fiancé for giving her brother the proper burial rights. Heamon disagrees with his father‚ but does not strongly contest with his authority‚ even though he knows that his dad is killing his love. Also‚ another example of loyalty toward family is when Eurydice kills herself when she finds her son has killed himself. She really loved her son and decided she couldn’t live any longer without her son. As a result of loyalty to family‚ Antigone and Haemon die‚ Ismene loses her sister‚ and Creon loses his wife
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Tiresias had‚ sadly‚ but as always‚ stayed true to his word—lying next to Antigone‚ was the blood-spattered body of beloved Haemon. Furthermore‚ when given the news‚ Queen Eurydice killed herself‚ the pain too unbearable. “I murdered you…wailing wreck of a man‚ whom to look to? where to lean for support?” (127) Bearing the responsibility of king and unable to have a legitimate heir‚ Creon‚ faced with all this terrible pain
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Throughout history‚ there have been countless kings and rulers that have shaped government systems and history as a whole. The bad kings and rulers are often remembered as tyrants and unfair dictators. It is a fair assumption that throughout the play Antigone‚ Creon ruled with an “iron fist‚” but undoubtedly over-exercised his powers when dealing with his punishment for Antigone for burying Polyneices’ body. He continually insisted that his law was in accordance with what the gods wanted. His stubbornness
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Eliza Doolittle. Nora and Eliza are comparable in several different ways because both go through experiences with powerful outcomes ultimately transforming their lives throughout the play. From the start both women are young and naïve. Torvald and Mr. Higgins completely controlled and take over both women’s lives by disrespecting them. By the end Nora and Eliza gain courage to stand up for themselves‚ leave their men and become confident‚ independent women. Nora Helmer and Eliza Doolittle live very
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was‚ adapted from a Greek legend call Orpheus and Eurydice in the underworld. The legend was that; in short‚ is about Orpheus a musician (can be refer to Christian since he is an artistic writer) goes into the underworld (Moulin Rouge‚ which Zidler refers to as the underworld’) to rescue his one true love‚ Eurydice (referring to Satine‚ because she is trapped in Moulin Rouge)‚ but in the end Orpheus who was in doubt fail to save Eurydice and Eurydice dies. This scenario could be referred very well
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Victorian England‚ especially London had a severe problem with poverty. Many people in London lived in poverty. Eliza is one of these many people that lived in poverty during the Victorian era in London. In the play Pygmalion and musical My Fair Lady‚ the main character‚ Eliza‚ is shown to be poor and living in poverty. Both the play and musical show how she lived in poverty and how her poorness hindered her from attaining a job. Since she cannot speak well she can’t get a job as a lady in a flower
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Does the sprint start block position effect the performance over 5m? ABSTRACT The purpose of this study and analysation was to examine the differences of sprint starts in a set amount of time. 20 athletes took part in the experiment on the Whiteland’s College football pitch with the athletes running 5 metres on the grass pitch. The key points of the data collection will be looking at the distance covered in 1.5 seconds from clearing the blocks. The analysis has been carried out on MaxTRAQ to look
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been that way‚ If he can’t make the decision on his own they shouldn’t operate on him‚ and after the experiment charlie feeled like a laboratory animal after the operation. God didn’t make Charlie that way so they should not try and change him. Hilda told him that and she was fired‚ because the doctors didn’t want him to know what was going on. “Mabey they got no rite to make me smart because if god wantid me to be smart he would have made me that way”pg16. Its naive and innocent that he didn’t
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sophisticated and speak with proper grammar were looked down upon and often treated with a lack of respect. Being as Mr. Higgins and Mrs. Pearce are of the upper class the words used during conversations had with Ms. Doolittle are generally used to speak down to her. After Mr. Higgins hands Ms. Doolittle a handkerchief to dry her eyes‚ Mrs. Pearce makes the comment‚ “It ’s no use talking to her like that‚ Mr. Higgins: she doesn ’t understand you‚ Besides‚ you ’re quite wrong: she doesn ’t do it that way at
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Despite Irving’s criticisms‚ he was a patriot and admirer of both the Revolution and his country‚ but he had serious questions about their democratic excesses. He was interested in the Revolution throughout his life and had collected many books on the subject. On its primary level‚ "Rip Van Winkle" is a public celebration of the American Revolution. The story opens with the prefigurative imagery of family breakups‚ specifically the Kaatskill (Catskill) Mountains that "are a dismembered branch of
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