What's in the bag? Candy. That's what.

I like many of the other bogs I have read believe free-will dictates alot of a persons life. Although I do believe that there is a certain amount of fate that dictates what occurs in our life and the path we eventually take. The question also said to think about "the large and tiny decisions that you make on a day to day basis." I feel like a good portion of what occurs in my day is free-will. but that there are greater things at work, that I don't understand. There are probably little things that happen for some reason that I don't notice and kind of take for granted. Things that I cannot comprehend and don't think twice about.

Free Fallin'

Both fate and freewill are powerful motifs in Oedipus Rex. Though fate is depicted as the more inescapable of the two. The story in itself is filled with characters using their free-will to attempt to avoid what they know to be there fate. For instance Oedipus uses his free-will to avoid his fate by not returning to who he believes to be his parents kingdom, for fear of killing his father and marrying his mother. But as we know in the end fate is the downfall of Oedipus and it turns out that he did wrong anyway. They go hand in hand because when there is fate discussed in the book people are always excercising their free-will to change it.

MLK a great man? Or just Milk mispelled?

Martin Luther King Jr. made great strides in the fight to gain equality for African Americans, at a point in the history of America when bigotry and ignorance were abundant. He changed the lives of every African American at that point and after. He was powerful, hard-working, intellectual, and a man who would not let up in his mission until he either died or had accomplished what he had set out to do.

He was a great man because no matter how battered he got. Or how many times he went to jail he would not give up. That is what defined him as a great man. His unwavering passion for equality and relentless campaign against white supremacy changed the face of American culture a we know it. That is why he is so amazing. Because he was determined right up until he was shot. No matter what he would not give up. He would not let generations after him experience the same treatment that he and his fathers generation and many generations before that experienced.

Oedipus Rex

Part II

1. Pg. 961 line 9 and Pg. 962 Lines 62 - 66

2. The conflict is that Oedipus is so intent on finding the killer of the former king. But he doesn't know that he is the one who murdered the king and brought this sickness upon the land.

3. Imagery allows the reader or audience to have a view in their mind of what is going on in the story.

4. One of the many recurring motifs is the mention of the suffering brought about by a plague. Another is the revenge that everyone wants against the murderer of the king. Prophecies are another one that is present frequently in the text.

5. The chorus is crying to the gods for help. Because they don't know what to do.

Part III

1. Pg, 969 Line 101 and 105, and Pg. 968 Lines 83 - 84.

2. The external conflict is that Teiresias knows the fate of Oedipus and doesn't want to tell Oedipus because he knows it will be his downfall.

3. Pg. 969 Line 107 and 108. and Pg. 970 Lines 163 and 164.

4. The dramatic irony in the story is that you as the reader and Teiresias know what Oedipus doesn't and he's so dedicated to finding the killer when it is himself that in the end he truly seeks.

5. The fact that he is going to act as the "King's Son" when he truly is the king's son, and that he says he will kill the murderer of the king when it is he who killed the king.

6. The chorus sings about the fate of Oedipus and his downfall.