Oedipus Journal Setting: When and where does the story take place? The play occurs several years after Oedipus had become king of Thebes—mythical city that shares some resemblance of Athens at the time Sophocles wrote the play. The plays’ set is Oedipus royal place and the timeline can be estimated around the year 429 B.C.E. Characterization: Who are the main characters of the story? The main characters in the story are Oedipus‚ his wife Jokasta‚ and Tiresias—blind prophet who told Oedipus the
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Gatsby and Reader Comparative Essay The values of each age are reflected in the texts which are composed in them. Both The Great Gatsby and The Reader are written with the values of each age in mind. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby examines the culture of the 1920s and the context that surrounded Fitzgerald whilst writing the novel. Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader is an investigation into the post World War II generation of Germany and the views from each generation. The Reader is written
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In log home restoration the execution of techniques‚ products as well as procedures changes from company to company. From planning to design to the actual construction‚ each and every log house would have its very own set of variables as well as specific challenges. One important step is caulking. Probably at the very least half of the log homes are inaccurately caulked or perhaps not caulked completely. Meaning the property is weathertight you aren’t caulked in any way. Usually‚ most log houses
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what is expected out of an individual‚ but as readers read into the poem and start analyzing it‚ the central theme becomes a little bit different. As a reader of this poem‚ I started to realize that individuals in today’s society no longer act as they did in the past. To me‚ the central theme of this poem becomes simply realizing that even though society has changed‚ there are still ones out there that care. In the opening stanza of the poem readers of "Manners" are promptly hit with images.
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Sophocles play‚ Oedipus‚ was the perfect tragedy. It contained the elements of a hero of noble birth or rank‚ a fall for the hero based on a “tragic flaw” and evoked pity for the main character‚ King Oedipus. This essay will attempt to reflect how Oedipus is a prime example of Aristotle’s tragic hero. Thesis Oedipus illustrates Aristotle’s definition of the tragic hero through the esteem of the king‚ the fatal flaw the brings about the fall of the kind and the pity the reader and audience feel
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Expecting to grow properly and learn what one must when put in an unfamiliar generation‚ is as if trying to teach a person to walk through the example of a whale-both are mammals but are impossible to compare. This is evident in Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader‚ where fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is involved in a secretive‚ intense‚ and passionate relationship with thirty-six-year-old Hanna Schmitz. Hanna is leading the relationship so much so that when they fight‚ regardless of who is right or wrong‚ Michael
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Step 5: Resources are hard to come by The resources you need are as follows‚ a personality that can appeal to multiple friend groups‚ have an inner group of friends that you are close too‚ and a gym membership. The personality part is easy especially when you have a fresh start somewhere. If you don’t play sports tell them that‚ but don’t hesitate when you have a chance to play football with everyone. Even if you make a complete fool of yourself (I did‚ more than once) they’ll accept you… in time
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Day One: 1. February 12th‚ 2013 2. I was sitting at home‚ on my computer when my mom decided to walk in and tell me to start my homework. Little did she know‚ as she continued on yelling at me about how I never do anything‚ I was reading my math textbook. After we had gotten into an argument‚ she left the room‚ and instead of continuing to read‚ I got on the computer to take my mind off the situation. 3. After I had gotten into an argument with my mom‚ I noticed that I started to get a headache
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Questions on Writing Strategy 1. The author uses the "I would..." repetitively to show that his confused feeling as a child was so vivid in his memory. This vivid memory and the author’s way of expressing it makes the reader feel more part of the time period that it was written in. 2. The last paragraph is effective because White uses very descriptive details‚ such as "buckled the swollen belt" to explain the accounts of his son jumping in the water just like he had once done and as the son jumped
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Log P values: Log p value atenolol: 0.16 Log P value metoprolol: 1.8 Log P value of propranolol: 3.21 Reason: The distribution of a drug between water and octanol is one criterion to determine how lipophilic the compound is. The distribution coefficient (log P) gives an indication of how easily the drug is adsorbed‚ how strong the effect is‚ how long it remains in the body in an active form‚ and how it is metabolized and excreted. The partition coefficient is a ratio of concentrations of unionized
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