1 Elsewhere in the 33 states and UTs study‚ milk was found adulterated with detergent‚ fat and even urea‚ besides the age-old dilution with water. Across the country‚ 68.4% of samples were found contaminated. Only in Goa and Puducherry did 100% of the samples tested conform to required standards. At the other end were West Bengal‚ Bihar‚ Chhattisgarh‚ Jharkhand‚ Orissa and Mizoram‚ where not a single sample tested met the norms. Other prominent states fared just a shade better. Around 89% of the
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A Narrow Escape This is a true story. It is the story of our narrow escape from sudden death. My brother who is handicapped & myself went to Dadar in Mumbai to visit an Aunt. She lived very near the beach. I was just 15 then & my brother 5. We loved going to the beach but normally always went with our mother or elder sister. On our way back‚ temptation got the better of us & we came up with the great idea of walking along the beach instead of taking the taxi back home. If we walked along
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of the Wingfield family has their own fantasy world in which they indulge themselves. However‚ some of the characters had the will to escape from their imaginary worlds‚ and that escape was represented by many symbols during the play‚ one of them were the fire escape. The fire escape which represents the one way excursion which Tom needed in order to find a temporary safe haven from the nagging of his mother‚ Amanda‚ and the responsibilities he had towards his crippled sister‚ Laura. Tom was suffocating
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in stone? Oedipus Rex was not supposed to be born. His parents made choices leading to his birth and it angered the gods. They then laid a prophecy out that the baby they bore would kill the father‚ marry the mother and have her children. Trying to outrun this‚ they chose to get rid of the baby. In Sophocles play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus is told he is destined a terrible fate. He makes choices throughout the play that seems to lead him to his his downfall. His choices helped determine his fate rather
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The Great Escape I. The Great Escape is about a group of POWs that were transferred into a high security camp; these prisoners were considered “high risk” because every man at the camp had tried to escape from various POW camps before. This movie follows a main cast of 7 men; each of these men determined to get out of the camp and each of the men bringing a special skill. The film follows the men through the planning process‚ building process‚ and even the escape. The Great Escape was based
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they thought they were. In the play Oedipus the King written by Sophocles this is exactly what happens. Oedipus is seen as the most tragic character because‚ in the beginning of the play he sees himself as a great‚ and intelligent man‚ although by the end of the play‚ Oedipus realizes his ignorance. In the beginning of the play‚ Oedipus solves the riddle and defeats the Sphinx‚ which causes Oedipus views himself as one of a kind. After the Sphinx defeat‚ Oedipus is speaking to the Priest and describes
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Oedipus Rex The tragic play “Oedipus Rex” describes the life of Oedipus and the events that led to his ultimate downfall. Through specific dialogue and narrative progression “Oedipus Rex” is able to convey Oedipus as a victim of fate‚ and although the play was written many years ago‚ Oedipus’ experience can still be interpreted by modern society to debate whether or not man is in control of his/her own destiny. The over arching theme of fate‚ or a predetermined destiny‚ is developed throughout
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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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In Ancient Greece the existence of gods and fate prevailed. In the Greek tragedy King Oedipus by the playwright Sophocles these topics are heavily involved. We receive a clear insight into their roles in the play such as they both control man ’s actions and that challenging their authority leads to a fall. The concepts of the gods and fate were created to explain things. In Ancient Greece there was a lot that was not understood; science was in its infancy and everything that happened could be
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hour 27 February‚ 2012 Discovering and Suffering: Why Oedipus is The Most Tragic Fate is the develpment of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as determined by a supernatural power. In Oedipus’s fight against fate‚ he expierenced all aspects an Aristostlian Tragic Hero‚ but above all suffering and discovery. Therefore‚ Oedipus is far more tragic than Antigone and Creon; for his suffering exceeds greatly beyond theirs‚ as does his discovery. "How terrible-to see the truth when the truth
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