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Deductive Thinking Theory: The theory we are looking at here is the fact that all men are mortal. Hypothesis: There are two indisputable facts about the existence of human beings that every man kind is confronted with. Every human being is sure to die someday even though we pretend to act normally. The first one is axiomatic and the second proved by existence of mankind. Men live for few years and has never been content with this few years’ existence. Human kind on the other hand is a thinking…

How to Read a Poem pp.476-482 Head, Heart and Richard Corey. Poems can be complex, have many different meanings, and affect the different readers in many ways. Poetry uses a lot of imagery, figurative language, rhythm, and sound. Poetry can be read by one reader to him or herself, but it is best when read out loud to an audience. Poems come in every size, many poems are short or at least shorter than an average work of fiction. Lyric Poetry pg. 484 Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and…

What if your mentor suddenly left? This is what Gandalf did to Bilbo. He was a mentor but at the same time, he was his friend. Bilbo had to adjust to his new role as a leader and learn determination, courage, and intelligence. I realized that Bilbo had a lot of determination. One example of determination is when Bilbo stole the ring from Gollum. Gollum is a weird creature who is pretty rich. He gets a lot of birthday presents and one of them was an invisible ring. Gollum tried to eat Bilbo just…

In Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex, the new king of Thebes, Oedipus, is unable to keep his position as king due to his central problem: he does not know himself. Oedipus’ failure to know neither his birth parents nor his past leads to his inevitable downfall. King Oedipus does not know who his real birth parents are. As a child, his parents left him to die on a hill in order to prevent a prophecy they were told. Before he could die, he was picked up by a shepherd and given to another couple in…

For example, when Oedipus attempted to solve the riddle of the Sphinx, he was a “simple man, who [knew] nothing” (Sophocles 1.383). The sphinx had already destroyed many other educated men that sought to save Thebes but failed. Despite the fact that Oedipus ‘knew nothing’, he still had enough confidence…

Delphi to figure out what the gods need in order to life the curse from the city. When Creon returned he explained to Oedipus that he must purge for the cause of Laius murder. Laius was the leader of Thebes before Oedipus came to power by solving the riddle of the Sphinx. Laius died and the reason or how was unclear. He’d been…

We live in the 21st century, where screen time is a very controversial topic. On one hand, people think screen time will just distract our kids from school and will cause an addiction, so they take it away. On the contrary, people believe it is crucial for teens to have their screen time for socializing. So does limiting screen time actually benefit your teens? Or is it just the way society thinks we should do to our kids? Well, with research proven, screen time is valuable to teens because they…

accusation and calls Tiresias as a fraud, "Come here, you pious fraud. Tell me, when did you ever prove yourself a prophet? When the Sphinx, that chanting Fury kept her death-watch here, why silent then, not a word to set our people free? There was a riddle, not for some passer-by to solve-it cried out for a prophet. Where were you? Did you rise to the crisis? Not a word, you and your birds, your gods-nothing. No, but I came by, Oedipus the ignorant, I stopped the Sphinx! With no help from the…

The Bluebeard Twist The crisp bite of winter air blew down the dim oil lit streets of a little called Berkenshire. As the night rolled on, frozen ice pellets were bouncing off of every thatched roof. The wind whistled eerily through this sleepy town. There was a mounting heaviness hanging in the air. The last of the freshly baked goods had been prepared for the holiday. This years crops failed and a drought was taking effect. A poor man stood looking cold and hungry. He was traveling door to…

The Oracle of Delphi almost exclusively speaks in riddles, but when asked is there any man wiser than Socrates the Oracle responds: no. Journeying to speak to a well respected politician, Socrates’s experiences went like, “…I tried to show him that he thought himself wise, but wasn’t. As a result, he came…