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    In the year of 430 B.C.‚ Sophocles wrote a tragic ancient Greek play entitled Oedipus the King; which is concerning a righteous king who is on the hunt for the killer of the former king. Amidst this time‚ the entire country is plagued by famine and death while awaiting a curse from the God’s to be lifted. While searching for answers‚ the king’s wife‚ Jocasta‚ appears in the story line only to leave me thinking that she is the true embodiment of being a hapless‚ unfortunate‚ and ill-fated character

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    Johannes Vermeer

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    capturing light in various contexts. There is little information about Vermeer’s personal life. He seems to have devoted his time to his work and never left his hometown of Delft. The mystery surrounding Vermeer led to Thoré Bürger naming him "The Sphinx of Delft". Johannes Vermeer was born to Reijnier Janszoon and Digna Baltens‚ middle-class innkeepers and prominent silk weavers in the city of Delft. His father later changed his surname to Vermeer but the reason for this remains unknown. Vermeer’s

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    Oedipus, the King Summary

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    and Merope‚ the only parents he had ever known‚ and had fled Corinth and wandered around Greece where he met a group of travelers and killed an old man who‚ unknown to him‚ was his real father‚ King Laios. Then‚ when he arrived at Thebes‚ he met the Sphinx‚ a monster who guarded the gates of the city and correctly answered its riddle and was rewarded with the title of king of Thebes and was given the hand of the re-cently widowed queen‚ Jocasta. The true horror in his life begins here because he has

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    Ruby Throated Hummingbird

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    summer (Unknown‚ n.d). Ruby-throats are intensely inquisitive and thus easily attracted to feeders‚ where males in particular typically display aggressive territoriality toward rival hummers‚ other birds‚ and even insects such as bees‚ butterflies‚ and sphinx moths (UnKnown‚ n.d). Hypothesis I believe that the bird was very much attracted to the vibrant color of the hat. Prediction If in the experiment‚ the ruby throated humming bird is not attracted to certain colors then I would want to

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    Oedipus Rex

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    mother and kill his father‚ he attempts to avoid this fate by leaving Corinth. Oedipus heads to Thebes‚ he ends up killing this real father‚ Laius. Thinking nothing of it he continues on his path to sorrow. Later becoming King of Thebes by solving the sphinx‚ he completes the fate of the oracle without knowing by marring Joacasta‚ Laius wife‚ and his real mother. Oedipus never knew of this outcome till the end‚ and it really took full effect on him because he knows he brought it upon himself. His intentions

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    The Rosetta Stone was one of the most important finds in history. But what if it was never discovered? We would’ve never cracked the code of Hieroglyphics‚ therefore we wouldn’t have any knowledge of Egyptian life at all. Imagine how history could’ve changed if we never found it. Hieroglyphics was the key find that came out of the Rosetta Stone‚ because it led to so many other discoveries after we cracked the code of it. We used the Greek written onto the stone to decipher the Hieroglyphics. Champollion

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    Matandang kaharian- 2700-2180 BCE -Pinamunuan ni haring MENES - tinaguriang gintong panahon -nagtatag ng sentralisadong pamahalaan *kapangyarihan- animo= diyos *hari=pharaoh -hawak ang pamahalaan‚ hukbon military‚ relihiyon -parang diyos *pharaoh Khufu o cheops- pinagukulan ang paggawa ng pyramids *giza pyramid- kakaiba‚ 137m * ang mga pyramids ay libingan ng mga pharaoh + ang mga susunod na pinuno ay mahina at walang kakayahan. Kabulukan ng

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    Tierra Hodge Intro to Visual Art Prof Jon Boshart September 17‚ 2014 Writing Assignment #1 A ziggurat is an ancient temple‚ common in Mesopotamia‚ present day Iraq and western Iran‚ during the civilizations of Sumer‚ Babylon and Assyria. Ziggurats weren’t really precise. Ziggurats were built of much smaller bricks. Ziggurats are pyramids with successively more distanced sides‚ while the Egyptian pyramids have smooth sides going up to a point. Also‚ Ziggurats are temples while the pyramids are burial

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    Oedipus Tragic Hero Essay

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    Oedipus‚ being a powerful king and mater of intellect thinks that he can solve every problem. He saved Thebans from the cruel monster (Sphinx) and Thebans believes that he would rescue them from the present suffering of terrible plague‚ and bring the city back to life. Thebans call him the riddle solver. All these assurances make him over confident. 3. Oedipus sense of thinking is suppressed

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    Oedipus Rex vs. Hamlet

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    not their own. When Oedipus hears he is to kill his father and marry his mother‚ he leaves his parents and searches for a new residence. Except he meets up with a man on the road and kills him. He then finds a castle that is being terrorized by a sphinx and answers the riddle it asks. He then marries the Queen and rules over the kingdom. In the end‚ the city is threatened by a plague that the oracle said will cease when the city gets rid of the one who murdered the king‚ Oedipus announces that the

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