An Analysis of Two Key Passages in Antigone During the Nazi occupation of France‚ Jean Anouilh produced an adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy‚ Antigone‚ as a representation of the struggle between those collaborating with the occupants and those resisting them. While it is possible to read Anouilh’s Antigone as a ‘texte de la Resistance’‚ it can also be interpreted as an apologia for the Nazis’ severe‚ authoritarian behavior. The two key passages selected are crucial to the development of the play
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Examination of Two Key Passages in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn This assignment is meant to prepare you for the second World Literature paper (2c) that will be assigned in your senior year. You need to be exposed to the specific kinds of papers on which you will be assessed in the future. Junior year is the time when you learn the basics of analysis and commentary. In senior year‚ you will refine these skills‚ increase your sophistication as a reader and a writer‚ and then be tested on your
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KC Brunell World Literature Passage Analysis 7/23/14 The passage I chose to analyze was part of the conversion between Creon and Antigone after Antigone was caught in her attempt to bury her brother Polynices. Creon said to Antigone: “Believe me‚ the stiffest stubborn wills fall the hardest; the toughest iron‚ tempered strong in the white-hot-fire‚ you’ll see it crack and shatter first of all. And I’ve know spirited horses you can break With a light bit – proud rebellious
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beforehand what it would take‚ His only begotten Son as the High Priest and the sacrifice‚ not for His sins‚ but for ours. To understand what God the Father had in mind one must know what atonement is‚ the interpretation of atonement‚ and the summary of key passages on atonement. What is Atonement? The dictionary has several meanings as to what atonement means‚ 1) satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; 2) Theology. the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and humankind‚ especially as accomplished
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Great Gatsby- Key passage Analysis Key Passage He did extraordinary well in the war. He was a captain before he went to the front and following the Argonne battles he got his majority and the command of the divisional machine guns. After the Armistice he tried frantically to get home but some complication or misunderstanding sent him to Oxford instead. He was worried now--there was a quality of nervous despair in Daisy’s letters. She didn’t see why he couldn’t come. She was feeling the pressure
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Analysis Of Key Passages - Nazis And The Holocaust What is the image about? The image focuses on the earlier years of Keller’s life told through someone Keller once knew well. The time is of the holocaust and of the Nazis when Keller was playing for Hitler and his men. Henisch told how Keller thought he was untouchable because he had played for such a great and powerful person in that time. This image establishes a past Keller and a past that he had once found enjoyable but to have it all
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In both of the passages‚ a great deal of both similarities and differences can be discerned. From their depictions of shape‚ mood‚ atmosphere‚ and all forms interpretation of ones own biological environment‚ we can see the congruent nature of their individual work. While both hold many similarities however‚ there are branching directions both take. One being that of a quantitative mass‚ while the other reflects more on the effect. Both being very effective at their job of playing a wordsmith‚ but
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In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities‚ the peasantry of Paris is transformed into a vicious ochlocracy by the Revolution they spark. Although this is clearly evident in passages that depict scenes of violence and fighting‚ this idea is exemplified in the passage that depicts Lucie Manette and her child coming into contact with radicals performing the Carmagnole (a song and dance celebrating revolutionary victories) in “The Wood-Sawyer.” Literally‚ this passage shows the revolutionaries taking
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This passage taken from Book 1 Chapter 5‚ describes the scramble after a wine cask breaks outside Defarge’s wine shop. This chapter opens the novel’s view of Paris and acts as a convincing representation of the peasants’ hunger to end their suffering. In this passage‚ Charles Dickens uses irony‚ sarcasm‚ and anaphora to refer to the desperate quality of the people’s hunger for food‚ as well as‚ freedom for suffering. Chapter 5 introduces themes that involve extreme misery and filth‚ in the dark
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Analysis of Antigone Today the United States is controlled by three branches‚ but the executive branch is the branch that is commonly referred to when mentioning the United States; the President. Who was once just a loyal friend of Oedipus‚ now the ruler of Thebes‚ Creon can be considered Thebes’s president. A ruler who believes and insists that his word is final when it deals with anything under his jurisdiction‚ meets a match in Antigone‚ the daughter of the former ruler of Thebes before he
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