Gouge

different path than expected. Through dialogue between the chorus and the second messenger the audience is informed that Jocasta has run into her chambers and hung herself and Oedipus had the misfortune of walking in to find her dead. He started to gouge his eyes “shrieking out / such things: they will never see the crime / I have committed or had done upon me!” (Second messenger Part II. lines 1458-1460). Oedipus was not expecting these events to happen when he innocently started out searching…

How We Spend Our Lives “When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner’s pick, a woodcarver’s gouge, a surgeon’s probe. You wield it, and it digs a path you follow. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory.” (qtd. in Dillard 3) This quote from Annie Dillard, in her book The Writing Life, vividly portrays the experience of every writer. Throughout her beloved account, Dillard depicts her life as an author and the obstacles she overcomes. Her broad vocabulary and…

The emergence of civilizations brought a much greater emphasis on have and have not 's and powerful centralized governments. In some civilizations, however, the common people had more power than in others. Based on a comparison between their systems of government and the how the people viewed their rulers and how their rulers viewed them in return it is evident that ordinary people had more power in the civilization of Athens in Ancient Greece than they did in the first civilizations of…

emotions bottled up inside. Offred demonstrates this when she says, "A sigh goes up from us; despite myself I feel my hands clench. It is too much, this violation. The baby too, after what we go through. It's true, there is a bloodlust; I want to tear, gouge, rend" (Atwood 348). Evidently, the Particicution establishes power and control because it allows the Handmaids to express their feelings of vengeance during this event instead of projecting them at the government. This allows the society to…

his belief that his crimes were terrible is validated (Sophocles 59). The fountainhead of antiquity's justice is pathos, and all crimes are met with punishments meant to conjure pain and emotional torment. In an act of defiance and relief, Oedipus gouges his…

Women, like other groups such as the lower class, middle class and the different races had a large and significant effect in the occurrences of French Revolution. Women’s presence in multiple small revolutions before and after the year 1789 and long after the revolution had taken place are considered major aspects of the participation of the French Revolution. However, the ‘March to Versailles’ and the signing of ‘The Declaration of the Rights of the Man’ is thought of as the most significant…

Toolmark identification is defined as the identification of any toolmark as having come from a specific tool. Toolmark comparison of marks from a tire punctured with a knife. A toolmark is classified as any impression, cut, gouge, or abrasion caused by a tool coming in contact with a softer object. A toolmark is defined as the impression left by the contact of a tool (or a similar object) onto a surface. When the tool or object contacts the surface with sufficient force to create an indentation,…

to fear? The realm of chance / prevails. True foresight isn’t possible. / His life is best who lives without a plan. / This marriage with your mother – don’t fear it.” (983-986). It is his own fault that his tragedy is discovered and he chooses to gouge his eyes out. He also exhibits his hubris in the beginning when he comes out and says, “I, Oedipus, a name that all men know” (8). He also shows his pride when he is about to start the search for Laius’ killer by saying that only he could bring…

“were intent on a particular kind of demonstration which the men might have ruined” (14). In an attempt to present a more inclusive picture of women in the revolution, Hufton deemphasizes the women’s clubs and intellectual writers such as Olympe de Gouges because they limitedly impacted the majority of women. Hufton also suggests that because they diligently fought against the internal enemy to defend popular sovereignty, politicians feared women and pushed them back into the confines of their…

fluoride particularly during tooth development. In mild cases, it can result in tiny white streaks or specks in the enamel of the tooth. In severe cases, the tooth will have more evident discoloration and brown markings, as well as pitting and rough gouges in the enamel that may be difficult to clean. Skeletal fluorosis is a bone disease caused by high levels of fluoride in the body. In severe cases, there is bone, joint damage, as well as a higher risk of bone fractures. Low fluoride…