of Antigone‚ the protagonist of the play‚ Antigone‚ challenges society’s orders and norms. At the time period of the play‚ society’s norm for women was the maintain order in the family‚ give life to newborns and take care of the family members. However‚ Antigone challenges these social orders due to her social value of life: burying her brother‚ Polynices‚ and giving him a proper burial. Thus‚ it is through these norms and restrictions as well as her only social value that stimulates Antigone to
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Reading Response for Antigone Power is a tricky entitlement to decide among a community. Some people may believe that the ruler has the best decision in mind for everyone in that specific community‚ and other people may believe otherwise. My personal opinion on how much power a ruler should have is sort of a complicated opinion in that I do not believe in one specific ruler to make decisions for a whole community. Rulers should not have any significant power than anyone else because it should be
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Charles Darnay’s return to France is an example of fulfilling his fate‚ he’s acting as a representative of the St. Evrémondes and when he arrives in France‚ he’ll be considered an aristocrat and treated as such. Darnay renounces his family title and property‚ as he tells his uncle years before the revolution‚ that they have been “reaping the fruits of wrong” (94). Another reason why he does this is because he feels that he is “bound to a system that is frightful…responsible for it‚ but powerless
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used to as an object to open the hole into the Nether World. After Endiku is taken by death‚ Ea from tablet eleven helps him and Gilgamesh overcome the outcome of Endiku decisions. This allows Gilgamesh to learn about the men with sons which is the fate. Endiku tells about the people he had seen the Nether World which highlights the essential connection people have on earth. The homeless guy who left no one behind to remember him emphasizes that people who have support are the ones who has great
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Thanatos the God of Non-Violent Death Thanatos has been made into the stereotypical figure of violent and painful death. In reality‚ Thanatos is the infamous God of non-violent death. “Thanatos was portrayed as a youngster with an inverted torch in one hand and a wreath or butterfly in the other” (Encyclopedia Mythica). “On a sculpted column in the Temple of Artemis at Ephese (4th century BCE) Thanatos is shown with two large wings and a sword attached to his girdle” (Encyclopedia Mythica). Since
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Heraclitus said “We can never step into the same river twice‚ for different water is ever flowing” (12). The river which Heraclitus refers to‚ is a metaphor for time. Time continues on regardless of life‚ always changing. Although it may seem impossible to go back in time – impossible to step into the same river – there are times when moments in time seems to repeat themselves throughout history. Ovid refutes this maxim through the use of a common storyline throughout several of his stories. Many
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Everyone knows someone who is completely self-centered and thinks the world revolves around them. In Oedipus the King‚ Jocasta is that person. The play‚ Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ was believed to be written in 430 b.c.‚ and is set in the royal palace of Thebes. Jocasta is an important character in this play and is a mother and a wife to Oedipus. Jocasta constantly shows hypocritical‚ selfish and cowardly behaviors that inspire hatred from the audience. She is self-righteous and fearful in all
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judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destructor. Creon error in judgement leads to his downfall by being dumped from start of being kings‚ and bears no respond sibitity for his flaws. Sophocles uses Creon action to show an effect of his fate. The people say Creon is noble for his directed on the two brothers but is important because he is not helping both brothers just the one who fought on his side. I would not stay silent if I saw disasters moving her against the citizens a threat
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“To the one who survives [the gods] leave grieving: the dream leaves sorrow to the one who survives” (Tablet VII.75-76). In the poem The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu challenge the gods‚ and as a punishment‚ the gods kill one‚ and the other must live with the guilt of survival. Gilgamesh and Enkidu were punished because they slayed Humbaba‚ a minion of the gods. Because of this‚ Ishtar‚ the Goddess of Love‚ asks Gilgamesh to marry her. Gilgamesh refuses‚ pointing out the bad
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Love. What do you think of when you hear that word? Affection‚ devotion‚ friendship‚ maybe even lust? Well‚ love is a profoundly tender‚ passionate affection for another person. Today‚ people see love as a beautiful thing‚ that everybody dreams of falling into. Aw‚ so sweet right? Not quite‚ love can cause some problems‚ and sometimes these problems are quite traumatic. In Book IV of The Aeneid‚ Virgil uses Dido’s strong affection for Aeneas to show that love can lead to complications‚ even
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