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    Ancient Greek City States

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    Rodolfo Gustavo Alvarez Mr. Ignacio Arana English Composition II 25 February‚ 2015 Ancient Greek City-States The Pillars of Ancient Greece Introduction Body According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ a city-state is “a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it”. This definition shows that the ancient Greece was divided into city-states in which this were independent of each other‚ with their laws‚ customs‚ money‚ and army (Greek City State). City-States are

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    Medea and her family‚ including Jason are all outsiders‚ as the setting of this story is in Corinth‚ where Medea left her hometown for. They are all there as foreigners‚ hence they are all considered as outsiders in the country. Medea is an outsider in 4 ways. Firstly‚ she is a foreigner like her family members. Secondly‚ she is a woman in this patriarchal society of ancient Greek. Thirdly‚ she is a semi-goddess in a human world. Lastly‚ she does not fit into the gender stereotype of women at that

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    Dramatic Irony – Dramatic irony is one the most crucial elements in an ancient Greek tragedy. It is a format used in many of Aeschylus‚ Euripides‚ and Sophocles plays. Usually the tragedy will begin with a monologue from a character or the chorus telling the audience what will happen. When the events unfold to be true a sense of irony unveils. An awesome example of irony is in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. Cassandra has prophetic powers; however‚ the Chorus does not listen to and understand anything she

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    Aristophanes in the fifth century‚ and was distinguished by a strong element of political and social satire.” (Roy T. Matthews’s Glossary G-10) Aristophanes made forty-four comedies in all; eleven of them still exist in today’s world. Like Euripides‚ Aristophanes wrote his plays for-torn Athens‚ and he also attacked the famous philosopher Socrates‚ Aristophanes thought of him as a hopeless dreamer. In the play Lysistrata‚ “Aristophanes exceeded the limitations of the comedic form and

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    The Bacchae

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    In The Bacchae‚ Euripedes portrays the character of Pentheus as an ignorant‚ stubborn‚ and arrogant ruler. These character flaws accompanied with his foolish decisions set the stage for his tragic downfall. Pentheus’ blatant disregard to all warnings and incidents‚ which prove that Dionysus is truly a god‚ lead him to his own death. In the end‚ his mistakes are unforgiving and his punishment is just. Throughout the play‚ the audience cannot help but feel merciless towards Pentheus. In his opening

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    Love and Medea

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    Cited: Euripides: Medea. Medea and other play. Trans. Philip Vellacott. London: Penguin‚ 1963. 24-25. Print. Hamilton Edith: Mythology. “The Quest of the Golden Fleece.” Ill. Steele Savage. Boston: Little Brown and Company‚ 1942. 159-179. Print.

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    Humanities Review 1-4

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    Review for Test 1 – Chapters 1 through 4 Chapter 1 – Beginnings of Civilization 1. What is the name of the place where the oldest paintings known to mankind are found? The neanderthal’s 2. What happened in the Neolithic period that allowed for communities and villages to develop?Agriculture 3. What two things (according to the book) happen together when civilization begins to develop?Hunting and gathering. 4. What is the name of the area where Sumerians settled? Fertile crescent

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    Albert Jacka Soldier Man

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    Albert Jacka Albert Jacka was born on the 10th of January 1893 in a small dairy farm in Winchelsea‚ Victoria. On the 17th of the first 1932‚ seven days after his 39th birthday‚ he died of chronic nephritis. He was the fourth child of 7 of Nathaniel Jacka and Mary Elizabeth Kettle. He spent most of his life in Wedderburn after his parents decided to move the family there in 1898 when Bertie was the age of 5. After completing elementary school‚ he found work as a labourer with his father‚ and

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    Revenge In Medea Filicide

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    see the sons he had by me alive again--- nor will he see children from his new bride. He’ll just see her: writhing and dying from my poisons. Let no man say of Medea that she is mild as milk; I am not like other women: I am of some other kind” (Euripides

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    How Does Medea Get Revenge

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    holds true in many cases‚ sometimes revenge can be taken to an evil extreme. In Medea‚ a play written by Euripides‚ a tragic revenge story unfolds. Throughout this play‚ Medea‚ the main character‚ seeks vengeance on everyone she believes has wronged her. She holds back nothing to ensure she will not be looked upon as weak‚ no matter the cost. Throughout the course of the play‚ Euripides portrays Medea in a way that does not elicit much sympathy because of the methods she employs to get revenge

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