International Baccalaureate Diploma Program World Literature Assignment 1 The use of children as props in August Strindberg’s “The Father” and Euripides’s “Medea” Candidate Name: Aasir Tavawala Candidate Number: 2228-043 Level: English A1 HL Session: May 2012 School: Podar International School Word Count: 1‚220 words The relationship between a parent and a child is usually described as one of unconditional love. In the plays mentioned above‚ parents manipulate their influence over
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Time Changes Everything In the tragedy Medea‚ written by Euripides the language applies to the time it was written‚ much like any other form of written media. The reactions and actions taken by Medea are not common for a time period like our own. At this day and age we’ve learned how to react without killing someone‚ and how to not plot our revenge in such a spiteful way. Medea doesn’t distinguish right from wrong in her actions‚ heart of head applies perfectly to her and her reactions. Today we
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who undergoes an anagnorisis: a profound change or realization. Medea does not have any of these attributes. Instead‚ it is Medea’s ex-husband‚ the antagonist of the play‚ Jason who is the embodiment of the aspects of a tragic hero. Through the examination of Jason’s flaws‚ his suffering‚ and his tragic realization‚ Jason may be viewed as the tragic hero of Medea. Jason’s hamartia is his rationality. He leaves Medea not for some whim of emotion‚ but to give himself and his children a position
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ME2 Jason Chee ME2 Jason Chee Weng Fai‚ 29‚ has regained consciousness today after a serious mishap on board a Republic of Singapore Navy warship on Monday‚ Dec 10. However‚ with only two fingers left on his remaining right arm‚ he is now unable to cook for his father‚ play video games and hold his girlfriend’s hand. According to the report in Lianhe Wanbao‚ ME2 Chee broke down in shock when he woke up and had to be sedated twice. His distraught girlfriend was in tears when she saw him. "How can
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Medea had escaped from her hometown‚ destroyed all connections to her family‚ and went as far as to kill her own brother for her husband Jason. After several years of marriage‚ being a good wife‚ and having two children‚ Jason left her for the princess of Corinth who was more beautiful and younger. Jason’s greed built the rage and the desire of vengeance within Medea who was a bomb waiting to explode. Fast forward to the year 1997
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Madison Behon Conway English 1 Honors 2/6/2017 Sirens and Their Role in Greek Mythology On a small island neighboring Sylla and Charybdis‚ there lives monstrous creatures know by the name of “Sirens” (Cartwright Siren). Surrounded by the rotting bodies of their previous victims‚ the Sirens search for more mortals to lead to their doom. Their beautiful voices and lyre playing entices their prey and causes many sailors to shipwreck upon following the lovely sound. Few manage to escape the wretched
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any alterations were made. In Medea‚ the nurse is the first character who enters the play and reminds the audience of the legend of the Golden Fleece‚ and the love between Jason and Medea‚ from beginning to the end. She also brings them to the present state Medea is in‚ which is of complete despair and depression after Jason remarried. “And she hates her children now‚ and feels no joy at seeing them.” (Oates‚ 292). In Antigone‚ one of the purposes of the chorus is to provide history
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English I Pre-AP 20 February 2013 Sirens- Mythical Sea Nymphs One of the most underappreciated mythical sea creature is the mystical Siren. Sirens came about when Akhelios‚ son of Zeus and Lamia had children with 3 different women. The women where Akhelios+ Melpomena‚ Akhelios + Terpsikan‚ and Akhelios +Sterope (Atsma). There is an unclear number on how many sirens where there in a given time. “It was believed that there were either 2‚ 3 or even 5 sirens that roamed the waters at first” (Sirens
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variety of perspectives. To say that the only characters that deserve the audience ’s sympathy are the children is not totally correct. As far as the plot is concerned the children are no doubt the innocent victims of this conflict between Medea and Jason‚ however there are other characters that also deserve our sympathy. Also to vaguely state that ’everyone else gets what they deserve ’ requires further analysis of the extent to which their ultimate fate is justified. Some critics say that Medea
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Jason Reeder-Perry Cell: (619) 410-5772 E-mail: jasonreeder47@yahoo.com OBJECTIVE: Securing a position as a Cashier or Stocker WORK EXPERIENCE Sales Representative 02/2013 – 03/2013 Edriven Concepts Temecula CA Delivered prepared sales presentations‚ reading from scripts that describe products or services‚ in order to persuade potential customers to purchase a product or service Contacted businesses or private individuals by telephone in order to solicit sales for goods or services
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