Claire Reticker 9-20-13 5th Period Drama Objective Review: I really enjoyed reading Riders to the Sea. Although it was not always very clear and was slightly confusing it always kept me interested and I couldn’t keep my eyes of the page. I loved the vocabulary that they used in the early 1900s. I thought that it seemed very classy and intelligent. I love the way John Millington Synge described how Maurya (the old woman) lost all of her sons to the sea. He uses very brief and to the point
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Brian Korn Easy Rider Paper Thomas What are the hidden messages in Easy Rider There are many symbols of freedom and individuality in Dennis Hoppers movie Easy Rider. The movie Easy Rider revolves around two bikers‚ Wyatt and Billy‚ making a trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans‚ to attend Mardi Gras. The first scene in the movie involves the two protagonists selling a large amount of cocaine to a gentleman in a Rolls Royce. After the drug deal two the bikers begin their journey to Mardi
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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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Killer Whales are very smart and very social. They have been developing in the sea far longer than humans have been developing on land. Why is this important you may their brains that humans don’t have. Their insular cortex‚ frontal operculum‚ and limbic lobe are much bigger than the ones in human’s brains‚ even when taking brain to body into consideration ratios. The insular cortex is used to hear and listen for things‚ the bigger it is the better you can hear. The frontal operculum is used to speak
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Riders to Sea “Riders to the Sea” is an Irish play about a mother who lost many of her loved ones to the sea. Maurya‚ the mother‚ had been grieving for her missing son‚ Michael‚ and was in a fitful sleep at the beginning of the play. Her daughter Cathleen had been taking care of the household tasks while her younger daughter Nora enters with a bundle of clothing from the priest. When Maurya shows signs of waking up the girls hide the bundle from their mother‚ for it might be Michaels clothing
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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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The Excitement of Antigone Sophocles manages to make internal events as exciting as external events in the play Antigone. Family and religion are sensitive subjects to this day and increase the excitement of events that wouldn’t be exciting otherwise. By emphasizing family affairs and religious beliefs‚ Sophocles makes internal and psychological dealings as exciting as they would be given external sources. The struggle between people is intensified when there are family relations and brings
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Who is Antigone? Antigone’s reliance on gods gives her the strength and perseverance to object the state’s power. Throughout the tragedy‚ Antigone displays a series of emotions as she is challenged to her mindset and what she believes is right. Due to her reverence towards the gods‚ Antigone was capable of burying Polyneices regardless of the consequences the state provides. This allowed the challenging of Creon’s power which set the plot of the whole tragedy. Antigone believes that her duty towards
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Despite tradition‚ Sophocles 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
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someone they see as inferior to them‚ they usually feel obliged to preserve their power through displaying their dominance. Thus‚ when Creon‚ in Sophocles’ Antigone‚ is disobeyed by a woman‚ he feels the need to inflict punishment to not only her‚ but also the people connected to her. Throughout Scene II‚ although Creon is notified that Antigone was the caught trying to bury her brother‚ he seems to be doubtful of the possibility. Even when she is questioned and “den[ies] nothing‚” he does not
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