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    Sweet Escape

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    Sweet Escape Rebirth‚ healing‚ awakening- These are the words that mirror a flower that blooms in mud. In order for its petals to greet the warmth of the sun‚ a lotus flower must begin its life buried beneath mud and filth. Fragile and little it uses its own strength to press on through the sludge so that it can live within the water. With time and patience‚ it’ll soon reach the surface feeling the sun shine on it. As its buds begin to grow‚ the flower will then finally burst into full bloom. Same

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    Hamlet & Oedipus

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    Scholars have been comparing Oedipus and Hamlet for years. Tragedies written so long ago and so far apart yet so similar. The tried and true tale of betrayal and death. They are themes that stand the test of time. Both Oedipus and Hamlet could not escape their destinies. Both destined to be king and both destined to murder. They were both naïve. Oedipus tried to escape his destiny of killing his father and lying with his mother by running away from who he thought were his parents. Little did he know

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    Oedipus Rex

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    In Oedipus Rex‚ it appears that Oedipus’ tragic downfall was the result of misfortune – his actions of killing his father and marrying his mother were done without knowledge or intent‚ and thus his punishment of scorn and banishment seems excessive for the crime. However‚ though Oedipus was struck by the gods with unfortunate circumstances‚ it was through his own free will that the oracles were permitted to come true. The weaknesses in Oedipus’ personality and his lapses in judgment caused him to

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    Oedipus and Antigone

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    Antigone and Oedipus the King‚ two renowned works of the Greek playwright Sophocles‚ explore these values through a plot thick with corruption‚ virtue‚ and determination. These plays reveal the burdens two Theban kings‚ Oedipus and Creon‚ as their lies and poor judgment corrode the integrity of their city‚ their families and themselves. Possessing a strong faith in their respective gods‚ the characters of these Greek plays are often led astray as they try to escape the twisted hand of fate‚ further

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    A Beautiful Escape

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    A Beautiful Escape Everyone has a place where they want or dream to escape all the pressures and worries of life. For me‚ the beach is the ultimate cure to all my problems. So many things about the beach make it a claiming place. The most obvious things are the sights and sounds. The many sounds of the beach can be quite claiming. The sound of the waves hitting the shore give a blissful feeling. Some people find the sounds of the birds flying above them in the slight breeze very calming

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    Oedipus Rex

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    2013 Proper Punishment and Justice in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex Within Sophocles’ play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus’ destiny was to marry his biological mother and murder his biological father. Oedipus pointlessly tries to change his fate‚ but was powerless in changing anything. With no control over his destined fate‚ unaware of his family history‚ and unconscious of who his birth parents were‚ Oedipus is guiltless in killing his father and marrying his very own mother. Justice‚ which required the revealing

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    Oedipus' Destiny

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    dared to avoid their predestined fate‚ essentially elevating their status beyond human boundaries‚ were doomed for failure. In the noteworthy Greek play‚ Oedipus the King‚ the essential character’s inability to accept the divine will results in a perpetual shifting of motives that amount to his ultimate demise. Upon learning his dismal fateOedipus initially disregards the validity of it and‚ subsequently‚ attempts to flee from the physical "setting" in which his prophecy is associated. According

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    Juxtaposition In Oedipus

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    a close reading of the extract Oedipus II.300-328‚ which will track the significance of the plague and its symbolic ramifications for the theme of fate. This extract does not examine Oedipus as a free agent‚ but how his past is fate-bound and that the plague is a physical and metaphorical manifestation of Oedipus’s inner state. The plague is first presented as a disease ‘besetting’ (II.303) the city‚ and Oedipus is firmly established as a victim of unalterable fate. It is unalterable as there is

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    Fate vs. Free Will

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    “What fates impose‚ that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide” – William Shakespeare. Comment on how true this statement is in showing that the divine intervention attributed to Oedipus’ downfall in Oedipus The King.   I disagree with the statement to a certain extent that man is predestined to fulfil his own fate and ultimately any form of intervention towards his destiny would only prove to be futile. In Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus’ past actions were determined by fate

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    the great escape

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    success in establishing facts favorable to his or her client. 1.2 For present purposes‚ we may define evidence as any matter verbal or physical‚ that can be used to support the existence of a factual proposition. Lawyers must anticipate the impact the rules of evidence will have upon the admissibility of these materials should a judicial trial be necessary. 1.3 The evidence is presented by adversaries‚ each one offering evidence favorable to his or her client and each demanding a fair chance

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