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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A Bias for Action Heike Bruch Sumantra Ghoshal Harvard Business School Press‚ 2004 Often managers spot a chance to do something valuable for their company‚ but for some reason‚ they cannot get started. Even if they begin the project‚ they give up when they see the first big hurdle. The inability to take purposeful action seems to be pervasive across companies. Managers tend to ignore or postpone dealing with crucial issues which require reflection‚ systematic planning‚ creative thinking‚ and above
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Sophocles’ Antigone presents Oedipus’ daughters Antigone and Ismene as a non-conformist and a conformist. In postwar Thebes‚ Antigone must persuade Ismene to help bury their brother Polyneices‚ who is branded a traitor by the new king Creon. In a new decree Creon states that he will not give any traitors a proper burial. Antigone’s indignation over Creon’s decree makes her the non-conformist. Because of her loyalty to her brother she wants to “bury him” even though‚ as Ismene points out‚ “the new
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As a terminology‚ “Bias” is basically used as a word of judgment toward objects and people. In these short stories bias is served towards race‚ gender‚ and age; showing that discrimination towards the littlest things can change the perspective in someone’s eye. In the short story‚ ‘’Birthday party” racial bias is being told to us. The children’s Aunt May is in town for the summer and she went outside overheard the colored kid say “hey sis” towards Josephine but her aunt did not know that she and
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The Chorus of Antigone The chorus was not only a major part of Antigone‚ but also the most insightful portion of this play’s cast. The members of the chorus tell Creon and the audience very important truths about themselves. Throughout the play the chorus comments on Creon’s actions‚ and gives us all unbiased views on our hypocritical species. Without a chorus Creon’s epiphany may never have occurred and we wouldn’t have‚ as easily‚ seen our personal flaws. The chorus is included in a very
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challenges of policing and dealing with hate and bias crimes. Considering that since the beginning stages of immigration we have tried to support successful assimilation‚ hate and bias crimes create a huge barrier. Hate and bias crimes “occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group‚ usually defined by race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ ethnicity‚ nationality‚ age‚ gender‚ gender identity‚ or political affiliation” (en.wikipedia
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Antigone Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ is a story about the struggle between Antigone‚ who represents the laws of the gods and Creon‚ who represents the laws of the state. The play takes place circa 442 B.C. in the city-state of Thebes. The story revolves around the burial of Polyneices. Polyneices led an army against his brother‚ Etocles‚ the King of Thebes. They killed each other in battle and the new king‚ Creon‚ made a decree that only Etocles was to be buried because Polyneices was his rival
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to do and how we as individuals can change the world. When one expands their sense of what they can do in this world‚ they open up to new things that have nearly unlimited possibilities to change the world for the better. Antigone‚ the main character in Sophocles’ Antigone‚ defies the predetermined rules of society around her “Will you help these hands take up Polyneices’ corpse and bury it? What? You’re going to bury Polyneices‚ when that’s been made a crime for all in Thebes?” (Sophocles).
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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 chooses to throw herself into the river‚ to “wed the lord of the dark waters”
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Kathleen Okruhlik: Science Cannot Escape Bias In Kathleen Okruhlik’s paper‚ she strives to show that the practice of science as a whole‚ cannot escape bias‚ particularly bias in relation to the different sexes. Her argument is thorough‚ but flawed as it is possible for science to be unbiased. She includes many outdated papers showing how the science was skewed by only using male models‚ or how scientists are basing assumptions on the idea that male is superior to female‚ so they use males in their
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