Sara Ortiz Mr.Johanson Honors English 10th 29 October 2013 Antigone Essay: Ode to Man Since the beginning man has always been an admirable creation that dominates and controlled almost all of the earth. Man is exalted everywhere because of his capacity to guide entire cities and to follow the rules of the gods to bring honor to him and his city. But fate plays a misfortunate trick on man: death. The only thing that is a man cannot control is death‚ because‚ although men are great‚ death can
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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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Discovers his fate from his actions * Usually a leader of men-ex: King * Their fate affects the nation or a large number of people * Their suffering is not senseless * Most tragic hero’s are men‚ with a could examples of Antigone and Cleopatra * Athenian Tragedy * Oldest tragedy existing * Emerged during 6th century BC * Reached its peak as dramatic form in the 5th century * When &Where * Open air theatres * Could usually hold
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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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Judith Beheading Holofernes two decades prior to Gentileschi’s. His work was on permanent display in Palazzo Barberini in Rome‚ Italy; it is highly likely that Artemisia Gentileschi was inspired to present her own rendition of Judith that fit her feminist ideals in response to Carvaggio’s display of this biblical heroine. The scene of Judith slaying Holofernes stands as a biblical moment of triumph of virtue over tyranny. The tale goes that Judith‚ said to be a devout Christian‚ whom nobody could
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In the novel that we have recently read‚ Sophia’s War was about a 12 year old girl that had gone through a lot of thing while the war between the the british and the patriots‚ had been going on. She says in the book that there were specific thing that kept her going or convinced her that she could do something to end this was with the win going to the Patriots. Like most stories that people read‚ Sophia Origin story all started with one major event she witnessed when she and her mother were on their
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While exploring the David Owsley Museum of Art‚ I became very intrigued with a religious work of art from Asia titled Stele of Ganesha. This particular sculpture was created around 900 CE‚ and was carved out of welded rhyolitic tuff. Ganesha is one of the more popular Hindu gods. He is the destroyer of vanity‚ selfishness‚ and pride while also the remover of obstacles. Due to the fact that he is the remover of obstacles‚ Ganesha is one of the most praised gods of the Hindu faith. He is depicted with
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King Tut was one of Ancient Egypt’s most mysterious Pharaohs. When the door to his tomb was breached‚ most of his life and family secrets were revealed. King Tut was a very famous Pharaoh who had an extremely interesting family. One may know who king Akhenaten was‚ he was King Tut’s father. King Akhenaten also wasn’t very popular and still isn’t too popular today. The reason King Akhenaten wasn’t remembered throughout history‚ was because when he was Pharaoh he only believed in one god! And the
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At the time of Penelope’s life‚ the majority of the greek population believed that the gods were superior to immortal being. However‚ Penelope disagrees against this belief. In fact‚ she argues that the popular view of the gods‚ or Olympians‚ is inappropriate. Penelope views the gods as malevolent beings that chose to cause pain and suffering for their own amusement. Penelope’s contempt towards the gods originates from her troubled life. Penelope blames her suffering on those who control everybody’s
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The film Dead man walking was not created on a true case per sea but was constructed on some true people. The personality Sister Helen was indeed based on a genuine Sister Helen Prejean. The character Matthew Poncelet was a fictitious creation manufactured on a permutation of attributes of two real inmates and their criminalities that sister Helen Prejean came in acquaintance with; they are Robert Lee Willie and Elmo Patrick Sonnier. The movie follows the storyline of Matthew Poncelet as he approaches
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