Antigone Mock Trial Antigone: Charged with treason against The State and contempt What if Antigone had been given a fair trial with a jury of her peers? Would they have condemned her still? You get to be the prosecution & defense in determining a fair fate for Antigone. You must ask yourselves‚ did Antigone act with treasonous intent against The State or were her actions otherwise motivated? Even further‚ was this an act of the gods and beyond her control? During this trial‚ you must
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a tragic flaw‚ third is because of the tragic heroes mistake his future is reversed‚ and fourth is the discovery that the reversal was brought about by the actions of the tragic hero. It can be argued who is the tragic hero in this play. Both Antigone and Creon possess qualities of a tragic hero. But the character I believe is the tragic hero and that I will be discussing is Creon. Creon comes into power when both his nephews are killed in battle. Eteocles and Polyneices were not only brothers
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Enemies are a threat to one’s personal public life. In Antigone‚ Creon states “An enemy is an enemy‚ even dead.” Creon’s unwillingness to show compassion and compromise to bring healing to his kingdom have tragic consequences. There are some people in reality who are living to intentionally hurt people. Between the first sentence and Creon’s statement‚ their relation acts as an answer to a statement from somebody’s own belief. Even if someone is to say how true it is for an enemy to cause a threat
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Edible Pride American’s in the 21st century have a weakness for “Japanese” and “Chinese” cuisine. As this is typed‚ Chinese and Japanese master chefs across the world are cringing at the thought of their food being sabotaged and simplified by other cultures. What we believe to be “oriental” or “Asian” food is different than the food prepared in Tokyo and Beijing due to its level of preparation and oversimplification. While we may catch a glimpse of the true flavor of Japanese and Chinese cuisine
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What are your first impressions of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet? Key characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are affiliated with misconstrued opinions of them by fellow members of the society‚ naturally due to their first impressions. Whether they may be shallow opinions or opinions which highly regard one’s character; it is safe to say that their impressions are nine out of ten wrongfully bestowed. However‚ from this Mrs. Bennet was one of the few that had the same characteristics as were portrayed
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Book report Camille Beurret Book: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Publisher (+place): Harper Collins Publishers‚ London First edition: 1813 Summary Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five unmarried daughters. The family isn’t very rich‚ so the main concern of Mrs. Bennet’s life is to see that all her daughters are married‚ preferably to men with a lot of money. When Mr. Bingley‚ a handsome‚ rich‚ young bachelor arrives to stay briefly in Hartfordshire
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others‚ just like Creon from the play Antigone. The play Antigone by Sophocles is about Creon becoming king of Thebes and his first order was to give one of his nephews a proper burial and the other one just leave him out without being buried. Antigone‚ Creon’s niece disobeys and buries her brother. Creon finds out that it was his niece who disobeyed his first order. He keeps his word about killing whoever disobeyed his order. I am connecting the play Antigone to power because the character Creon
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In the novel‚ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ Elizabeth finds herself. She judges people the wrong way and overall contradicts everything she had previously thought. The number one thing she contradicted in the novel‚ was her happiness. She first claims to be happier than Jane but then says‚ “If you were to give me forty such men‚ I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition‚ your goodness‚ I never can have your happiness.” (Jane 424) By saying this it is assumed that Elizabeth
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(Antigone) a Theban Play by Sophocles – Creon’s Inaugural Speech In Scene 1 of Antigone by Sophocles‚ Creon‚ who is now king‚ addresses the elders of Thebes. Read the speech carefully. Complete the “Close Reading Dialectical Journal” and “Argument Analysis” to annotate and analyze the speech as prewriting. Then write an essay in which you identify the purpose of Creon’s speech and analyze how he uses rhetorical strategies to achieve his purpose. General hints: ▪ Use SOAP information
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Pride and Prejudice Out of the many Movies that are out these days‚ we see many similar themes and ideas that go throughout the story. Yet‚ out of all these movies‚ one particularly came into my sight‚ Pride and Prejudice. This is a story following back all the way to the 19th century and beside the fact that there are many great celebrities there to make this movie much better‚ what makes this a great movie is that it tells a wonderful love story of a skeptical girl and a arrogant man that eventually
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