Antigone Loyal. Unyielding. Powerful. Prideful. These words describe a ruler‚ who faces a tragedy unlike no other. In Antigone‚ a play written by Sophocles‚ the main character Antigone faces difficult decisions that revolve around a foolish law created by her uncle‚ Creon. This law is the cause of the many hardships and tragedies Creon face. Although Creon makes this unjust law‚ he is still a hero. In the beginning of the play‚ Creon makes an unjust and unreasonable law. The law makes
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In the play ‘’Antigone’’ ‚written by Sophocles‚ the major concept was that the laws of the gods take priority over the laws of man. In the story Creon’s pride and inability to listen to others leads to his downfall and Antigone’s faithfulness to the laws set by the gods instead of the laws set by Creon leads to her end. In the story Creon’s sense of justice is that the head of the government laws’ are to always be followed even when they are not fair. This quote from Creon ‘’Whoever is chosen
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In the play Antigone‚ Creon was one of the main characters who had their whole life turned upside down. But‚ in the mists of Creon having his whole life ruined‚ he failed to realize that all of the things that happened were his own fault. There were 3 tragic flaws that led Creon to his own downfall. One of Creon’s flaws is stubbornness. Choragos had told Creon that his rule was not a good choice but him like many others were not aloud to bury any body of the dead‚ not even Polyneices. His sisters
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In this passage from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment‚ Marmeladov dies after being run over by a horse carriage. Raskolnikov watches his friend lose his life‚ and this sparks a light of positivity in him. Through the use of contrast‚ religious jargon‚ and a triumphant tone‚ it is evident that Raskolnikov develops into a positive and religious man by the end of this passage. At the beginning‚ Raskolnikov is not mentioned‚ and instead the passage focuses on Katerina Ivanovna’s reaction to the situation
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chorus of dead Confederate soldiers‚ two of which are her brothers Earl and Paul. “Look at me‚” she says‚ “men of my fatherland/setting out on that last road” (102). She speaks directly to the dead‚ and the dead answer. The chorus taunts her impending death‚ for which Annie takes offense‚ asking that the spirits wait until she is dead. However the dead are relentless‚ even pinning her fate in her father’s role as a rebel captain (102). As where the original Antigone hangs herself in her tomb‚ Annie
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Embedded Assessment #2 “That may be‚ but Hades still desires equal rites for both.”(593) I say Antigone contracts Creon the most because she brings out his anger‚ pride‚ and disgust. I say this because other than the Chorus she interacted with the most and brought most of his poor traits out. Antigone brings out his pride because when she buried her brother’s body‚ Creon told the Chorus leader after she did her speech that‚ “But you should know the most obdurate wills are those most prone to break
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Middle Passage The Middle Passage was the stage of the Triangular Trade where slaves was shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. The slaves were sold or exchanged for goods. Like Iron‚ cloth‚ gunpowder‚ brandy‚ Tobacco‚ sugar etc. The voyage took several weeks’ sometimes months to get to their destination. While the slaves were on the ship they were packed liked sardines and shackled like animals. Their hands and feet were chained to each other and they had to sleep in one
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“Priscilla the Cambodian” a short story in Sightseeing written by Rattawut Lapcharoensap‚ Priscilla and her family represent some of the prejudice that occurs all over the world. This passage shows just how violent and insensitive people can be towards people who are not their own. It’s a deep‚ intriguing passage in the story that is important and has a lot of meaning; that without it‚ this story would not be complete. It was the middle of the night when the boy woke up to his father and friends
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The Indian vs. the European Religion and Way of Thinking Religion is probably the most definitive factor in the way Indians lead their lives‚ particularly if they practice Hinduism and this is why the clash between Hinduism and Christanity in A Passage to India parallels the conflict between the Indians and the British. Hinduism is best represented in the novel by professor Godbole‚ and Christianity is epitomized in Mrs. Moore who comes to India with the kindness and understanding heart of a
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overcome. In these two passages "The Way the Mop Flops’ and "The Choice"‚ there were two kids with obstacles they had to overcome but I think Katies obstacle was bigger than Andrews. To begin with‚ in passage one "The Way the Mop Flops "‚ There was a kid named Andrew‚ his obstacles was trying to speak in front of the school without a problem. In passage two "the Choice "‚ there was a girl named Katie and she had to make a choice that was best for her team. Also‚ in passage 1 ’The Way the Mop
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