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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Byron and Brontë Byron Context: Lord Byron was an English poet born on the 22nd January 1788. He gave this speech before the House of Lords on Feb. 27‚ 1812 in the middle of an Industrial Revolution. Mills were mechanizing and modernizing their processes and demanding less and less laborers due to the advancement in technology. This left many mill workers unemployed‚ resulting in a revolt. The unemployed mill workers were destroying the machines that had replaced their jobs. The mill owners
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Heroes and Heroines: A study of Gender Roles in Historical Folklore Historically‚ fairy tales and other folklore have followed relatively strict gender role profiles. The heroes or heroines of the story all tend to be handsome or beautiful‚ compassionate and kind‚ which always wins out. Meanwhile the villains and antagonists are almost directly opposite in physicality‚ are ugly or brooding in nature‚ which shows a clear contrast between themselves and the hero or heroine‚ and an ever-impending conclusive
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The Feminine Mystique‚ a novel written in 1963 by Betty Friedan‚ provided a strong wake up call for women in America about a problem that was negatively impacting them‚ but not spoken of. After women fought so hard in the 1930’s for the right to vote and equality with men in many areas‚ the author describes how changes in attitude after World War II were convincing women that their most important role is to get married‚ have kids and take care of the home. However‚ these women then felt an emptiness
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and norms. Emily Bronte‚ author of Wuthering Heights‚ writes with great contrast to what is going on in her time period. She lays out how society is supposed to be‚ yet creates the character‚ Catherine‚ who defies all the norms. During the Victorian age women were very oppressed‚ it was also the rein of Queen Victoria and the patriarchal society‚ which is why Catherine is seen as such a rebel in the story‚ creating the thought that Wuthering Heights is an extension of how Bronte really feels about
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Due to the fact that Napoleon was very successful in his efforts for France‚ his large ego and desire for power made it difficult to judge him as a hero or a tyrant‚ despite that the French still consider him as a hero. Napoleon’s actions were shaped by the conditions in France and Europe at that time. He made his decisions based on what he thought was best for his country‚ but also for himself‚ showing his tyranny. Napoleon established many important ideas that are in place in Europe and France
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Milton’s Paradise lost‚ Eve is the heroine. She is most often overlooked as a heroic figure because she is not a central character‚ and her character does not demonstrate equality in comparison to Adam or Satan. A hero or heroine is someone who demonstrates heroic qualities such as courage‚ leadership and independence. Heroism requires self sacrifice for the greater good of all humanity and excellent morals. In order to argue Eve as a heroine I will investigate Eve’s heroic qualities‚ the
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Positive effects: economic growth and reduction of poverty There are at least three positive financial effects of economic globalization. "Per capita GDP growth in the post-1980 globalizers accelerated from 1.4 percent a year in the 1960s and 2.9 percent a year in the 1970s to 3.5 percent in the 1980s and 5.0 percent in the 1990s. This acceleration in growth is even more remarkable given that the rich countries saw steady declines in growth from a high of 4.7 percent in the 1960s to 2.2 percent
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Lewes’s study The Women of Shakespeare‚ argued in 1895 that "of Shakespeare’s dramatis personae‚ his women are perhaps the most attractive‚ and also‚ in a sense‚ his most original creations‚ so different are they‚ as a whole‚ from the ideals of the feminine type prevalent in the literature of his day."[1] Lewes himself strikes a similar tone of praise in his conclusion: "The poet’s magic wand has laid open the depths of woman’s nature‚ wherein‚ beside lovely and exquisite emotion‚ terrible passions
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Gail Collins argues‚ “The Feminine Mystique is a very specific cry of rage about the way intelligent‚ well-educated women were kept out of the mainstream of American professional life and regarded as little more than a set of reproductive organs in heels” (1). At a time when women
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