Oedipus Rex Rhetorical Analysis

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It's Abby! Forgive me for the lateness in replying. I had lost your e-mail and I didn't want to reply back through Canvas because email feels more consistent in comparison to using Canvas for messaging. You're so sweet! I am humbled you enjoyed our deception of Oedipus in the modern-day world LOL. Julian was being so extra during filming as you can imagine. I am seriously going to miss taking English Comp with you, it was a real honor plus our class was so funny, I won't forget Oscar's bad jokes and Jonathan's very odd very rhetorical questions- there's so much more! Speaking of English, I was browsing through Goodreads to see any good books to check out and I found this quote by Nikos Kazantzakis saying " True teachers

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