Reading Response for Antigone Power is a tricky entitlement to decide among a community. Some people may believe that the ruler has the best decision in mind for everyone in that specific community‚ and other people may believe otherwise. My personal opinion on how much power a ruler should have is sort of a complicated opinion in that I do not believe in one specific ruler to make decisions for a whole community. Rulers should not have any significant power than anyone else because it should be
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individuality is it’s structure. Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep not only has a rhyme scheme‚ but it provides praiseworthy figurative language. One of the obvious figurative language in the poem‚ were the metaphors. For instance‚ there were the lines "I am a thousand winds that blow‚ I am the diamond glints on the snow" (lines 3-4). Not only do the metaphors create vivid images‚ but it plays a key role in understanding the theme. Additionally‚ the author uses repetition in the lines “ do not stand at my grave
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In a typical and ideal parent child relationship‚ the parent loves their child. Sappho’s poem “Sleep‚ Darling” portrays through allusion and figurative language that the speakers daughter is very precious to them. The speaker has “a small/ daughter” (1‚2) named “Kleis” (3). In Greek‚ this name means ’a key’. Keys often symbolize release or the opening of things hence freedom. Thus this line entails that the speaker feels liberated from the rest of the world through their daughter. This is
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self-destruct themselves? It could have been a family tragedy. In Sophocles Antigone Antigone buries her brother‚ which is against the law‚ but she still does it and gets sent to a cave to be killed. Creon‚ the leader‚ must make a big descion to keep his authority. Through Koryphaios’s conversation with Creon he convinces him not to kill Antigone. Leaders need to enforce laws to keep a country alive. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ is engaged to Antigone. Haimon talks to Creon and he gives supportive reasons not to kill
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Antigone | Quote | Comments | Analysis | 1. "And now what is the proclamation that they tell of made lately by the commander‚ publicly‚/to all people? Do you know it? Have you heard it?/Don’t you notice when evils due to enemies/are headed towards those we love?"Line 8-12 | Antigone speak to Ismene about their brother Polyneices‚ that it is unfair to unbury him. Also she refers to the situation of the evil‚ cursed their father Oedipus who had been expelled outside from Thebes. | | 2
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be able to handle it. As a result‚ he doesn’t dare reconsider any of his decisions--doing so‚ he thinks might make him appear weak and cause his subjects to lose respect for him. So when he orders that Polyneices be left unburied and then orders Antigone to be entombed alive when she’s caught violating the order‚ he can’t let himself listen to her or Ismene or to Haimon. He even refuses to listen to Teiresias‚ conveying the displeasure of the gods‚ until Teiresias has left‚ but in fact that message
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excellent examples of this‚ as one poet was born only six years before the other died. Regardless‚ the two poets are connected through their similar views. WIlliam Wordsworth and Gerard Hopkins share similar views but express them through different figurative language
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the speaker explains to the reader the importance of language and creating meaning through association. Through the use of figurative language such as metaphors and similes‚ repetition‚ and the presence of boundaries‚ the speaker presents the idea that the world may be perceived as wide and complicated‚ but the use of language and association can create new meaning in one’s life. The are two instances in the poem in which figurative language is used. The first instance is found in the fourth stanza
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hoe you should do what you believe is right‚ rather than going with what society thinks. Emerson adopts a philosophical tone in order to convince the reader to not be a follower‚ to be a leader. Emerson achieves his purpose through the use of figurative language and independent diction. Emerson starts off poetically‚ then later on in paragraph 1 when he introduces Hyperbole‚ metaphors‚ and aphorisms. Emerson uses "a
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feelings‚ that you may hurt her and give Maya Angelou dirty looks‚ yet she will be the bigger person. Maya Angelou uses figurative language to hook her readers with the points she tries to express. Maya Angelou grew up in the 1930’s‚living in a country plagued with bigotry‚ particularly towards women and people of color. Thesis: In “Still I Rise”‚ Maya Angelou uses strong figurative language such as personification‚ metaphors‚ and similes to convey her ideas. BP1: In “Still I Rise” Maya Angelou’s
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