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Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel. By: Joanna de Leon . Story of Tower of Babel.

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Tower of Babel

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  1. Tower of Babel By: Joanna de Leon

  2. Story of Tower of Babel According to the book of Genesis, Noah’s descendants decided to build a tower that would reach Heaven. When mankind was starting to become more strong, God chose to introduce different languages so people would not understand each other very well, which made the tower incomplete.

  3. Present-day Meaning • “Tower of Babel” or “Babel” usually can mean nonsense or when someone talks ‘gibberish’, also can be known as a noisy misunderstanding.

  4. Examples of “Tower of Babel” • It was like Babel on the first day of summer camp, with friends who hasn’t seen each other for a year of of reuniting and seemingly all talking at once. • During the time of 9/11, it was Babel when a whole group of people were babbling about their depressing stories and the news press couldn’t understand. • It was like the Tower of Babel when a boy tried to ask his girl out to prom, but due to his nervousness, she couldn’t understand what he was saying.

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  6. Cassandra By the Fabulous Carlos ;)

  7. Story of Cassandra • In Greek mythology, the daughter of Priam, the last king of Troy, and his wife Hecuba. In Homer’s lliad, she is the most beautiful of Priam’s daughter, but not a prophetess. Cassandra was loved by the god Apollo, who promised her the power of prophecy if she would comply with his desires. Cassandra excepted the proposal, received the gift, and then refused the god her favors. Apollo revenged himself by ordaining that her prophecies should not be believed.

  8. Present day meaning • Today a Cassandra means someone who predicts disasters or negative results, mainly to someone whose predictions are unnoticed.

  9. Examples • I finally stopped asking my friend Cecilia for advice when I had a decision to make. She is such a Cassandra; if I listen to her, I would never take any risks at all because of her constant predictions of doom. • Happy Birthday Cecilia omg your 15 ILY <3 and so does Harry Styles (Bae) Our Imessages tho lol • I can’t stand people who behave like Cassandra because every time someone asks for a second opinion they end up ruining the whole situation. • Jasson is such a Cassandra, by telling me we would have a quiz in 3 days. I didn’t believe him until the teacher himself told us the following day in class.

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  11. Sound and Fury “Macbeth” By eric estrada

  12. Story • Shakespeare's short tragedy is Macbeth that tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from witches saying that one day he’ll be king of Scotland. Later on Macbeths wife murders King Duncan and then takes the throne for himself, turns into a tyrant ruler, and when Macbeth finds out about the death of his wife he gives a speech about life that is Titled “Sound and Fury”

  13. Meaning of “Sound and Fury” • “Sound and Fury” refers to a passionate uproar that actually is unimportant or meaningless signifying nothing at all

  14. The Examples of “Sound and Fury” • In the 1980’s the media hyped the “Great Event” of Geraldo Rivera’s opening of A1 Capone’s Vault, and the network promoted the live broadcast of the event. When the vault was opened and found to be completely empty, it became more obvious that all the build up was no more than Sound and Fury. • When the phone rang, I was curious to know why it was ringing. Once I answered it, it turned out to be no one but the telemarketers which came out to be Sound and Fury. • While we entered the restaurant, the worker immediately told us to leave be Sound and Fury.

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  16. The Gordian Knot By: Yesenia De Alba

  17. Gordian Knot According to legend, Gordius was a Greek king. he tied an extremely complex knot, and an oracle prophesied that whoever untied it would rule all of Asia. Alexander the Great “untied” the knot simply by cutting through it with his sword.

  18. Present day Meaning A “Gordian Knot is any extremely complex problem, and “cutting the Gordian Knot” refers to solving such a problem in a quick, decisive manner.

  19. Examples The councilwoman cut the Gordian Knot of which of the two worthy programs would have to be eliminated when she proposed a money-saving strategy that would enable both programs to continue. Children cut the Gordian Knot by usually forgetting or leaving the object that they were fighting for. Woman cut the Gordian knot with choosing between two shoes by getting both of them.

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