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    Sophomore English Essay Prompts – Antigone Mr. Linville You will write an essay‚ on one of the topics below. Your essay will include at least three examples (quotations) from the play to support your thesis. Please follow APA format guidelines: typed‚ double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides. Please use Times New Roman font. All essays will be uploaded on turnitin.com. Any essay not uploaded on this site will not be graded. Paper copies of your essay

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    Managing Diversity through Self-Awareness and Personal Motivation Managing diversity has the potential to be one of the most challenging issues for healthcare management. Healthcare organizational growth requires an increase in workforce‚ and workforce is becoming more multicultural and diverse. In order for one to manage diversity effectively‚ one must be self-aware and personally motivated. One’s self-awareness and behavior have the potential to be influenced by different factors such as culture

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    believe their deity predestines the outcome of their life. According to their Bible or Koran and their belief system they think their deity has total control over their life. In the story of Oedipus‚ he grows up in Greek culture where the people of Greece believe in Greek Gods‚ -- now known as Greek mythology—through this they believe higher power such as the Greek Gods: Zeus‚ Poseidon and Athena who communicate with an Oracle (priest) who is the medium for the Gods to communicate with the people. In

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    Suffering is an act of nature that all living organisms must go through. The monster that suffering is can engulf those whom otherwise seem to have none. Our struggles can define us‚ such as living in poverty and surviving in a war zone. Or it could be something that can not be defined by others like depression or pain. Since suffering is a significant part of what we have to deal with‚ I believe that man’s credibility‚ character‚ and their take on it‚ can all be influenced by suffering.

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    A tremendous divide exists between the daily struggles many of us share and the systemic suffering of oppression. The way in which humanity experiences suffering impacts one’s ideas about God‚ and one’s ideas about God impact how one views suffering. Gustavo Gutiérrez and James H. Evans‚ Jr. both take on the challenge of examining how to describe and discuss God in a world where many innocent suffer unjustly. While the two theologians align closely in many respects‚ one particular idea offers substantive

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    type to Oedipus‚ he intends a downfall. That is the purpose of all ancient Greek drama: it is meant as a dramatic reminder of their mortality. Sophocles uses his plays in order to force people to learn at others mistakes. Oedipus tragic flaw brought about his demise. Three examples of this is his youthful pride‚ his argument with Tiresias and his argument with Creon. Oedipus acting with such pride in his accomplishments ended up being his greatest downfall. Throughout the play Oedipus is proud

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    Truth When Oedipus and Jocasta begin to get close to the truth about Laius’s murder‚ in Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus fastens onto a detail in the hope of exonerating himself. Jocasta says that she was told that Laius was killed by “strangers‚” whereas Oedipus knows that he acted alone when he killed a man in similar circumstances. This is an extraordinary moment because it calls into question the entire truth-seeking process Oedipus believes himself to be undertaking. Both Oedipus and Jocasta act

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    Vicarious Suffering Response Why Suffering of Jesus Christ an important part of our faith is because it is a test of our faith‚ to help us develop our strength of character as it helps us to trust in God more each time we use are faith to keep us strong. It is understood that suffering is to bring us closer to God to believe and honor God the most by believing for good health‚ means‚ and happiness at all times‚ from each and every circumstance. Suffering brings us to pain which hurts or bothers us

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    In "Oedipus Rex"‚ Sophocles portraits one of the most intriguing and fascinating traits of the human nature: the search for truth regarding who we are and the realization of the paths reserved by our future fate. The play starts with the presentation of the main character: Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes. Sophocles presents Oedipus to the reader as a majestic figure who addresses his attention to the people of Thebes from his palace. The city had been hit by a devastating plague due to Laïos (the

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    11/2/10 Oedipus "Book Report" Title: Oedipus The King Author and Date: Sophocles Main Characters * Oedipus- Oedipus is the son of Laius and Jocasta. He is the husband of Jocasta‚ his mother. Oedipus is the well liked king of Thebes. He is smart‚ acts fast‚ and has many great achievements. One of those achievements is the solving of the sphinx’s riddle that liberated the people of Thebes. Throughout the play Oedipus acts fast when his kingdom is sick‚ when he is attempting to put the blame

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