After I read pages twenty through thirty of Jean Anouilh’s play‚ Antigone‚ but before the interactive oral‚ I deemed Antigone the Tragic Hero—she fulfills many of the criterion. Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus‚ thus she is of noble birth. In an act of heroism‚ Antigone challenges Creon’s totalitarian state. Antigone’s fate was predestined; the Chorus declares that Antigone is going to die. I did not think there could be an affirmative case for any other character. During the interactive oral
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Timed Write Rewrite Prompt 3: What is the most important word‚ sentence or quote from this text and why? In an argument between King Creon and his son Haimon‚ the author reveals that with power‚ pride and refusal of corrections start to develop. In the Greek play Antigone‚ Sophocles creates a story about an arrogant‚ power-hungry king. In doing so‚ he reveals the consequences of being a dictator‚ rather than being a noble ruler —an issue that can be found in many countries since many governments
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Theme 1: Love for your family (or home) 1. (Homer’s the Odyssey) In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus spends ten years trying to go home to Ithaca. Odysseus left the Trojan War with the mindset and hopes of returning home. Although he wanted to go home to Ithaca many obstacles faced him. He fought against the Cyclops‚ survived against Poseidon’s wrath‚ left the Island of Calypso‚ and many other dangers just to come home. Odysseus survived through all of the hardships just to return home to his family and city
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Lineage and childhood Bust of a young Alexander the Great from the Hellenistic era‚ British Museum Aristotle tutoring Alexander‚ byJean Leon Gerome Ferris Alexander was born on the 6th day of the ancient Greek month of Hekatombaion‚ which probably corresponds to 20 July 356 BC‚ although the exact date is not known‚[4] in Pella‚ the capital of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon.[5] He was the son of the king of Macedon‚ Philip II‚ and his fourth wife‚ Olympias‚ the daughter of Neoptolemus
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THE HUNT FOR SEASONAL WORKERS CROSSES BORDERS TOMMY DOYLE KAPLAN UNIVERSITY AB 203 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HILDA WHITE DEC. 25th 2012 THE HUNT FOR SEASONAL WORKERS CROSSES BORDERS Introduction After reading the case study analysis in this week’s assignment reading‚ there are three questions to be answered in this paper‚ and the information to follow is an answer to those questions. Review/Analysis of the case Question #1 If the companies described in this case cannot fill all vacant
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While pondering the question of what I should write my paper on I was flipping through the channels on the television. As I scrolled through I stopped on the movie The Nutty Professor. The actor that I love and am impressed by in this movie is non other than Eddie Murphy. Mr. Murphy is a comedian and professional actor that is very well known and very well respected. With this paper I hope to tell about the life and the professional aspects of this amazing actor. Edward Regan Murphy was born April
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MODERNISM (1901-1945) Modernism‚ in its broadest definition‚ is modern thought‚ character‚ or practice. More specifically‚ the term describes a set of cultural tendencies and movements‚ originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. The term encompasses the activities and output of those who felt the "traditional" forms of art‚ architecture‚ literature‚ religious faith‚ social organization and daily life
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| Writing plays and designing stage sets | | | Question 4 2 out of 2 points | What Greek myth inspired Monteverdi’s first opera? Answer | | Selected Answer: | Orpheus and Eurydice | Correct Answer: | Orpheus and Eurydice | | | Question 5 2 out of 2 points | Why was Baroque originally used in a derogatory way to describe this new style? Answer | | Selected Answer: | It was seen as too ornate and
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Antigone is considered an important character in the play but she does not acknowledge her faults‚ sins‚ or any of her wrongdoings. In this play the characters were Antigone‚ Ismene‚ Creon‚ Haemon‚ Teiresias‚ and First messenger‚ Second messenger‚ Eurydice‚ and the Chorus of Theban Elders. There are three important characters in the play Antigone. The three characters are Antigone‚ Creon‚ and the Chorus of Theban Elders. Antigone who the community saw her as a heroic woman which sets her belief opposed
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classy in her voice‚ movement and body language‚ manner of speech‚ the way she stands and sits‚ and responds to other people around her. Every lady can be a “duchess” if we just try to work hard to improve our personality. We can be like Eliza Doolittle of “My Fair Lady” who fought her incompetency in the manner on how she act‚ dress‚ and speak. She devoted her precious time in practicing words and phrases that are hard for her to pronounce accurately and also in correcting her very thick cockney
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