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    exhibits the highest degree of remorse? (Prometheus & Oedipus) Everybody has to be responsible for what they have done‚ and the inescapable fate would give a rise to a tragic ending. Compare to different tragedies‚ some of them would exhibit more remorse from audience about its tragic heroes. Two of the great tragedies are Oedipus Rex‚ by John Bennett and Moira Kerr and Prometheus‚ by Rex Warner. The character Oedipus in the tragedy Oedipus Rex definitely exhibits the highest degree of remorse

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    Rise And Fall Of Rome

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    These essay is explaining “the rise and fall of Rome”. Rome was a very successful empire formed by great leadership‚ christianity‚ and economy. But‚ these are the same reasons that led Rome to it’s downfall. The top three reasons are: leadership‚christianity‚ and economy. Julius Caesar was a great leader of Rome. He helped Rome become strong‚ but yet weak leadership contributed to its downfall. Julius was a great leader‚ he led the army to its victory against the republic (155). He also named himself

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    Islam: Rise and Fall

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    Explain the reasons for the rapid rise and spread of Islam and its status as a near-global religion by 850? Read pgs 138-142 for a description of pre-Muslim Arabian peninsula society. What were the problems and conflicts. What people would have welcomed a religion that unified the clans and allowed trade and travel possible? What was the status of women? Think of the cities and how their vitality was threatened by the traditions of the Bedouins. Read starting pg 142 for a description of Muhammad’s

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    Group 1 * Shaghayegh Davari * Wan-Ting Shao * Ananya Chandra * Niteesh Chinta * Shraddha Rane * Swathi Punreddy The Rise and fall of WorldCom This case study WorldCom is a telecommunications company which was led by CEO‚ Bernard Ebbers‚ and CFO‚ Scott Sullivan. In 1999‚ WorldCom was not meeting Wall Street’s revenue and earnings expectations‚ and it appeared that the coming year would produce more bad news. The

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    than we know do about the lives of any other Greek playwright‚ but this still is not a lot. Sophocles’ work has been said to be the pinnacle of Greek tragedy. Oedipus the King is something like the literary Mona Lisa of ancient Greece. It presents a nightmare vision of a world turned upside down; a decent man‚ Oedipus‚ becomes the king of Thebes‚ whilst in the process unknowingly fulfilling a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. As scholars‚ we are bound to relate this

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    Case Study The Rise and Fall of WorldcomThis case study is about Bernard Ebbers CEO of Worldcom‚ Inc. and Scott Sullivan CFO of Worldcom‚ Inc. once they were boosted the company growth and they got awards. Later on they made frauds by using their influential tactics on employees and company’s board. Those are Assertiveness: it involves applying legitimate and coercive power to influence others by threatening or giving punishment. This tactic was used by sullivans office where they berated and intimidated

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    The rise and fall of Nokia

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    The rise and fall of Nokia Nokia represent the level of manufacturing industry of Finland in the IT area. Several types of Nokia mobile helped Nokia to open up the market. Back to the old days‚ when Motorola is know as mobile gangster‚ Nokia introduced a clear sound‚ smart appearance‚ with large proportion of screen and scrolling text menu mobile phone‚ which had unprecedented sales‚ at the same time whole world remembered the name “NOKIA”. From1992‚ Nokia introduced

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    religiously show deference to their leader‚ Oedipus. Oedipus is the one who has freed them of their slavery from the cursed sphinx who stumped many a greater man with her patronizing

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    Sophocles tragedy Oedipus the KingKing Oedipus swears to solve the murder of former King Laios in order to free the city from the plague. The plague taunts the city destroying crops and livestock and making the women unable to bear children. A seer‚ Teirsias tells Oedipus that he himself is Thebes’s pollution for killing his father and marrying his mother. Oedipus ignores his words and is blind to the truth until he discovers that it is he who corrupts the city. In order to illustrate Oedipus as the perfect

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    work during freshman year of both high school and college‚ it is apparent that Oedipus The King is the second work in a trilogy that focuses on a Theban ruler named Oedipus‚ his hamartia‚ and his tragic fall from power. Thebes is ridden with plagues and is terribly cursed by the gods due to the death of the former king‚ Laius (Yeckley). The use of symbols can be found throughout the entirety of Sophocles’ Oedipus The King. Symbolism is when an author uses the method of ambiguous suggestions and insinuations

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