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In Oedipus Rex, our tragic hero, Oedipus, is subject to bountiful moments of suffering, ultimately leading him into a degraded state, which leaves the conqueror piercing his eyeballs out, and pleading his brother in law Creon, now king, to carry out his final wishes, which include exiling him, and killing him. By the end of the story, Oedipus, once a strong and fearless leader, had shrunk down to a humiliated, god detested man. Through all this pain and self-torment, however, Oedipus has…

For the past decade the Sacramento Kings have been in the running for most dysfunctional NBA franchise. The New York Knicks have probably been their biggest competition for continually messing things up season after season and this offseason they conspired, in a way, to cross-contaminate their franchises. The 2016-17 NBA season was certainly one of transition for the Kings with the departure of Boogie Cousins and a full-fledged roster rebuild around young draft picks. Finishing the year giving…

Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex depicts a story of a young, prideful man who becomes the King of Thebes; meanwhile ignoring an inevitable prophecy of killing his birth father Laius and marrying his mother Jocasta. During the play, the author emphasizes Oedipus’s tragic flaw of being unaware of himself or his true identity. His ignorant and stubborn behavior both contribute to the irony behind the words inscribed on the temple at Delphi: “know thyself “. Oedipus does not know himself because he is…

LAPD captured Rodney King and as he came out from his taxi that he was driving, he was welcomed with a severe brutal beating and clubbed by the police about sixty times. After he had been captured, he was confined in jail by the police for four days in the pretense of conducting investigations. After the four days, the prosecutors alleged that they found no sufficient evidence to try him. However, this was just an excuse or mask to try to evade the three Los Angeles police officers who were…

ends where the benefits stop.” Written between the years 1604 and 1606, Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, centers on an aging king who decides to divvy up his kingdom between his three daughters (Gonerill, Regan, and Cordelia) in order to avoid any conflict after his death. This tragedy provides no cushions of happiness for the viewer, and the society is ultimately responsible for the course of this play. King Lear symbolizes the Elizabethan society around Shakespeare’s time. In 1603, Queen…

In Act five, King Lear states, “...for Gloucester’s bastard son was kinder to his father than my daughters [were to me]...” I completely disagree what King Lear is implying because Edmund was a worse child to his father, Gloucester, than Regan and Goneril to him. Edmund’s iniquitous behavior got him killed towards the end of the play King Lear by Shakespeare. His evil and wicked plans towards his father made him died. Edmund is the bastard son and his brother, Edgar, is the legitimate son of…

Lion-Themed Gift Ideas for Lion Lovers Have you watched Disney's The Lion King a dozen times? Have you been to Singapore and taken a picture with its symbolic lion statue? If you have done even just one of the two, I can fairly guess that you admire lions! Lions are known as the king of the animal kingdom. They are strong and beautiful. They demonstrate nobility and confidence. They are like ninjas because they are masters of the stealth approach. They are really smart which is why they can…

people. Oedipus Rex is an example of this situation for several reasons. Oedipus Rex was a very special and different character since he was responsible for deciding his own justice. In the play “Oedipus King” Oedipus Rex, the main character, is the king of the city of Thebes. As the king has, his responsibilities are immense since he doesn’t worry for his personal problems, but he also worries for the problems of every single inhabitant of Thebes. Oedipus was the type of man who believed…

Everyone know that Stephen King is one of the best authors of horror short stories and novels. Students who have not read his shorts stories have seen movies based on them. Because of his popularity with young people, assigning a Stephen King short story to a class and make an essay about it attract the most unwilling readers. Students will read and like his work. His frequently strong language or the grossness of the horror in a couple stories may have been a barrier. But King has many stories…

In Sophocles’ Greek play Oedipus Rex, the King of Thebes and the protagonist of the play, Oedipus, suffers from arrogance, stubbornness as well as capriciousness and his yearning for power leads to his exile as well as his downfall as king; he encounters a mystery in regards to his plagued kingdom and its danger of extinction which leads to the investigation for the man responsible for the annihilation of the land. During the investigation, Oedipus is confronted with the mystery behind his past…