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    Whenever it says that Bilbo is on the took side of his family it means that he is like one of his family members that stay at their house and never go on adventures.Usually whenever someone stays at their house they never really learn anything about nature or their surroundings.When someone is not use to there surroundings then that means that they will never know anything about where they could hide from something bad that is trying to kill them or chase them.This is an example of Bilbo Baggins

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    locked with a key. It was locked with a spell. They had to solve a riddle to open the door. Riddle: What walks on 4 legs when it is morning‚ on 2 legs at noon and on 3 legs in the evening? “Chaothinia‚ did you get this far? How do we open this door?” questioned Tilepatheia. “No‚ I didn’t get this far‚ but I’m sure the answer will be simple‚” she was trying to reassure Tilepatheia. She honestly had no idea what the answer was. The riddle was so confusing‚ but it sounded familiar. “Wait a minute‚ think

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    The Fall of Oedipus “Thebes is tossed in a murdering sea‚” cries out the priest towards the beginning of the play. Thebes is enwrapped in darkness‚ the houses are cursed‚ children are dying at birth‚ fruit is growing unhealthily‚ and no one can put an end to it. Creon enters with the message that the plague is a result of the fact that the murderer of Laius‚ the former ruler of Thebes‚ is in the city; he must be exiled in order for the plague to end. After hearing the news‚ Oedipus vows to find

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    becomes enraged because he held so much pride that this statement seemed so absurd. Oedipus‚ in his enraged state‚ says‚”… That riddle/ was not for anyone who came along to answer- it/ called for prophetic insight. But you didn’t come/ forward‚ you offered no answer told you by the/ birds or the gods. No. I came‚ know-nothing/ Oedipus‚ I stopped the Sphinx. I answered the riddle/ with my own intelligence…” This insult sprouted from the anger within

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    The definition of fate is an inevitable predetermined destiny or fortune. Sophocles plays‚ such as Oedipus Rex‚ have a pattern of having the gods determine the fate of the characters‚ and those characters try to change their destiny. Through the actions of Oedipus‚ fate is shown to be unchanging no matter how hard someone tries to change it. This is expressed in Oedipus’ prophecy that states that he will kill his father and marry his mother. First‚ Iocaste and Laios‚ his parents‚ try to kill Oedipus

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    2.4 - Deliverable: Horizon Case Study by Sean Paquet A Deliverable Submitted to ERAU Worldwide PMGT 502 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Online Campus January 2015 Abstract Researcher: Sean Paquet Title: 2.4 - Deliverable: Horizon Case Study Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Year: 2015 Horizon Consulting is a software development company specializing in customized mobile application services. Since its inception‚ the company has

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    The myth of Oedipus originated in 500 BCE in ancient Greece. It examines the relationship between Oedipus‚ king of Thebes in Ancient Egypt‚ and his parents. In 1899‚ Sigmund Freud coined the term “Oedipus complex” referring to the psychoanalytic theory that a male child desires sexual involvement with his mother‚ and tends to feud with his father. The disorder is given its name because Oedipus married his mother and killed his father (www.britannica.com/topic/Oedipus-complex). Laius and Jocasta

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    In the world there has always been good people and evil people and there is no difference in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit. The main antagonist Smaug‚ a Dragon‚ and the lesser antagonist‚ Gollum‚ both share similar traits to fit the author’s definition of evil. Which is greed for anything they desire‚ hurting anyone in their path‚ being clever. Smaug the main antagonist in the story has all the traits to be Tolkien’s main villain. Tolkien likes his villains to be clever and that fits Smaug very

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    Indiana Jones is known by many as one of the most famous “archaeologists” in the world. However‚ can a fictional movie character played by Harrison Ford really be considered an archaeologist? As we look into the most recent film in the franchise‚ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull‚ we find many indicators that Indiana Jones could actually be considered a real archaeologist. With that‚ we also see many characteristics that do not make him an archaeologist‚ and show that he might not

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    “THE YELLOW BIRDS‚” BY KEVIN POWERS REVIEWED BY CALEB CAGE November 29th‚ 2012 The innocuous title of Kevin Powers’ debut novel The Yellow Birds is a reference to a military marching cadence. In its lyrics‚ as anyone who served in the military in recent decades might know‚ a peaceful bird is lured into a room and wantonly killed. The cadence is off-putting because of its unusual mixture of poetry‚ vulgarity‚ and violence‚ and because there is no apparent explanation for the acts it describes.

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