Shepherd

Before the poem opens, there is an account of how the city of Thebes was founded. It is called “The Theban Legend”. As with all legends, the first occurrence is explained in order to provide an explanation for all subsequent events. This is the role that is served by all mythologies and legends. Seeing as this precedes the poem, it is a telling precursor that provides an explanation as to why the events unfold in the way that they do. The legend begins with the guidance of an oracle – the one…

In Hannes Bergthaller’s article, “Housebreaking the Human Animal: Humanism and the Problem of Sustainability in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood”, he addresses the issue of a rising ecological crisis while evaluating Margaret Atwood’s approach to the issue in her novels, Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. In the article, Bergthaller explains the evolved and corrupt meaning of sustainability and admits that Atwood essentially portrays that “housebreaking the human…

Power plays a key role in many of the stories that we have read, yet one of the pieces that uses power to drive the story is The Winter’s Tale. In the story King Leontes uses his power to get his way. Ordering people to accept what he says because he is king. Power seems to corrupt the people and makes them unreachable because of their power. When people have the power to do what they want and command others to do their bidding they don’t want to listen to others. Power has corrupted other world…

Oedipus' veiled innocence through the sins of his parents, the manipulation by Jocasta, and by Oedipus' ultimate fate. The question of whether Oedipus bears the sins of his parents is central to understanding his lifelong prophecy. A former shepherd reveals to Oedipus that as a child, he was discovered…

My name is Jocosta, I am the Queen of Thebes the wife of king Laius as well as soon to be mother of our son. Tomorrow, king Laius and I will travel to speak with the oracle to hear the prophecy of our son. I know he will be destined for greatness. A ruler that only comes around once in a life time. Today I received the prophecy of our son, I am devastated, we spoke to the oracle, but the news that we have been told is quite devastating and unlike anything I have ever heard in my entire life.…

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is about shepherd boy. While watching the sheep, he gets bored and called out to the village for help claiming he saw a wolf. The villagers rush to help him but go home annoyed when they find out there was never a wolf. Later that day the boy gets bored and calls for help again. This time the villagers think he might really be in trouble so they go to help again. The boy laughs at them telling them it was just a joke and they all leave. After the villagers are gone, a…

David, the son of Jess, is really brave. Because he conquered the giant, who was the champion of Philistines, no one dared to do it. In the beginning of this fight, all the Israelites were afraid of the power of the giant and no one wanted to seek their doom; however David didn’t think so. Compared with the giant’s vast body, David seems too negligible to equal in the giant. Therefore, Saul, the king of Israel, frowned at him. As David’s determination, Saul decided to adopt David. As a result,…

prove that claim I will use the stories ¨The Swollen Fox¨ and ¨The Flies and the Honey Pot¨. In this draft i will try to prove my claim. In this draft i will give reasons and evidence. In ¨The Swollen Fox¨ A hungry fox seeing some food left by the shepherds crawled in and had a hearty meal. After his meal he was to big to get out then a another fox told him ¨You will have to stay here till you are skinny again¨. In this fable it tells you that greed had lead the fox to a negative consequence.…

Santiago also learns that giving up on one’s personal legend can be easy. He learns this when his money is stolen in the market place and he starts working for the crystal merchant. He plans to save enough money to buy sheep and return to his life as a shepherd. The merchant tells him of his dream of traveling to Mecca, which he never fulfilled. The crystal merchant gave…

William Albert Allard is photographer of people. Allard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1937, and studied photography at the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. He started his photography career as a National Geographic photo intern in 1964. He has contributed to 42 articles in the magazine, not only as a photographer but as a writer. Allard likes to photograph people in remote locations and locations where people would never see other than through…