Crystal Green Dram 105 Dr. Rodda October 7‚ 2010 Sophocles’ Antigone Sophocles’ Antigone brings to life the underlying culture flaws in the Greek city-states by showing how the idea of filial piety and divine law undermine each other and were used as a means to justify the ends. Athenian citizens enjoyed a wide range of powers of self-governance: citizens elected military leaders and held judicial authority. Every male citizen enjoyed these rights. Women were not considered citizens; they were
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Antigone Analysis Antigone is a strong willed woman that defies her uncle’s orders and buries her dead brother Polyneices‚ who fought against Thebes in the civil war. She goes and buries her brother‚ and performs the rituals of the dead. I believe Antigone buried her brother out of divine edict‚ and not to defy the king. She may have been incredibly angry about the way her brother’s body had been treated‚ but I believe she done what she has done out of her own beliefs.
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Antigone Life has a way of becoming complicated. Problems between friends‚ foes‚ and even family members develop everyday for people of all walks of life. It is part of human nature to disagree‚ cause conflict and fight for what we believe in even if that means stepping on someone else’s toes along the way. Aristotle had thoughts on complication dating back to 335 B.C when he wrote Poetics- the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory. In it he analyzed tragedies and theorized that every tragedy
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Is Britain more Racist today than it was in the 1970s Big point: Comedy uses discrimination to highlight minority groups Little point: In 1970 comedy was often openly racist Two examples of how comedy used to be openly racist is when people from other countries started coming
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What’s more scary than the truth? Shutter Island‚ produced in 2010 and directed by Martin Scorsese‚ is a psychological thriller film that portrays psychological treatments in the 1950’s. Martin Scorsese’s alteration of the Dennis Lehane novel‚ Shutter Island‚ is in fact a horror movie‚ but it will not come across as your average present-day horror film. Typically directors take ghosts‚ monsters‚ vampires‚ or possessed people and develop a film to scare its viewers‚ and it more than likely always
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Internet brings more harm than good. People nowadays can achieve extensive range of information resources and services through the internet. However‚ people always argued that internet brings issue society such as invasion of privacy by hacking people’s account. In contrary with it‚ people move much faster in every way. Instead the people who use it are the one that brings harm. In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that internet brings more advantages than disadvantages to the world. Firstly‚ internet
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the Internet plays an important role in the world of communication. This is because‚ the Internet offers easy and inexpensive ways to communicate such as emails‚ messenger‚ chatting‚ teleconferencing and blogging. Besides‚ the Internet also saves time as messenger can delivered in a matter of seconds. Today‚ we do not need to go to the post office to post a letter in order to contact family or friends. Snail mail has become history. Other than that‚ the Internet also enables us to gain
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chose a woman to lead his story. Strong willed and quick witted‚ Antigone proves to be a loyal sister and pure wife. Antigone is noble of birth. Her hamartia is she shows hubris‚ a classic tragic hero trait‚ when telling Creon‚ “And I‚ whom no man’s frown can frighten‚ Am far from risking heaven’s frown by flouting these‚ I need no trumpeter from you to tell me I must die‚ we all die anyway.” (210) She takes on the role of her better‚ a man. When she buries he brother‚ she realizes that her life is worth
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Women Vs. Men * Ismene is for the submissive role of women‚ quote on page 4 * On page 13 Creon talks about taming Antigone. Antigone needs to be tamed because women are supposed to be submissive and Creon’s ability to rule is in his ability to have everyone‚ especially women submissive. * On page 14‚ Creon’s comment about snakes suggests that women are snake like in nature‚ with a manipulative duplicity to their nature. He suggests that women hide their evil qualities behind attractive
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Year of Wonders is an historical novel based around the village of Eyam‚ which quarantined itself between 1665 and 1666 when the plague arrives from a traveller from London. As the plague sweeps through the town of Eyam the population is slowly getting smaller and more fearful‚ the writer explores the variety of reactions that are possible when small communities are ravaged by tragedy. Many of the characters kept their values but lose faith in God‚ only some people’s values are tainted when they
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