Jacob Casto Dr. Liz Locke Revised Draft #3 Expo 1213 November 6‚ 2012 Truth‚ Justice‚ and Common Ground: Lessons from Heroes on How to Get Along After centuries of independence‚ political polarization‚ and international war‚ it’s hard to resolve what exactly America stands for these days. We’ve turned our nation into a moral authority‚ fighting wars constantly in the name of peace‚ occupying foreign nations for the sake of freedom‚ democracy‚ and independence. There is a conflict with the
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Heroes have been around for thousands of years‚ and through all this time‚ for better or for worse‚ what they did and what they believed in has relatively stayed the same. The best example of this is the comparison between the ancient Greek hero of Odysseus from The Odyssey‚ and the medieval English hero of King Arthur from Le Morte D’ Arthur. When you first look at these two heroes you see that they are from two completely different times‚ with different cultures‚ different ethics‚ and different
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Their role in the play is also quite divergent and through use of dramatic devices‚ diction‚ contrast‚ and imagery Sophocles accentuates the similarities in character yet a clash in values Antigone and Creon‚ thus potentially creating two tragic heroes. In order to assess whether or not both are tragic characters‚ initially it’s imperative to analyze their conflictive values. Creons character attaches importance to the state and his own law rather than anything else‚ whereas Antigones appears
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Pace University English 120 October 29‚ 2009 Tragic Hero/Narcissist The tragic heroes and narcissists in the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor are the Grandmother and the Misfit. However‚ the focus is on the Grandmother and how she is in the grandiosity phase of being a tragic hero. There are personality characteristics associated with this phase‚ some of which the Grandmother has. She feels entitlement to get and do what she wants. In the story she takes her
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The Essence of Fragile Dreams Success‚ although defining different perspectives‚ depicts a state of mind each human dreams of obtaining before the end of their time. If the task displays immoral actions‚ however‚ a different form of success requires acknowledgement just as equally as a task that demonstrates acceptance and heroic deeds. Therefore‚ every person contains characteristics that describe that of a hero‚ do they not? Each human has endured hardship and suffering. Each human mind
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Christopher Marlowe‚ (1564 –1593) Marlowe was an English dramatist‚ poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian‚ next to William Shakespeare‚ he is known for his blank verse‚ his overreaching protagonists‚ and his mysterious death. Plays Dido‚ Queen of Carthage (c.1586) (possibly co-written with Thomas Nashe) Tamburlaine‚ part 1 (c.1587) Tamburlaine‚ part 2 (c.1587-1588) The Jew of Malta (c.1589) Doctor Faustus (c.1589‚ or‚ c.1593) The passionate
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苗亦扬 Should heroes be defined as people who say what they think when ourselves lack the courage to say it? Throughout hundreds of years have people considered heroes as someone who sacrifice themselves physically in precarious circumstances‚ along with innocent people being rescued or justice being promoted. What the definition of hero actually is seems ambiguous to everyone with different religious faith and nationality. As time goes by‚ a group of people who emerge at the most critical occasion
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Heroes and Villains: Explore the ways sympathy for and/or dislike of a character is created in the text you have studied. INTRODUCTION: In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ Steinbeck has used many different language features in order to create such a complex and sophisticated character whom I will be investigating - Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife is a pivotal character. She has been presented as a villain in the early stages of the book and her character seems to unravel as we read on. As a reader
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Heroes and role models reveal a society’s highest standards .The first thing that comes into my mind is when was the last time I read about a hero in the newspapers or any other media ? What defines a hero or role model in today’s society ? The author claims that the heroes and role models represent the society we live in.This statement leads to a moral dilemma inside me .Whether this claim just aims that society is represented by handful of role models or it also has a secondary meaning of being
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"The best servant does his work unseen‚" stated by Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ Sr. in The Poet at the Breakfast Table‚ strongly epitomizes the significance of people that transcends in their roles as being a servant to assist in another’s greater cause. Their heroism usually goes unnoticed until the greatest times of need‚ and their role becomes the defining moment of a great victory. Through all facets of literature‚ film‚ life and its experiences‚ archetypes of loyal retainers appear as underlying roles
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