Electronic as well as Print Media is an effective way of communication as it provides link between ordinary persons and others in the world. It is only due to newspapers that we can read in the morning about the events that took place on the other side of the world only the day before. Besides‚ electronic media can telecast live happenings from around my corner of the world. Radio‚ Television and Internet are inventions that extend across all areas of internet including weather forecasts‚ entertainment
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Dasia M. Thomas March 12‚ 2011 2nd The Greek tragedies‚ “Medea” and “Antigone” are best understood when studied in terms of the central conflict and the resolution. Both “Antigone’ and “Medea” were written in the beginning of the sixth century B.C. in Greece‚ and are similar tragic Greek plays. “Antigone” takes place in the city of Thebes‚ and the protagonist is Antigone‚ daughter of Oedipus. Antigone faces an external conflict; she struggles with the new King‚ her uncle Creon‚ as she strives
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Romeo & Juliet and Medea Essay “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams” – Dr. Seuss. This quote explains how love can possess you‚ sometimes in a way that causes powerful devotion. Other times it may cause a malignant insanity. But that is why I think that in the plays of Romeo & Juliet and Medea‚ love and hate are just as powerful because they create each other. In the story of Romeo & Juliet‚ love and hate play a serious role in
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come from using your imagination to go to far off places‚ keeping a dark secret from the one you love‚ or falling in love at first sight and willing to give up everything for that love. Another story that is relevant to today is Medea. Even though Euripides wrote Medea thousands of years ago by‚ any person‚ male or female‚ young or old‚ can take the characters and the plot and relate it to his or her life in today’s society. One part of the story that is universal is Medea’s internal struggle with
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In Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripdes’ Medea‚ the minor female characters Ismene and the Chorus determine the protagonists’ actions and fate. Ismene serves as the compassionate but rational and prudent counterpart to Antigone’s headstrong style of decision-making with no regard for consequence. In the beginning of the play‚ Antigone starts off on the wrong foot. She defies the order set by Creon to not bury Polynices‚ her brother. She starts to perform the burial rituals on Polynices and resolves
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20th Century World Literature A Madman’s Diary Victoria A Pagano 20th Century World Literature GS 340 Marshall Lloyd March 2‚ 2012 20th Century World Literature A Madman’s Diary In this paper we will research the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Talk about how is Lu Xun’s A Madman’s Diary a reflection of China’s revolutionary history‚ explain how In Diary‚ who the madman was and what he represented. Also we will look at and explain what cannibalism represented. And then we will
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Changing World of Words: Literature in the Digital Age Turn wheresoever I may‚ By night or day‚ The things which I have seen I now can see no more. Whither is fled the visionary gleam? Where is it now‚ the glory and the dream? Written in a different context by William Wordsworth‚ the lines echo the voice of not only one but hundreds of scholars who are lamenting on the demise of literature in the digital age. Digital literature‚ they aver‚ encourages academic dishonesty‚ copyright infringement
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The characters of Euripides ’ play Medea require to be viewed from a 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
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Literature; so much depends upon it Literature represents a language or a people: culture and tradition. But‚ literature is more important than just a historical or cultural writing. Literature introduces us to new worlds of experience. We learn from books and literature; we enjoy the triumphs and the tragedies of poems‚ stories‚ and plays; and we may even grow through our literary journey with books. In conclusion‚ we may discover meaning in literature by looking at what the author says and how
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1. Why do we need to study literature? * Literature is filled with ideas that need to be explored. * Literature helps us to see our world in new ways. It brings us to a deeper understanding of life. * It is important to study literature since when we begin the study of literature‚we find it has always two aspects‚one of the simple enjoyment and appreciation and the other of analysis and exact description. Usually what happen when we go through literature in our classroom either by
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