When all of the takes place and Oedipus gets back to Thebes, Jocasta realizes that the prophecies could be true and she tries to convince Oedipus that they are not because she and Laius’s son died after they got word of the prophecy that was foretold to them. So Oedipus was relieved to hear that one half of the prophecy was not true, but then the shepherd tells Oedipus not to worry because he knows that Oedipus came to Corinth as a baby and that Polybus and Merope were not his real parents at all. This really makes him worried at this point because now he does not know who his parents are. He then asks the shepherd how he
He makes the anticipation of bad news worse than the bad news itself. As Kumalo “arrives” at the point of sorrow, it is a relief because although he still feels crushed to know all that has become of his son is a murderer, he at least stands on solid ground. This is shown when he goes to visit his son before the trial and loses respect for his brother because his brother refuses to try to grieve. He knows that by refusing to do so, his brother is also refusing to heal. Kumalo knows that there is no purpose in extending the journey, because then he would just be extending the pain.
When the oracle said that her son would kill his father and sleep with his mother she quickly abandoned her son to avoid that horrible fate and thanked the oracle for that. However, when Oedipus heard that Polybus was dead and realized he didn’t kill his father Jocasta said the oracle was useless. Jocasta is the type of person that chooses to be blind and accept the lies but only when they help her. If the truths help her then she will accept the truths. Jocasta is also trying to blind Oedipus in this quote.
Initially, Lipshaw did not want to put the touch on his Grandpa, but did it out of respect for his Grandma “soon after he began stepping out” (p. 8). This idea of gratitude is expressed right in the first paragraph; Lipshaw was found in a slough and was rescued by his Grandma when he was a child, who adopts him. He became very grateful to his Grandma and let us know he “would do anything for Grandma”. The grandma holds this over his head whenever she needs help from him. Grandma wanted the touch put on her husband so he would stop stepping out to be with Lamartine, to bring her the love she never experienced with him.
She was telling Oedipus not to care about the future and live like there is no tomorrow, which is a little bit odd since he is a king and they should watch out most for his and the city’s future. Another quote said by Iokaste worth to mention is “For God’s love, let us have no more questioning! Is your life noting to you? My own is pain enough for me to bear”. These expressions and how she keeps telling Oedipus to stop this search for truth, is definitely a hint that she already knows that he is her son, but she does not want to suffer the humiliation or the pain of what this would bring once everybody knows.
even though he had terrible role models he still tried to stand up and be a good person. “leave her alone, Dally.” When dally was making Cherry and Marcia uncomfortable, he stood up to his idol and told him to stop. He is never seen being mean or mistreating others. Johnny then went on to put the lives of children before his without a second thought. when Johnny was in the burning church Pony-boy says “He wasn’t scared either.
The objective of his novel is therefore to inform the public on the brutalities of war instead. He wants people to be aware that war is not as attractive as some make it out to be. When the narrator goes to talk to his old war buddy Bernard O’Hare, Mary O’Hare hates that her husband’s friend is writing this war novel. She believes he should call the novel “‘The Children’s Crusade’” since many men are sent to war as “babies” (18-19). She wants his book to stop the reoccurring cycle of men getting sent to war who are still innocent boys.
Abigail is supported by her uncle Reverend Parris who further instructs Susanna to ‘Go directly home and speak nothing of unnatural causes.’ The use of imperatives ‘go’ suggests a tone of urgency and insecurity. Miller presents Reverend Parris as one of the people in Salem who sees sense as he denies the presence of ‘unnatural things’ however the reader later realizes that he says this because he wants to save his reputation. The reader is told that Reverend Parris has ‘enemies’ and they will ‘ruin’ him if they were to find that his daughter ‘trafficked with spirits in the forest’. This suggests that as a community they are not at peace, they have enemies that can ruin them forever. Millers use of stage direction demonstrates Parris’s anxiety ’his eyes going wide’ As a minister of the church he should not be feeling anxious however in the community where he lives he has to be anxious as news spreads fast and accusations start and then there is the beginning of a witch
In “Hamlet” byWilliam Shakespeare, Hamlet experienced acts of betrayal by individuals in his inner circle and reciprocated with acts of revenge which ultimately resulted in his his death. In the novel, Hamlet, the main character was portrayed as an intelligent university student who returned home to attend his father’s funeral. The first incident of betrayal Hamlet experienced occurred when Claudius, Hamlet's uncle/stepfather /King, killed his father and took control effectively robbing Hamlet of the crown and the chance to be King. Hamlet adored his father and was devastated when his mother, Gertrude, had an incestuous relationship with his uncle who she married so quickly after his father’s death that ..the funeral baked meats…did furnish forth the marriage tables. 1.2.184-185.
(A) Ali’s parents were killed and Baba’s father, who judged the murder trial, took him in (B) He was born to the Hazara servant of Baba’s father (C) He killed a sheep belonging to Baba’s family and was forced to become their servant as punishment (D) Baba and Ali had the same father 3. What is it that worries Baba about Amir? (A) He isn’t certain who Amir’s mother was (B) A boy who can’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything (C) Boys at school bully Amir (D) Amir could disappoint him by losing the kite-fighting tournament 4. How is Hassan’s cleft lip fixed? (A) Amir uses his birthday money to pay for the surgery (B) Baba pays for the surgery as a birthday gift to Hassan (C) Hassan steals Amir’s birthday money and uses it for the surgery (D) Ali steals Amir’s birthday money to pay for the surgery 5.