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Extreme Essays and Term Papers
Oedipus A Classic Tragic HeroIn the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus is a classic tragic hero. According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is a king whose life falls apart when he finds out his life story. There are a number of characteristics described by Aristotle that identify a tragic ...
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School Dress CodeWho really wants to wake up every morning wearing the same clothes to school?! I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to do that. I think school uniforms may hide self expression through clothing, forcing teenagers to find other ways to put across who they really are. Teens (girls) who wear school ...
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Fishing Down Marine Food WebsThe World’s last major “Wild” food resource is in major harm. Throughout all of the World’s bodies of water lie many marine organisms vital to the human population. In the ocean’s, large predator fish that inhabit the higher trophic levels of the water column are being targeted more in the act ...
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Optical Fiber the Backbone of TelecommunicationIntroduction:
About 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted a telephone signal over distances of several hundred meters using visible light beams. He called this “photophone”. This amazing discovery marked the first demonstration of the basic principle of optical communications as it ...
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The Phoenix by Sylvia Townsend WarnerLord Strawberry loved birds and had always dreamed of adding a Phoenix to his bird collection. One day, he decided to go to Arabia by himself and he brought back a Phoenix to England. The bird was majestic and well behaved, in fact a lot of people liked to visit him. When Lord Strawberry died, his ...
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Oedipus versus CreonJohn Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States of America, once said: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” (“Brainy Quotes”). In other words, when one can say that they have taken something positively useful from their ...
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Joseph Conrad“. . . No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence—that which makes its truth, its meaning—its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream—alone. . . .,”(Conrad 71). With this thought consuming verse, along ...
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GasThere are many types of people who purchase gasoline, but three types are easy to spot. All three have an obvious physical appearance which sets them apart from other gas purchasers. Each also has a distinctive pumping technique and freely vocalizes his opinion. Finally, each type has a particular ...
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Great Depression in the United StatesGreat Depression in the United States
USA annual real GDP 1910–60, with the years of the Great Depression (1929–1939) highlighted.
Unemployment rate in the US 1910–1960, with the years of the Great Depression (1929–1939) highlighted.
The Great Depression began with the Wall Street Crash ...
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Due Process? To Serve and Protect? PWE!!!!It was exactly 8:00 pm today when I decided to get my clothes to a laundry shop. I did get my laundry and decided to return home at once. On my way home, I was thinking whether I will review my notes for my mandarin class on Tuesday or spend my whole night playing my violin. As I passed a ...
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Lapse In Personal FinancesWhen the economy is in a recession and many are finding it hard to cover their monthly expenses, there is question to who should be blamed for these circumstances. Though initial cut backs in jobs lead us to point fingers at the government and corporate America, we often find ourselves putting ...
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Gandhi Movie ReviewPriti Agarwal
Film Review – Gandhi
1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total ...
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Energy DrinksPaper Summary:
This paper first describes the mass appeal of energy drinks to students and then examines the history of energy drinks since the introduction of the popular energy drink, Red Bull, in 1997. The major issues examined in this paper are whether or not the negative health risks ...
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Ethnobotanical ResearchEthnobotanical Research, Review
The nettle plant or root has been used in traditional folk medicine for many years. Almost all Native Americans used the nettle for a many reasons, like to stop nosebleeds, as a painkiller, and to slow arthritis. The tribes used its herbal steam to relieve pain, ...
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Shot Heard Around The World: JFKNovember 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas at 1:30 p.m. while traveling in an open top presidential motorcade with Texas governor John Conally (Wicker). He was pronounced dead at 2 p.m. of a fatal head wound caused by one of the bullets (Wicker). Lee Harvey Oswald, the ...
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Nikola TeslaNIKOLA TESLA
Nikola Tesla was born on July 9/10 (midnight), 1856 in Smiljam, Croatia, to a Serbian family. His father was an orthodox priest. His mother was unschooled but quite intelligent. Nikola was a dreamer who loved poetry. He was self-disciplined and compulsive. His principle ...
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Legalization Of MarijuanaThe battle of legalizing marijuana has been going on for many years. On one side people say that Marijuana is a gateway drug and will lead to other more dangerous drugs such as Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ( LSD), phencyclidine (PCP), and Opium. On another side Marijuana creates pacifism and is a ...
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The Dangers of BeautyIn today’s society most people are consumed by the extreme! A good example of this is the growth of reality television shows; these shows put people in crazy situations to keep the viewer’s interests, some of these programs such as Toddlers and Tiaras and Little Miss Perfect depict little girls ...
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Mac BethAll of us know who wears the real pants in the family. No not the dad, but the mom the wife. The wife is the one who really knows what is going on and has control of everything. Knowing that feeling when you know your mother knows where you’re really going to this Saturday night. In Macbeth you ...
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