for his famous play Oedipus.Rex which depicts Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes in Ancient Greece‚ must find and punish the old king’s killer. But tragically brings on his downfall while uncovering the killer and lunges himself right into the prophecy‚ where he is going to kill his father and lay with his mother‚ that he tried to avoid. Plays such as this one contributed to Greek society by teaching lessons to the people. In Oedipus.Rex‚ he later found out the prophecy came true and must be punished for
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When Was The Moon Formed? We technically don’t know when the moon was formed but scientist guess it was formed 4.5 billion years ago. Different Theories and Hypothesis Fission Theory One theory is that the moon must have broken away from Earth‚ when the earth was still a rotating ball of molten rock. Earth might have been spinning so fast that part of our planet separated into space‚ this could be why our chemical composition is similar to the moon. Fission theorist stated that the Pacific ocean
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Critical Summary – When God Was A Woman In chapter nine of When God Was A Woman‚ Merlin Stone sought to explain the laws introduced by the Levite priests in Canaan that were put in place to prevent the worship of the Goddess. Members of the Hebrew religion were commanded to kill their own children if they worshipped any deity other than God. Stone argues that the laws put the men of the society in power‚ as it was not stated that the husband should be killed for worshiping the Goddess. The Levites
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movement and the anti-vietnam war movement. The 1960s started off with a new President‚ John F. Kennedy. After campaign and finally winning his presidency Kennedy began to try and create what History.com calls‚ “The most ambitious domestic agenda since the New Deal: the “New Frontier‚” a package of laws and reforms that sought to eliminate injustice and inequality in the United States." However‚ this ran into problems and the plan was blocked. This was one of the many failed plans that sparked America’s
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European countries and America learnt how unadvanced and weak China’s military really was compared to them. They used this knowledge to gradually impose their ways and beliefs on China. Many of the Chinese commoners thought this to be intrusive and offensive to their cultural beliefs. As time went on other nations slowly gained more freedom in China as Westerners forced them into a series of unfair treaties. One example was the Conventions of Peking‚ which allowed European missionaries to move freely about
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Lucile Poitevin Who was more responsible for the Cold War? The Cold War was an undeclared and nonviolent War between the USA and the USSR. There are different points of view to the date of the beginning of the Cold War by the historian. They argue that it started in July 1945‚ at the Potsdam Conference. Others argue that the dropping of the atomic bomb in August 1945 was the actual start of the Cold War. To open up‚ we are going to observe how the USA was more responsible‚ to follow we are going
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Kim was nervous when the door opened abruptly. She glared absent-mindedly at the door. The sheets of rain covered the outside view. Although it rained heavily ‚ there was no strong wind but the lightning streak persistently and the thunder rumbled throughout the night. The house was abandoned for ten years already.`` Who would come at the night with this kind of weather’’ thought Kim. For Kim she was finding shelter at the house. Her car broke down and the cell phone was short of credit. Well that
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Don’t get me started on people follow crowd to be ‘cool’! Sheep! Don’t you hate them? I sure do. Before you ask‚ no I’m not talking about the woolly ones‚ I’m on about the people who follow the crowd like a sheep. They have no personality‚ no nothing. They follow these trends as if they are a lost puppy trying to find their mum. It infuriates me beyond comprehension. It’s not the fact that they follow these trends. I mean‚ everyone including you and me have followed trends that when we look back
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What initially drew me to this poem was the title‚ and how it was written to be read as the first line of the poem. The title also drew me in because I have a connection to the material‚ my father died when I was ten. Not many lines about the speaker’s father draw direct parallels to my father‚ but never the less I was drawn to the work and felt a since of deep melancholy as I read. This since of melancholy‚ even though the speakers father differs from my own‚ is largely due to the non-standard metaphors
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Pericles was born in Athens in about 495 BC to a family of wealth and position. His father‚ Xanthippus‚ was also a statesman‚ and his mother‚ Agariste‚ was a member of the politically powerful Alcmaeonid family. Pericles was one of the best known statesmen that Greece ever had. He studied under the Sophist and master of Music Damon‚ and the philosopher Anaxagoras as well as Zenon of Elea. Pericles was a very patriotic man as well as dignified and upright‚ that was why he got so much recognition
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