think your life is controlled by fate? Or you can make it whatever you want it to be. In the play Antigone written by one of the three great Greek tragedians Sophocles. Fate and free will are the two main ideas that lead in this play. The first example of free will is the character Antigone‚ who decides to bury her brother and then takes the consequences for her decision. In my first quotation Antigone is talking to her sister Ismene about coming with her to go bury their brother even though it is
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Processed Writing: To Kill A Mockingbird In the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" written by Harper Lee Scout gains a fresh new perspective and learns to emphasize with people in a better and a mature way by cause of specific events that happens through the whole of the novel. The main events that affect her perspective are the trial of Tom Robinson‚ the response of the people in Maycomb County when Atticus takes the case of Tom Robinson and her visit to the black church with Calpurnia. These events
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I Don’t tell her why. I say marry him‚ Nettie and try to have one good year out of your life. After that‚ i know she be big‚ but me never again. A girl at church say you git big if you bleed every month‚ i don`t bleed no more.” (page 6) This passage is important because Celie just so casually mentions that her Pa beats her for doing something so simple and for the something she didn’t even do. This Is a common occurrence in the story. She also mentions that she doesn’t look at men‚ which
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Sophocles was born in 496 B.C.E in the deme colonus. He had grew up during the most brilliant intellectual period in Athens. He had two sons named Iophon and Ariston and also a wife by the name of Nicostrate.He was the son of Sophillus who was a wealthy amour manufacturer in the rural community of the Hippeios Colonus in Attica that was just outside of Athens.His artistic career had began in the earnest in 468 B.C.E when he had took the first prize in the Dionysia theatre competition that was over
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Light vs darkness Extra #3 "A sliver of moon rose over the horizon‚ hardly large enough to make a path of light even when it sat right down on the water; but there were other lights in the sky‚ that moved fast‚ winked‚ or went out‚ though not even a faint popping came down from the battle fought at 10 miles height. But a sign came down from the world of grown-ups‚ though at the time there was no child awake to read it. There was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew trail across the sky; then
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Lord of the Flies Final Response I believe that people have a natural tendency toward evil- but with saving glimpses of goodness because people can choose to do the right thing or the wrong thing‚ but sadly‚ many go for the wrong option. Being evil is easier for humans since this comes naturally to them. Humans are lazy and we would rather be evil than good‚ man also has a tendency to think and put themselves before others‚ for example‚ when thinking about a problem or situation‚ it is natural
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In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ the attack of Hassan is a significant event as it is the beginning of Amir‚ the narrator’s search for redemption. The opening chapter of the novel starts with Amir who lives in Pakistan with his father‚ Baba‚ and his servant‚ Hassan. Amir starts by retelling his childhood memories‚ particularly‚ his regrets for not rescuing Hassan who is his friend and secretly his half brother during the attack from Assef. Through Hosseini’s clever use of circular
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Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh‚ laying the basis of its current academic building King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz January 5‚ 1982 [1]. It was opened in 1990.but the establish in1974 And more than 61 scientific institute within the Kingdom and two branches to serve the community in all of Al Ahsa province shagra and Al-Kharj‚ etc.‚ and three institutes outside the Kingdom in all of Japan‚ Indonesia and Djibouti and it is Islamic university there is many are thought Islamic subjects in it like
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Antigone was first produced in 441 B.C. It was written by a Greek playwright Sophocles. Antigone is the third play in an epic about a man named Oedipus and his family. This third installment is considered a Greek Tragedy‚ even today it is still being produced in theaters all around the world. It has had many critics‚ Aristotle being the most famous. Aristotle ideas and thoughts on tragedy were implied throughout the play. He was born in 384 B.C.‚ nearly 27 years after Antigone was first produced
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At last‚ when the ship we were in had got in all her cargo‚ they made ready with many fearful noises‚ and we were all put under deck‚ so that we could not see how they managed the vessel. But this disappointment was the least of my sorrow. The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome‚ that it was dangerous to remain there for any time‚ and some of us had been permitted to stay on the deck for the fresh air; but now that the whole ship’s cargo were confined together
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