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In Knox’s introduction to Sophocles tragic Greek play cycles of Oedipus the King, the reader is given the postulation of whether or not Creon or Antigone are deserving of such a cruel fate. Many scholars believe that even the tragedy that befell Oedipus (killing his biological father, having sex with his biological mother and then…

Frederick Douglass was trying to expose the horrible aspects of slavery and Henry David Thoreau was protesting slavery and against the government. However, Frederick Douglass idea of protest was better and more effective. Henry David Thoreau was an activist writer. His essays were philosophical and meant to empower people. His idea of protest against the…

SECURITIZATION OF NATIONAL INTERESTS In the decades following the end of the cold war, the field of security studies has seen new ways of thinking about international security. Dominant paradigms have been challenged by academics unsatisfied with existing concepts, looking to explain security in a transformed and globalized world. Primarily, they sought to move security…

A few weeks after the United States entered World War II a young mannamed Richard Nixon went to Washington, D.C. In January 1942 he took a job withthe Office of Price Administration. Two months later he applied for a Navycommission, and in September 1942 he was commissioned a lieutenant, junior grade. During much of the…

The Miss Education of the African –American: Past, Present, and Future From the beginning, Whites’ in America have exploited Negros’. “Upon landing in Africa, White Americans were welcomed and given a feast (James W. Loewen)”. Whites Americans played on the greed of tribal chiefs’ Africans traded their own people into slavery for goods. When the…

Urban legends have been the highlight of the unknown. A way for people to make sense of things they do not know. Urban legends usually do have some true story basis but over time these stories get fabricated. Over time we are introduced to these stories and really wonder what part of these stories are…

The Mayan, Aztec, and Inca civilizations brought major accomplishments to the world today. These accomplishments established them as advanced societies during their time without the influence of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Some of these accomplishments ranged from agriculture to architecture and on to writing and trade. Such as, the Mayans with their agriculture…