The Herdsman

Even so, the king does not connect the story and prophecy, and remains oblivious to the situation. He proceeds to express interest in summoning the herdsman, although there is sufficient evidence of the prophecy coming true. Watching Oedipus blinded by his explicitly obvious storyline elicits pity in the audience. As Sophocles portrays Oedipus as almost naïve, the audience naturally sympathizes with…

The Servile Wars, also known as the Slave Wars, were a series of events that occurred in the Roman empire. These wars took place roughly between 140 BCE and 70 BCE. The events that took place throughout these three wars will be highlighted in this paper through the analysis of Brent D. Shaw’s translations of written works regarding the wars. When analyzing many of the documents it is important to keep in mind many of the translations were documents wrote by historians and politicians many…

Male yak is slaughtered instead of female yak. Mostly yak killed in accidents is consumed by the herdsman. The herdsmen consume yak meat on a daily basis and also during festivals like Losar in month of February. The following are the yak meat products: Satchu (Dry meat), Kargyong or Gyuma (Sausages) and Chilu (Yak Fat) (11) Yak Satchu costs Rs 500 to 600 per kg. According to one of the herdsman, in olden days fat separated from fresh meat was collected in sheep stomach, pressed with stones…

self-interested and rational, will choose to maximize their profit because they will receive all of the benefit while not having to bear the full cost. Hardin gives an example with the analogy of a herdsman who seeks to maximize his gain by adding one more sheep to the common grazing land. The herdsman would receive all of the profits that are connected with the additional sheep and not have to bear the full cost of overgrazing the land.…

Before the Neolithic revolution, there was a fair chance that you would have lived with your extended family as a nomad, never staying in one area for more than a few months, always living in impermanent shelters, always looking for something to eat and never owning something that you could easily pack in a backpack or a sack. The Neolithic era saw tremendous changes in how people obtained and produced food. It also had political, social and economic effects on a particular society or region.…

Perhaps one of the greatest imaginable tragedies is self-destruction. Since the beginning of time, many intellectuals have discussed the inescapable course of destruction taken up by humans. Inevitably, the workings of the universe overpower the fleeting decisions of mankind. One of the most controversial writings was composed by an ecologist known as Garrett Hardin in 1968. In “The Tragedy of the Commons,” Hardin urges the idea that if men don’t prioritize the rationing of the world, it will…

From Faith & Brutality to Supernatural Monsters: A Look at the Influences of Wes Craven Raymond Holt COM 320 The 1900s saw a rise in many genres and subgenres in the film industry. One of the biggest to gain popularity was the horror genre. From slasher flicks to supernatural beings, from masked men to grisly monsters, people enjoy being scared. Among the directors that crafted these horror movies was a man who aimed to break the mold of existing horror stereotypes and create new,…

out about her loving mom. The sudden reversal of truth or a change in crisis in “Oedipus the King”, can be seen from the change of heart from protagonist that leads to his destiny. The truth of his destiny was confirmed when Oedipus met the herdsman. The herdsman in the story is the one who found him on the mountainside. He, unfortunately, tells him the bad news that he was the abandoned child, a child of Laius and Jocasta. This news damaged Oedipus that his destiny that was told by Tiresias…

Background In Ghana—like it neighbors—mechanisms such as ethnic tensions, religious, political, and social problems persist. Despite these challenges, Ghana’s post-independence era evolved peacefully without a civil war or large scale conflict. In the past three decades, Ghana develops the enhanced capability to manage conflicting and competing social interests, allowing the country to pursue a peaceful economic development trajectory and a deliberative political discourse. In spite of Ghana’s…

Homesteading in Montana became a way of life in 1862, several citizens from all around fled to Montana to claim land and began farming and ranching. Although this might sound easy there were many stipulations and processes in order to make homesteading possible. From families, wives, operations and much more led into the boom. “The ready available of free or inexpensive land and the new methods of dry farming made the Montana homestead boom possible” (Malone, Roeder and Lang 238). “Three…