Being with someone who is twice as old as you is a bad idea. Why do I say that? In the play‚ Oedipus‚ the main character in Sophocles’ plays “Oedipus Rex” was cursed by the gods‚ was crazy‚ and did sleep with his mom (and also killed his dad.) Throughout the play he shows part of the cycle of acceptance: Anger‚ Depression‚ and Acceptance. Oedipus first became angry before he accepted the truth. He was angry at Teiresias by insulting him. “It has-but not for you; no‚ not for you‚ shameless and
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Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1928 until his death in 1953. His use of terror to help the Soviet economy grow is today viewed by most historians as a brutal period in Russian history. However in today’s Russia the view of Stalin is actually very mixed. Surveys regularly show that only forty percent of Russians would absolutely not vote for Stalin if he were alive today. This is despite the fact that the Stalinist regime was responsible for the deaths of millions of people both in Russia and
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Will County was established in Illinois in 1836. From that year on‚ Will County has only grown in size and in numbers. Larger cities like Joliet‚ Lockport and Plainfield stand place in this County. There are also a number of other townships and villages that are spread out throughout the county. However‚ the area was not left untouched from the beginning of time until the year 1836. The Will County area was an established community of Potawatomi tribes and served as a trading route for the fur trade
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WWI was the beginning of the USA’s extensive usage of war propaganda‚ and it was also the beginning of the vices of the USA’s war propaganda: exaggeration‚ misrepresentation and deception. As the USA became a more effective propagandist during WWII‚ war propaganda was even more corrupted by these vices. However‚ to conduct wars of such scale‚ the United States needed to sacrifice some level of morality in order to manipulate and harness public opinion properly. War propaganda’s purpose is to establish
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him‚ was forced to take the long way around to avoid contact with enemies‚ but when he finally reached his destination was sent away by the king because he did not have the money to pay him. Ships were also an asset to Asian trading‚ carrying luxury items such as gold‚ tin and bronze; as well as glass beads informing us of trade in early Asia; specifically in the Intan shipwreck‚ we learned it was built from lash-lug method that allows the ship to end rather than break. Abraham bin Yuji‚ was a trader
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to create a Histogram in Excel First‚ the Data Analysis "toolpak" must be installed. To do this‚ pull down the Tools menu‚ and choose Add-Ins. You need to have a column of numbers in the spreadsheet that you wish to create the histogram from‚ AND you need to have a column of intervals or "Bin" to be the upper boundary category labels on the X-axis of the histogram. See example of spreadsheet below: Pull Down the Tools Menu and Choose Data Analysis‚ and then choose Histogram and click OK
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The Agitation and Reform in the Nineteenth-Century Britain. What was Chartism and Why Did it Fail? Thisassignment will analysewhat Chartism was and why it failed. Firstly‚ we will consider what Chartism was‚ secondly we will focus on two of the six main reasons that Chartism failed‚ these will includethe lack of middle class support and the radical nature of the Chartist claims although the Disunited Members and Leader‚ the mid Victorian boom and the loyalty of the army and police force to
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about 2 billion dollars and 120‚000 people worked on it. Truman did not want to risk the lives of American soldiers if the allies were to invade Japan. Consequently‚ he ordered the use of the atomic bomb. The Manhattan project had long been underway. Julius Robert Oppenheimer aka the “father of the atomic bomb”‚ led a committee to discuss possible targets of the atomic bomb. Hiroshima‚ Japan became the most desirable first choice; it was home to the Japanese 5th Division‚ the 2nd army headquarters
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How much less water did you use the second day?: Well On the first day I i used my water regularly and used 925 litres‚ which is a surprisingly high amount in the small amount of time I recorded the water use. In a year or 365 days that would be approximately 337625 litres in a year which is a crazy amount and probably more than some countries use in a year. So on the second day I knew I had to step it up and figure out some realistic ways I could do every day whether it was to shower shorter or
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Hammurabi Was Unfair Hammurabi was the king of Babylon. He started in 1750 BCE-1792 BCE‚ Babylon is in modern day Iraq. In 1750 BCE there were two rivers that went through Babylon‚ the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. Hammurabi was the King of Babylon‚ he was a harsh ruler and that’s why I’m writing about Hammurabi’s Code. He was the first person recorded to make laws and he wrote two hundred and eighty-two laws that were written on a stele which is a big stone. Hammurabi was told by Shamash
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