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    In Shakespeare’s King Lear he argues that those in possession of wealth are invincible to the “lance of justice”. He depicts the poor unable to hide crimes and easily caught while those that are wealthy with status and power can twist justice to be unaffected by it. I agree with Shakespeare’s argument that the rich avoid justice while the poor are forced to take the entire punishment. Literature such as “A Young Person’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn‚ and “Scarlet Letter” depict those

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    Shiloh Poetic Devices

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    pro-slavery South‚ with each side seeking to protect their interests and way of life. The authors of these poems use poetic devices and literary elements to capture the feelings of the nation during the times of the Civil War. For example‚ "Gathering Song" by Annie C. Ketchum is a poignant poem that explores the themes of community and togetherness. Ketchum utilizes various poetic devices to convey the sense of

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    Oedipus Flaws

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    the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ the Greek audience experiences Oedipus’ heartbreaking journey to find out who he really is and how his hubris and many other fatal flaws contribute to his downfall. The Greeks loved a good tragedy and Oedipus Rex did not disappoint. In this play Oedipus was put on a mountaintop as a baby because his birth parents‚ King Laïos and Queen Iocastê‚ were told that one day Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. To prevent this from happening King Laïos and

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    Robert Penn Warren: The Book of Job and Oedipus the King A great man‚ by the name of Robert Penn Warren once said‚ "One of our deepest cravings is to find logic in experience‚ but in real life‚ how little of our experience comes to us in such manageable form. ’TELLING’ is a way of groping of the logic of an event‚ and attempt to make the experience intellectually manageable. If a man who is in a state of blind outrage at his fate‚ can come to understand that the fate which had seemed random and

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    Character is the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Martin Luther King Jr. once said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character”. What would happen in the world if people were judged by what is on the inside and not what you see? People would have to take the time to get to know people before they could conclude anything about them‚ and maybe if compassion

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    Antigone and Oedipus

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    play Antigone‚ is like her father Oedipus‚ from the play Oedipus Rex‚ through the two classical values‚ justice and courage. Antigone showed justice by doing what she believed was right. Her brothers body‚ he was killed in war‚ was cast from the city with no rights and without a proper burial‚ and no one was allowed to bury it. Antigone‚ seeing this as an injustice decided to make it right by burying her brother anyway at the expense of herself. This shows justice because to do what is just is to

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    Use of Poetic Conventions

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    Edward Baugh. In sustaining your interpretation‚ you should explain the ways in which the writer’s use of poetic conventions (including literary devices) helps to reinforce the theme. The poem Yard-Boy was written by Edward Baugh‚ who is a well known Caribbean poet. His use of different poetic conventions are evident throughout the poem. Poetic conventions are. Some examples of poetic conventions used in the poem are metaphor‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ imagery‚ allusion‚ euphemism‚

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    In Sophocles’ play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ there are many themes that are woven through the life of King Oedipus‚ and revealed through the key points of the plot. One of the most important themes is the inevitability of ones’ fate. Although fate is considered the usual genre of the Greeks in playwriting there‚ are specifics that Oedipus conducts unusual to our own way of thinking of a king during the Ancient Greek times. For example: Oedipus’s ignorance of believing what is said from his wife‚ Iocaste and

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    In this brief quote from Shakespeare’s play King Lear he is making a statement about the rich vs. the poor and how it is easy to see the wrong performed by the poor however it is easy to justify the wrong done by the individuals with a large pocket book. When I take a look around‚ read a newspaper‚ or watch the channel eight news it is very clear to me that Lear’s statement is‚ however unfortunate and unfair‚ true as it accurately represents the injustice of today. “Through tatter’d clothes

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    Oedipus’ hot temper was a major factor in his undoing. On many occasions‚ his quick bursts of fury backfired on him. For instance‚ when Tiresias keeps refusing to reveal the identity of the killer to OedipusOedipus becomes aggravated. “‘You won’t talk? Nothing moves you? Out with it once and for all!’” (Fagles 276). The king’s prodding got under Tiresias’ skin‚ and Tiresias releases the truth. Oedipus is quick to deny the prophecy‚ but if not for Oedipus’ hasty temper the awful truth wouldn’t have

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