Abbott ENG1102-06 March 20‚ 2014 Loyalty Loyalty is having trust with yourself and the people around you. It is not given it is earned. It is a word that is often misuse by people who don’t live by its meaning. You have to be loyal in order to receive loyalty. You can’t expect loyalty from others if you are not loyal yourself. Loyalty comes within time not overnight. Faithfulness‚ commitment‚ obligation‚ devotion and allegiance are exemplas of loyalty. Loyalty can be shown to family‚ friends and
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to ramble about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" says one critic named Berhardy. Tragedy is usually concerned with a person of great stature‚ a king
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Antigone is a tragic play wrote by Sophocles about the conflicts between family members. Oedipus the king of Thebes and his wife both killed themselves due to a mistake that they made in the past. After Oedipus died his two son Polyneices and Eteocles killed each other to see who will be the next king. Both die and Creon‚ Oedipus’s brother in law‚ is the next in line to became king. The first law that Creon made since he became king is no one is allow to bury Polyneices body because he is a traitor
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allies. They have proven that by going to war to improve the country and the lives of people living in it. This is why they’re known as the land of the free and the home of the brave. The two principles that I will be discussing are perseverance and loyalty. I think that one of the best guiding principles that represents the Age of Reason is perseverance because it represents how the colonists never gave up or showed weakness during the Revolutionary War. They wanted to separate from Britain and were
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passionate loyalty to one another and to their country. To me‚ loyalty is when friends stick up for one another. Loyalty is when someone is passionate about something he or she believes in. Loyalty is when a person never turns his or her back on their friends. It is a quality that I strive for in my relationships with others and defines who I am. High school has taught me more than just equations‚ formulas and a foreign language. It has also taught me what I value in myself and others: loyalty. Loyalty
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that Sue had already made the purchase shows his intent to add the property to the partnership. As partners Sue and Tom are in a fiduciary relationship with one another. As such they owe certain duties of loyalty. At the beginning of the deal to purchase the property Sue did not break this loyalty‚ but as the transaction went along‚ I believe Sue can be accused of usurping a partnership opportunity. The property was offered to the partnership. This is apparent because they had discussed the purchase
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Antigone Antigone deals with the conflicts arising from three demands made upon the human psyche: the demands of religion (Zeus); the demands of the state (Thebes); and the demands of human instincts (Aphrodite). Characters like Antigone represent how firm beliefs and a strong sense of religion can impact an individual’s thoughts and actions. When Antigone was put before King Creon to defend herself she says to him “But all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded
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content and context of the text. DOES THIS TEXT SUCCEED IN REACHING THE RESPONDER? HOW DO THESE IDEAS CONTRIBUTE OR DETRACT FROM THIS SUCCESS? Hamlet and Loyalty Loyalty is a considerable thematic concern of Shakespeare throughout the revenge tragedy‚ Hamlet. In essence‚ significant human relationships develop based on trust and acts of loyalty towards one another. Shakespeare suggests that acts of trust‚ faith‚ devotion‚ fidelity and reliability are essential in maintaining such relationships
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Maintaining customer loyalty has also been a cornerstone in Apple’s success. Strong customer loyalty drives sales‚ sustainability‚ and growth especially in today’s economy. Apple must continue to build and maintain excellent customer relationships to stay competitive. Customers are Apple’s greatest asset and it costs much less to retain a current customer than it does to acquire a new one. Therefore‚ Apple must achieve long-term loyalty to strengthen their market share. I would recommend the
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prominent play named Antigone; the third of the trilogy. Even though one would usually think that ancient Greek theater is dull‚ one can learn a lot about themselves while reading them. While reading this story myself‚ I found that I correlate to the main character herself‚ Antigone. The character intrigued me; for we think and speak similarly. After finding this‚ I kept discovering more and more connections between the two of us. Separating into three different categories‚ Antigone and I are similar
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