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is a place where women are often oppressed. As a women nursing major, the average salary of a male nurse is increasingly higher than that of a female. Women are also judged by their physical appearance rather than their knowledge. While working in Riddle Memorial Hospital, I experienced this problem hands on. My supervisor would always choose the men to transport or move the patients instead of the women because the men appeared stronger. Women and men are both capable of having a nursing job…

The quest of identity was caused by the act of human will in response to fate, which is another prominent theme in this playwright. The reason for the King Laius tries to change his fate of dying by the hand of his son and marrying his wife, Jocasta, by abandoning him on the mountains of Cithaeron to die. Fate keeps Oedipus alive as the shepherd ordered to leave him on the mountain pities him, and Oedipus ends up being adopted by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth. Oedipus grows up and…

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Thebes. The Chorus ponders Oedipus' inevitable fate, "Him who knew the famous riddles and was a man most masterful; not a citizen who did not look with envy on his lot. / See him now and see the breakers of misfortune swallow him! / Look upon the last day always. Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain" (1724-1728). Due to the fact that Oedipus was unaware of his life's riddles, Oedipus receives a veiled justice, and ultimately innocence through…

the kingdom seems to be crumbling around me. The Kingdome was attacked today by a sphinx. She’s asking people riddles and if they don’t answer correctly she’s eating them. I need the king to come home! Or someone to slay this awful demon. O wait, a new man just came into Thebes. My fingers are crossed and my eyes are closed. I will pray to Apollo that this newcomer can solve this riddle and save my…

Being from Cantatis Saltus, Flint has been a butterfly enjoying the tasty nectars that only his home could provide. However, since being brought to Capulet, Flint has discovered something else even more succulent than his food. Their names are Lucas and Cutter. The problem is they are mates and he is a butterfly. Seeing the two men together is bitter sweet. He's glad they found each other, but Flint can't bare the pain of seeing them come together and not be a part of their lives, so he…

Fiona Chuo ENG 116 Timothy P. September 10, 2015 Unbeatable Fate According to the Oxford dictionary, Fate is the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power. Fate controls every aspect in Oedipus the king and is the driving force behind every characters’ actions and thoughts. Laios and Iocaste’s attempt to kill their son, and Oedipus runs away from his adopted parents where all attempts to avoid the fate. Unfortunately they were all doomed…

“The Alchemist” teaches readers something about the importance of self-discovery by taking us through the journey of a young shepherd, Santiago. The book espouses individuality as a means of achieving the ultimate goals of creation. Additionally, Paulo Coelho is expedient in telling Santiago's peregrination of selfhood through symbolism and metaphor. Initially, Coelho portrays Santiago's gain of self-knowledge with the use of allegory. When the author says, "The desert is a capricious lady, and…

by J.R.R. Tolkien, the songs and riddles provide a source of foreshadowing and comic relief for the readers. Foreshadowing in literature is usually found in the surrounding setting and language in the context, while the comic relief is found in the characters. However, unlike other literary works, The Hobbit’s foreshadowing and comic relief can be found in the songs that are scattered across the entire book. In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the songs and riddles provide a source of…

much in common with a character in quicksand. The harder he fights to get out of his fate, the closer he is to becoming it. In the tragedy about Oedipus Rex, he goes to Thebes to find it guarded by a sphinx who wants an answer to its riddle. Oedipus gets the riddle correct and frees the kingdom, and becomes the king himself. Oedipus then starts to see his past unravel when he starts investigating the death of Laius the past king. In the story Oedipus the King, Sophocles shows Oedipus’s downfall…