Sophocles’ Antigone is still relevant in the world today. The characters in this play are very relatable. One characteristic that often shows up is hubris‚ which is also known as pride. Because many people can relate to Creon’s hubris‚ Sophocles’ Antigone is still relevant today. In Antigone‚ Creon’s hamartia is his pride‚ which can more accurately be called hubris. For example‚ Creon says‚ “Who is the man here‚ / She or I‚ if this crime goes unpunished?” (Sophocles Scene 2‚ 82-83) In this quote
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“Rights of Man”‚ America is a place of diversity where everyone is different yet we are still equal which is still very true today. America is a place where you can be who you want to be since it is a place where you can be who you are without being unaccepted. While in today’s world this is true‚ there are still people out there that have their differences creating problems against this. However‚ we are still as diverse as ever and even with our differences like people who have money and those who
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Did you know that less than half of the world population is totally free today? One of these few nations is the U.S‚ which is one of the freest countries in the world. But is it really? Connection… The world had many issues in the medieval ages until they had the enlightenment which claimed that people were all equal and had natural rights… until they turned right around and committed countless atrocities to other “uncivilized” countries in imperialism. Even today‚ we are severely missing in these
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Animal testing should not be used because of this. Most may think‚ “but we need medicines to cure us!”‚ but you would be surprised how many tests have failed. Animal testing started about 150 years ago in modern era. (Animal-based Research Is Still Relevant and Necessary) Animal testing started long ago‚ back in the AD. Many people see too much of the advantage side‚ but how about the disadvantages? Here are some reasons: Many humans get diseases and disorders from using the medicines from animal
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Faith of a Historian By Samuel Eliot Morison To you‚ fellow members‚ who have honored me by election to your presidency this year‚ I feel that I owe a sort of apologia pro vita mea‚ a statement of the beliefs and principles that have guided my teaching and writing during the thirty-eight years since my first article was published in the American Historical Review. I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer. Very early in my professional career I observed a certain frustration in a
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world needs something to fix the chaotic state it is in and chivalry is that factor. Chivalry is still necessary today to help people understand the morals that are still needed in the world today. Back in the days of the knights they lived by this code which was chivalry. They had rules that made them better as a community‚ and keep everything running smoothly. If that could be brought back to today’s society things might start to run a little smoother again. If we would embrace chivalry in our communities
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Postcolonial theory arose from the dissatisfaction arising out of the imperial accounts of the natives by the colonial people. It re-examines history and attempts to incorporate the perspectives of the colonized. But what is the consequence of the discontent resulting from the accounts of the natives by fellow countrymen ? My paper seeks to examine how relevant is the question of postcolonialism in those locations whose inhabitants
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I think Macbeth is still a relevant text for high school student. Why I think this is because Macbeth uses timeless themes and emotions in the story that some are still relevant today. Macbeth shows the characters point of view and their struggles. Macbeth also contains a complex story plot that shows cause and effect. Why people still enjoy Macbeth is partly because human nature hasn’t changed that much from Shakespearean Time to the 21st Century. What i’m trying to refer is that the play contains
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by President Lincoln at Gettysburg in1863. The speech was influential and inspiring to many different kinds of people. The Gettysburg Address touched several topics such as human equality‚ peace and honoring soldiers. The Gettysburg Address is still relevant today due to its motivational words towards human equality and paying tribute to war veterans. To quote the speech‚ Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago‚ our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation‚ conceived in liberty
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Mockingbird Essay All we have to do is look around us and we can see that these things do still exist. Even though we are not as racist as before prejudice events still happen. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about all different kinds of stereotypes. It uses a young girl’s perspective to show how these stereotypes were so abundant‚ and how terrible they were. To Kill a Mockingbird is very much still relevant today. Society does not take everyone in for who they are but they judge people if they don’t
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