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Outline Thesis: What if you, your family and friends have lived in the same location ever since it was first inhabited. This is your home, your land, where your culture has thrived. Then all of a sudden, a foreign group of people whom you have never seen before, these strangers pillage and burn your village…

Initially, Oedipus and Creon may seem like individuals with contrasting traits. However, as the story unfolds, their characters and destinies become increasingly alike. In Sophocles’s play “Oedipus the King,” Oedipus and Creon exhibit starkly contrasting personalities. Oedipus lacks tact and acts without considering the consequences, whereas Creon demonstrates wisdom and caution. In “Oedipus the King,”…

                While Oscar Wilde claims that “all art is quite useless” at the end of his prologue to The Picture of Dorian Gray, he means exactly the opposite: even though he defines art as useless, this uselessness is rooted in something much more important to Wilde. Indeed, though he ends the prologue with this statement,…

In 2012. reelection polls show that the biggest concern expressed by the electors was the economic system and national debt. Many economic experts. political leaders. and citizens are under the feeling that America’s lifting debt and buying of national debt bonds by the foreign states will take America to its inevitable bankruptcy. Some speculators predict…

Oedipus RexIn many plays a character has a misconception of his her self and/or hisor her world. When this misconception is destroyed it can be a major turningpoint in the story. “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles is one such story. In the storyOedipus has such a misconception where he thinks he has a good life, but…

Depending on the time period a piece of literature comes from, the style, vocabulary and plot can differ. While some authors are from the modernism or romance era, my chosen author, Thomas Hardy, comes from the Victorian Era (O’Gorman, Francis.). The Victorian Era was very unique and prevalent in most of the texts written during…

The “Star Spangled Banner” is a big part of the American culture. Just like other national anthems, it is mean to honor the United States and what it has gone through as a nation. It  is very much a part of American history and it deserves to be revered, respected, and valued not simply by…

Between 500 BCE and 1400 CE, the Middle East, Russia, and Asia in the Indian Ocean regions experienced significant economic, cultural, and political transformations due to Mongol rule. The influence of the Mongolians was deeply impactful and marked by acts of violence and aggression. Politically, during the 13th Century, they exerted control over all Chinese…

When a minority religion such as Judaism or Islam becomes ‘absorbed’ by Chinese or Indian culture the end result is usually a loss of tradition for the Jew or Islamic. In the beginning, small changes are made to adapt to the main society. Things such as traditional clothing or small religious tokens may be changed…

When the word race murder is perceived the idea of the Judaic holocaust is what normally comes to mind. Hitler s war against the Judaic population was good published and placed in the eyes of about all. Yet what of the American race murder. These states had fallen into the same snake pit on Earth…