Oedipus‚ in “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles‚ is by all means a hero in the eyes of the Ancient Greek audience. In order to explain why that is‚ it is important to understand the meaning of Greek tragedy‚ as opposed to modern tragedy. How can a hero in a Greek tragedy be defined? The most widely accepted definition of Greek tragedy was written by Aristotle in his “Poetics”‚ where he details the various characteristics that make a protagonist a hero in a Greek tragedy. Based on Aristotle’s definition
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probably not… but if you did‚ wouldn’t you help the victim out? If a man was doing those actions or something like it he should be put down‚ doesn’t matter if it’s by the police or a random person. by the general understanding of murder‚ is it counted as murder when the person is so dumb he won’t know what happened‚ basically putting him out of his misery. If a man kills a person‚ that said person deserves death as well‚ it’s an eye for an eye deal‚ George should not be punished for doing what was
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John Edgar Wideman’s biography about his brother Robby Our Time can also be seen as a story about accepting responsibility. There were many things throughout the story that could have been blamed for Robby’s robbery and murder conviction. One excuse could have been that Robby seemed to be born under a black cloud. He was born on December 29 which seemed a foreshadowing of his whole life for two reasons. First‚ his birthday‚ the most important day for a young boy‚ was associated with tragedy‚ because
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The Battle of Stalingrad is undoubtedly a huge event and turning point of the war and is incredibly significant‚ arguably more than D-Day. Stalingrad is the bloodiest battle in the entirety of WW2 with 841‚000 axis casualties and 1‚971‚000 Soviet casualties with the sheer numbers alone Stalingrad has three Rs of significance‚ (Remembered‚ Results and Remarkable). Stalingrad was the first major loss of the Wehrmacht and a massive turning point of the war. Stalingrad was the furthest east the Germans
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Germany was blamed for starting the world war one in 1914‚ and took a huge hit from the aftermath in 1918 having a total of almost 700 thousand casualties. Since germany was the main contributor of the start of this war‚ other countries turned their backs and forced the germans to pay for what they have done. Hence the activation of a treaty that took alot away from them. They were not allowed to build up their army‚ they had to lose land‚ and pay to france for the chaos that has been caused. The
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In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ social responsibility can be found throughout the play. In order to discuss social responsibility we must first examine the word responsibility itself. The word responsibility in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is defined as “something that you should do because it is morally right‚ legally required‚ etc.” (Responsibility) Now that we have viewed what the word responsibility means‚ we are ready to further explore social responsibility that is found
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they were not responsible for the crisis. Internal political‚ social‚ Corruption and economic problems were primarily responsible for the fall. On the other hand‚ Derek Williams stated that barbarians’ tribes were the main cause of the Roman Empire fall. At that time there was no police force‚ no law system or bank system. Also‚ a large majority of population was not working for wages. Also since people of Rome were unemployed they were not able to give tax to Roman Government which is why Roman Empire
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wonder why Herbert died? It all started on a dark stormy night while playing chess. A man from far away land knocked on the door. He told a tail of a magical paw. The paw would let you make three wishes. In the story monkeys paw the son Herbert’s dies. I believe Herbert is the blame. Since Herbert didn’t believe in the paw he caused his own death. We were going to be rich and happy. Wish to be an emperor. He was making fun of the mystery of the paw. That could have been a reason he put death on his
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president handled it the absolute best. Franklin D. Roosevelt lead our country through a great struggle and I’m here to prove why he is the best president in history. Being president comes with a ton of responsibilities and leadership‚ but it’s hard with other issues that personally affected him. Franklin had a disease known as Polio which constrained him to a wheelchair. This didn’t affect what the people thought of him at all‚ in fact‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt was so loved by the people of the United
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Thompson 1 Brishawn Thompson Professor Walburen English 101 Honors February 9‚2015 Style‚In Burton’s Eyes Tim Burton has more opportunities as a director rather than an author to show shots/framing‚lighting‚camera movement‚and music/sounds.In some of his past movies such as "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Corpse Bride" he used various of technique to demonstrate moods and tones. The tone of his movies are almost always dark because of his childhood experiences. Tim Burton uses lighting‚Sound and
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