534-6). Antigone retaliates by mentioning‚ “Who knows that is considered righteous below . . . . . I cannot share their hate‚ only their love” (Sophocles 536-8). Creon’s belief that Polynices shouldn’t be honored in burial conflict with Antigones’‚ in which Polynices deserves burial to honor the Gods’ law. Antigone doesn’t realize Creon’s point of view‚ standing up for the city‚ and goes with her own belief without
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Pompeii and Herculaneum Public baths: * The people that had time for leisure‚ a visit to the baths were a regular social event. It was a place where people meet their friends‚ political allies and business associates. * It was in Campania that hot baths (thermae) were first developed. Pompeii had public baths as early as the 4th century BC‚ were as Rome did not have anything similar until the time of Augustus. * The Stabian baths at Pompeii are the earliest. Pompeii came to have many
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Section I: Essay Questions: A.1) Prompt: How are Antigone‚ Ismene and Eurydice portrayed in the play? How is this similar or different from how they are observed by the minor characters? Although ancient Greece was a male-dominate society‚ Sophocles’ work Antigone‚ portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. In this tragedy‚ Sophocles uses three main characters who are women to represent different models of female behavior. Traditionally women are characterized as weak
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(WordPress) The Cycladics were best known for the way they depicted female bodies in their art and where the statues were placed once completed. The way the art was used can vary depending on which person you ask‚ some saying that it was used for the burials of women‚ others say for the fertility of women and others say for shrines instead of graves. What everyone can agree on is that the Cycladics made the women with swollen belly’s and even had post pardum wrinkles showing that the women had already
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Historical Context Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Geographical‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Dominated by the Nile River Key facts about the Nile: - 7000km in length - formed from 3 rivers; the white Nile‚ the Blue Nile and the Atbara - Flows north towards the Mediterranean sea - broken up in 6 places by impenetrable rocky outcrops and rapids known as cataracts - Consists of three sections * narrow 800km stretch
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In order to understand a culture‚ it is important to understand their arts‚ ranging from their music‚ their visual arts‚ to their theatre‚ etc. One of the most important arts used to understand a culture is literature. According to the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ literature is defined as writings in prose or verse‚ especially writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest. By understanding the literature of a certain culture or civilization
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King Oedipus‚ Antigone’s father gauged his very own eyes when he found out that his wife is his mother‚ and her beloved brothers: Eteocles and Polynices‚ who killed each other in combat for the throne of Thebes. Ideally‚ royalty problems are kept behind closed doors; they have responsibilities and they should be cautious of their single movement or action. On the contrary‚ her flesh and blood family is not the typical royal family they should be in the eyes
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women. The issue of Antigone being condemned to die becomes more than just a person who disobeys Creon; instead‚ the punishment is given even more eagerly‚ because it is a woman who disobeys a man. Creon’s intelligent son warns Creon the people of Thebes sympathize with Antigone‚ but Creon accuses Haemon of being a "woman’s slave" (line 756). Even though he is suppose to be loyal to the state and her citizens‚ he defensively questions if "the town [is] to tell [him] how [he] ought to rule?"(Line
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the god Amun to supremacy. The ban on the cult of Amun was lifted and traditional privileges were restored to its priesthood. The capital was moved back to Thebes and the city of Akhetaten abandoned.[13] This is also when he changed his name to Tutankhamun. As part of his restoration‚ the king initiated building projects‚ in particular at Thebes and Karnak‚ where he dedicated a temple to Amun. Many monuments were erected‚ and an inscription on his tomb door declares the king had "spent his life in
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to the theme of individual conscience versus the laws of government. In the opening scene‚ the two daughters of Oedipus‚ Antigone and Ismene‚ discuss whether they should bury their brother‚ Polynices. Creon‚ the King of Thebes‚ orders that Polynices not be given a proper burial because “he that spilled the blood of his blood and sold his own people into slavery” (1308). Creon declares that anyone who tries to bury
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