of Polyneices‚ Antigone performed a burial that was seen as honorable. Although after the body was uncovered‚ the second burial she performed on her brother was seen as dishonorable. This was changed because the second burial was done in order to spite Creon and get glory for exposing his wrongdoings. By performing the second burial Antigone’s honor was ruined and she was looked down upon for her actions (Sophocles‚ 71). Antigone‚ if she had only performed the first burial‚ would have been honored
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Prince Hamlet of Denmark is mourning the death of his father the old king and his mother just got remarried to his uncle. Hamlet’s father the old king appears as a ghost and informs him that he was murdered by Hamlets uncle the present king of Denmark and Hamlet must avenge his death. The task given to him is very easy‚ but Hamlet is unable to complete that task until the very end of the play. Hamlet is indecisive he does not know when to take action and when he does take action it is not in the
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HAMLET On Claudius: “A little more than kin‚ a little less than kind” “Smiling‚ damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous
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| 1.5 "The serpent that did sting they fathers life / Now wears his crown." | Ghost to Hamlet | 1.5 "The time is out of joint! O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right." | Hamlet after the Ghost leaves and he has sworn to avenge. | 1.5 "Brevity is the soul of wit." | Polonius to King and Queen when Polonius is telling the King and Queen the reason to Hamlet’s madness
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Hammurabi’s Code was Unjust CURSED!! That’s what happens when you change Hammurabi’s laws. When Hammurabi was king 4000 years ago he established a series of 282 laws. He wrote these laws on his 38th year of ruling. These rules are unfair just like putting an innocent man behind bars. Hammurabi’s code are unjust because of it’s family law‚ property law‚ and personal injury law. In addition‚ injustice is found in law’s 48‚ 53‚ and 54 in the area of property law. For example‚ “If a man has borrowed
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several ongoing affairs. Io‚ who captivated Hera’s attention after she was caught with Zeus‚ had been turned into a white heifer by him because “greater than Zeus’s love was his fear of Hera’s jealousy” (Hamilton 96). Following this event‚ she is cursed by Hera to suffer various calamities such as being given to Argus who possesses one hundred eyes‚ and sending a gadfly to torment her‚ which drives her to madness. Consumed by her envy‚ Hera pushes herself towards brutality. Similar to humans‚ rather
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“‘blackness’ of Africans was seen as cursed” and after the end of the slavery‚ their population increased in America (McCloud 103). White
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The Holy Bible King James Version‚Agamemnon by Aeschylus‚ and The Odyssey By Homer are all works that place an emphasis on the greatness of divine power. These works in emphasizing power all have several other components in common these include the benefits of godly favor‚the wrath of the gods‚ and their involvement in human affairs. The importance behind this that makes it all meaningful‚ is that these works are all written at separate times from each other. However‚ the message in these works despite
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if they failed to keep their end of the bargain‚ God would have to punish them. Retribution theology is the belief that those who are obedient to God are called righteous and will be blessed‚ while those that are disobedient are wicked and will be cursed (Tullock 2006). From the beginning of Exodus and beyond the Babylonian Exile‚ retribution theology was prevalent in the lives of Israel. The Old Testament writings reiterate God’s faithfulness towards Israel. “The Old Testament indicates
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brutality compared to our daily lives presented in the text. The author is imploring or even threatening the readers to imagine and ‘Inhuman’ state where ‘…Who works in mud…Who fights for a scrap of bread…’ and if we forget its existence‚ we will be cursed hence doomed. We can see this through the text ‘or may your house fall apart‚ may illness impede you may your children turn their faces from you`. Primo Levi is emphasizing that if we forget ‘Inhuman’ then our existence as man are not‚ by far‚ ‘complete’
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