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consequences of knowledge In the story “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles. We see a man that has not yet come to grips with what he has done. He does not know how dangerous the knowledge he seeks really is, and he starts by seeking out who murdered the former king of Thebes. Oedipus was warned if he continued to seek the truth the knowledge would blind him, and he would be cast out of the land but curiosity prevailed. He continued to seek out the dangerous truth about his real father, and the murder of…

to the discrimination of the minorities in Los Angeles the beating of one man becomes the push needed to send the minorities, mostly African Americans, in South Central over the cliff. After the severe beating of an African American man named Rodney King and the trial that allowed the officers in question to walk free Los Angeles citizens of South Central had enough. The already pent up anger towards the LAPD and Caucasians in general caused terrible riots that later created millions in damage.…

The McDonald’s corporation is an ever-so expanding company that is found in 118 different countries and serves sixty-eight million customers each day. It is the world’s largest owner of retail property. McDonald’s was founded in 1948 by Dick and Mac McDonald. The first restaurant was opened in Des Plaines, Illinois and the company’s motto was “Quality, Service, Customers, and value,” in which they still adhere to that motto today. By 1963, McDonald’s had sold one billion hamburgers and their net…

symbolic for a bigger picture in the book rather than a well-developed and understood character (Bick). Ginevra King, Fitzgerald’s first love, is strikingly similar to Daisy in her actions. King comes from a wealthy family just like Daisy, and is seen as unattainable for Fitzgerald due to his low social status and lack of money (Lehan “Careless…” 69). Despite the obstacles that keep them apart, King and Fitzgerald manage to have a relationship, just as Daisy and a poor boy named Gatsby have a…

Shakespeare’s King Lear was a five act tragedy. The story of King Lear was first published in 1608. (William, 2000) King Lear was a Shakespearean play, as well as a story. Because religion played a major role in Shakespeare’s life and during this time period he used Christ like metaphors in his writings including King Lear. (William, 2000) This story was a very accustomed tale in Elizabethan England, where it was believed to be based off of historical facts from British history. (Metzger, 2000)…

Greatness, achieved through honesty and trust, is a huge responsibility to carry. It is not handed to one through wealth or popularity but through virtue. Materialism is misinterpreted with the value of a person. The word great does not cover the aspects of who a person truly internally. In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby is assumed to be a great man. He is a man who strives to gain wealth in order to win back the love his life, Daisy Buchanan. Due to her wealth status, he…

man who himself relinquishes all rule of his land to live a life of misery that he feels he deserves. Sophocles creates a world that makes the reader think about the complex and mysterious battle between fate and free will in his play Oedipus The King. To the characters, fate is real and that’s what they believe in. The audience sees that Oedipus is the one making the divisions and altimetry it is himself that leads to his downfall. (TRANSITION which addresses the reality and importance of the…

Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles. It is a tale about the conflict between a girl trying to honor her brother and a king who uses his power to forbid it. This Greek play symbolically demonstrates the inner conflict between power and one’s conscience. (Haigh) Antigone was the third and final installment of Sophocles popular trilogy after Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus (Sayre). Sophocles, who lived from 496-406 BCE was a treasurer for Athenian polis, a general under…

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…

important of the five senses and without seeing, one will doubt as to what is in front. In Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, the theme of blindness is key where it is not just defined as not seeing with one’s eyes, but also the inability to see the truth and what is really happening around one’s self. In Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus encounters a blind prophet and also blinds a Cyclops. King Lear and Gloucester are very similar in the fact that they are blind to actions happening around…