Mischief and misbehavior is now a common thing in every teenagers’ life‚ in fact it’s what they are known for. But what about before the change ever happened? Adolescence rebellion was one of the biggest changes in the 1960’s thanks to some help from Woodstock‚ rock n roll‚ and unfortunately drugs. Everybody has a rebellious stage. (or tendencies if ya catch my drift.) Most of the time it’s teenagers or toddlers. But back in the 1960’s it was practically unheard of to have rebellious teens. At the
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Medea and Antigone are two stories of passion drove women. Together the women of these stories break the law of man and go against the laws of gods both characters are controlled by their emotion. Medea and Antigone are both strong‚ sometimes- manipulative‚ Medea more than Antigone. The themes of both stories; in my mind‚ are women‚ passion‚ and spiritual beliefs. They also are drove by the actions of men in their lives. Both are very morally different and their actions are on completely different
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The play Antigone was written by Sophocles around four hundred forty B.C.E‚ in the height of the golden age of Greece. Theater was then‚ as it is now‚ a medium through which to implicate the outlooks of its writer and to examine moral issues‚ whilst providing entertainment. The subjects discussed through theater were often deeply rooted in the dialogue of the characters in the plays and struck the chords of the audience such that enlightenment could take place‚ and in that day and age this purpose
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Nathaniel Bacon‚ a colonist‚ initiated a massive rebellion against Governor Berkeley‚ an infamous slaveholder and corrupt colonial governor of Virginia. The four causes of this rebellion are in Robert Beverley on Bacon’s Rebellion where it states “First‚ The extreme low price of tobacco‚ and the ill usage of the planters in the exchange of goods for it… The splitting the colony into proprieties…
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among others. In the play‚ Antigone‚ king Creon uses his power to take away Antigone’s right to bury her brother. When the two brothers killed each other in war‚ Creon announced that no one shall be buried unless given his permission.This led to Antigone burying his brother out of respect and Creon ordering to excuse her. Creon is abusing power to take away power of others. This also shows how creon reacts when someone disobeys him. Creon goes to extreme measures when Antigone goes
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The social conventions of the ancient world are not widely known‚ making it more difficult to truly grasp and appreciate Antigone. If one is accustomed to life today‚ the more relatable or understandable factor in the play would be state oppression and civil disobedience. That is not to say that there is complete gender equality‚ but it has advanced considerably since the Classical Era. That is why my considerations of the work were enhanced. The oral elaborated on some of the customs and roles
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crime is pride / pride is crime While everybody makes mistakes‚ the person who has too much pride to admit that he is wrong only causes further damage. In the play Antigone‚ by the Greek playwright Sophocles‚ there is a perfect example of this shown through the character Kreon. The brother of the late queen of Thebes‚ Jocasta‚ and brother-in-law of the late king‚ Oedipus‚ Kreon assumes the throne of the city of Thebes. He regards his nephew Polynices‚ the attacker of Thebes‚ as a traitor.
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Lastly‚ Aristotle argues that tragic heroes come to the point where they realize their mis-takes or their fate. In the case of Oedipus and Antigone‚ both recognize their tragic destiny and that it is impossible to escape it. Lastly‚ Oedipus and Antigone represent tragic heroes by reach-ing the moment of self-recognition and facing the catastrophe of their actions. For example‚ after the disclosure of Oedipus’ real identity by Shepherd‚ Oedipus falls into despair: “Children‚ the god was Apollo.
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Antigone It takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles’ story Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon’s order that no person should bury Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case‚ though‚ is Antigone’s decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively; they cause problems within the royal family‚ disagreement among the people
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Shay’s Rebellion. After the war‚ America could not pay its debts to foreign countries and farmers could not pay their taxes on the land they were given to support the states during the war. Property taxes imposed to the newly acquired lands was too much for farmers to pay. Disgruntled farmers refused to have their farms foreclosed by local courts and barred them so the government could not reprocess the land. The rebellion was eventually stopped‚ but the lingering presence of a rebellion urged for
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