The event of Amy LaTour’s death was a murder committed by her maid‚ Celeste. All signs and clues lead up to prove Celeste was the murderer of Amy LaTour. The murder was committed due to jealousy of Amy being wealthy and pretty while Celeste is only a maid. Her boyfriends’‚ Henry Willy and Joe Wonty as well as the burglar‚ Louis Spanker have nothing to do with this crime. Amy LaTour was sitting at her vanity before her death and that is how she ended up facing the ceiling when she died. That
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This essay will be worth 50 points. I know you all will do well. Get to writing scholars! Option #1 - Fate Many of the characters in Sophocles’ plays seem to have a desire to break free from the control of the fate the gods have determined for them. Based on what you have read in Antigone‚ what is Sophocles trying to teach his audience about a human’s ability to control his/her fate? In doing so‚ analyze how the characters behave as a result of knowing what their destinies will be. What are
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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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Back in Egypt’s day‚ there was a king named Tutankhamen. He became king at the age of 10 and die at 19. Why did Tut died early and what happened to him that made him die? I think King Tut was murdered. King Tut had all kinds of bad injuries on his body when he died. He had a tear on his cheek‚ missing rib cage‚ bone fragment in his head‚ deflect of hemorrhage‚ and broken bone leg. If King Tut had all those injuries‚ somebody must have killed him. King Tut had a wife named Ankhesenamun. Ankhesenamun
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Truth When Oedipus and Jocasta begin to get close to the truth about Laius’s murder‚ in Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus fastens onto a detail in the hope of exonerating himself. Jocasta says that she was told that Laius was killed by “strangers‚” whereas Oedipus knows that he acted alone when he killed a man in similar circumstances. This is an extraordinary moment because it calls into question the entire truth-seeking process Oedipus believes himself to be undertaking. Both Oedipus and Jocasta act
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S13hsm 2 Joe Pendlebury How far was the Provisional Government responsible for its own downfall? There are many factors which were responsible for the Provisional government’s downfall. Some are more important than others because they had more impact on the downfall. The War‚ the distribution of land and the people in the provisional government all contributed to the downfall of the provisional government. They each had different amounts of impact. The Provisional Government had a programme
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Hamlet vs Oedipus Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Oedipus the King by Sophocles are both tragic stories which contain many elements of which are similar and different. Although both Hamlet and Oedipus suffer from fate‚ Hamlet’s father is murdered by his brother Claudius‚ while Oedipus kills his own father. Both Hamlet and Oedipus have the opportunity to shun their fate‚ but the two men believe themselves to be the only individual who can resolve the predicament which they are faced with. The
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Sophocles was a Greek playwright who lived during the 5th century b.c. The Oedipus Cycle is one of his most famous works; the trilogy of plays traces the ill-fated life of a noble blooded man and his descendants. Oedipus at Colonus is the second play of the set. Oedipus at Colonus is set many years after Oedipus the Rex‚ and Oedipus has changed his perspective on his exile from Thebes. He has decided that he was not responsible for his fate and that his sons should have prevented his exile. His view
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always the context to fit them into. This should help: In tragedy‚ Fate usually has the last say‚ showing the limitations of humans when they go too far. The characters cannot be completely responsible for their actions. The ancient Greeks believed that their gods could see the future‚ and that certain people could access this information. Independent prophets called “seers” saw visions of things to come. Oracles‚ priests who resided at the temples of gods—such as the oracle to Apollo at Delphi—were
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“[He] did it all [himself]”: Oedipus’ Self-destruction Oedipus is demonstrating a very key component to the play when he says that “the hand that struck [his] eyes was [his] alone.” The metaphor of three fingers pointing back at you when you point a judging finger at someone else is perfect for this situation. In being so quick to judge the situation and assume that he will bring honour to the land‚ uncovering Laius’s murderer‚ Oedipus curses the one responsible and declares that they will be
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