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    personification and simile. After the Time Traveler arrives to the year of 802‚701 he begins to explore‚ and while he is exploring he comes across a particular object made of white marble and exclaims “It was of white marble‚ in shape something like a winged sphinx (Wells 21). The Time traveler

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    the play Oedipus Rex Oedipus is chosen to be king because unlike many citizens in Thebes he solves the Sphinx riddle. However‚ he becomes blind with the riddle of his own life as he is trying to understand it. By examining Sophocles’ use of irony‚ we can see that Oedipus’s fatal flaw is blindness to his own truth. Sophocles’ makes Oedipus’s intelligence visible to us as he solves the Sphinx riddle but unfortunately‚ Oedipus demonstrates to be book smart but not street smart. It is stated by Teiresias

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    happen. If people belief in fate and at some point in people’s life an individual discovers what his/her fate is‚ the person should just accept their fate and not try to change destiny. Oedipus’s ability to solve problems is shown when the sphinx was in Thebes and Oedipus‚ "the simple man‚" solved the sphinx’s riddle. When Oedipus describes

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    The Time Traveller  -  The Time Traveller’s name is never given. Apparently the narrator wants to protect his identity. The Time Traveller is an inventor. He likes to speculate on the future and the underlying structures of what he observes. His house is in Richmond‚ a suburb of London. The Narrator  -  The narrator‚ Mr. Hillyer‚ is the Time Traveller’s dinner guest. His curiosity is enough to make him return to investigate the morning after the first time travel. Weena -  Weena is one of the Eloi

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    The Second Coming

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    people after World War I. He uses strong symbolisms in this poem that not only make you feel what he is feeling but it also depicts the transition and movement of good and evil over time using the gyre‚ falcon‚ blood-dimmed tide‚ ceremony of innocence‚ sphinx and the desert birds. The first stanza of the poem describes how things are falling apart after the war (the world is doomed‚ there’s anarchy everywhere) and then the second stanza is about the second coming but not of Christ‚ rather of an evil being

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    The Angel of Death and the Sculptor‚ sculpted by Daniel Chester French‚ pays tribute to a fallen American sculptor‚ Martin Milmore‚ and challenges the usual representation of Death as the horrible gruesome presence that it has been represented to be ever since the Christian era. Through a combination of high-and-low relief and in-the-round sculpting‚ French makes you feel almost complacent in the company of death. The benevolent face on the angel of death and the intrigued look on the face of the

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    What is the meaning behind Art Colinda Kram American Intercontinental Univeristy 7/28/2013 Abstract In this abstract I will provide a definition of art. I will briefly touch on the definition of fine and visual art. We will discuss some of the basic concepts and how to look at art and analyze it. I will give examples of eight different types of art created by established artist and provide a non-bias overview of each and I will provide a conclusion on my definition of art. What

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    mean? 5. Where is the place where Oedipus kills his father? Bonus Q. What are the names of Oedipus’ 2 daughters? Round 2: 1. Name Oedipus’ real parents. 2. Where is the play set (place and city)? 3. What was the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx? 4. Who is the God of Healing? 5. What problem was Thebes facing when the play begun. Bonus Q. Who is the God of Greek cities? Round 3: 1. When Oedipus was a baby where was he left to die? 2. Why did Oedipus leave his city and his adopted

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    before by lifting a curse that was put there by the Sphinx -Creon is Oedipus’s brother-in-law -Sends Creon to seek the advice of Apollo because a curse is incurred in the land of Thebes -Curse will be lifted if the murderer of Laius (oedipus’s dad/ former king) is found and prosecuted. Laius was murdered many years ago at a crossroads. -The reason why there hadn’t been further investigation about the murder when it first happened is because the Sphinx had warned against inquiring about the murder.

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    ther‚  Laius.   a. Oedipus didn’t know that Laius was his dad and the caravan that his dad was in  and oedipus both claimed to be going the right of way‚ the was an altercation and  laius is murdered by his own son   4. What is the "riddle of the sphinx" which Oedipus has to answer in order to become the  King of Thebes?   a. what walks on 4 legs in the morning‚ two at noon & three in the evening?  5. Relate the tragic consequences of Oedipus’ marriage to Jocasta and their realization of the  fact that they are mother and son

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