ounce bottle. How many bottles of Ode d’Toade must be sold to break even? 5 What would be your response to the statement‚ “Profit maximization is the only legitimate
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Dorian Gray‚ Mrs. Drover‚ and the persona of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” take a downfall‚ choosing the notorious “wasteland” and living in misery or envy yet result in the same manner as another who chooses the proverbial “Holy Grail” in the sense at gaining experiences and knowledge of the other world‚ insight on morality‚ and genuine acceptance through miniscule grief. Through awe-inspiring works such as Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”‚ and Elizabeth Bowen’s
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THE CHORUS In choosing the classical form of tragedy for his Samson Agonistes‚ Milton decided to work on a distinctively unpopular medium. For‚ classically modelled tragedy had never been popular in England. Even Ben Jonson‚ excused himself for not obeying the Aristotelian rules and not having a proper chorus in his Sejanus. But with his contempt for mere popularity‚ Milton did not feel obliged to modify the form of classical tragedy to suit the purpose of what Jonson called “popular delight”. J
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AP Language‚ period 1 Kaitlyn Vallance SOAPSTONE CHART -The Gettysburg Address 30 August 2010 SPEAKER | Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America and he help office during the Civil War. During the Civil War‚ the North and South split into two sides – the Union in the north led by president Lincoln and the Confederacy in the south led by president Davis. Originally‚ the Civil War was not an attempt by Lincoln to abolish slavery and emancipate the slaves
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more misery and sorrow when the king is murdered upon his homecoming. The watchman leaves to tell Clytaemnestra the news of her husband’s imminent return. 2). 1st Choral Ode: the purpose of the chorus is to direct the audience‚ provide a time lapse and to praise the gods. In the first choral ode the chorus establishes
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A chorus in a Greek tragedy is fundamental however in modern plays it is no longer a crucial element. The chorus consists of a small group of people‚ usually between twelve and fifteen‚ who account the events of the play‚ and foreshadow its development. They are meant to act as a character but are positioned away from the main action. As a character‚ the chorus has many functions; it interacts with other characters‚ and gives its opinion on the situations without regard to the chance of their opinion
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Tragedy came to be made up of episodes divided by choral odes. Within the odes‚ the chorus would vocalize rhythmically‚ so they would not be looked at as individuals‚ but as one body. They function to offer time for scene changes and give the most important actors a break. In some plays the chorus take the part of a
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twenty-four. As most would wonder‚ how does one who has gone through so much pain and suffering make sense of it all? In response to this question‚ Keats in his poetry emphasized making positives out of unfortunate circumstances and in poems such as Ode to Melancholy and Fall to Hyperion he establishes the belief that pain could be beneficial to life and something worth embracing. He states this perspective himself in a letter he wrote to George and Georgina Keats in May 1819 stating “Do you not see
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ability to control our fate? The author of the choral ode feels that we do not have the power to be in command of our fate and our destiny is already decided. Contrasting this belief the writer of “Invictus” believes in free will and the opportunity to control and overcome our fate. Every person has their own set of beliefs that can be similar or very different to those who surround them. Sophocles proclaims the idea of fate through the choral ode. He believed that everything you do you must always
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