A Gender Bias Approach to Antigone Just as one stone removed can break a bridge‚ one flaw can bring a man to ruins. The flaw of one man cannot bring down an entire kingdom‚ but rather one outlook of the king can lead to the demise of the whole. In Sophocles ’ epic tragedy‚ Antigone‚ a strong gender bias is present throughout the tragedy‚ and is partially responsible for the downfall of the king. To Sophocles the king is not always representative of the people‚ but acts on his own personal desires
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forward and her shoulders rest behind the bulk of her body creating an arch in her back. The position of her limbs‚ in which her left foot is bent in front of the right‚ and the arch in her back create a contrapposto stance typical of historical Grecian works. This stance gives form to a relaxed and reflective scene in which the young girl is holding two birds‚ seemingly doves. The little girl’s left hand is in an upright position acting as a base for one of the doves to stand on and her right hand
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Psycho Killer 3 Script Act 1: Scene 1: Marcello’s Funeral (Filmed at gazebo park) Noel: “...Eulogy…” [Noel leaves the stage as another person takes his place‚ he then sits next to Erica‚ who is crying. Muted eulogy in background‚ other’s look at eulogist] Noel: Hey you come here often? Erica: What.. Noel: “Listen babe‚ If I was an enzyme I would be a DNA helicase‚ so I could unzip your jeans” Close-up of Noel’s creepy enthusiastic face and overextended eyebrows Erica: ok? [Whispers into
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supports his statement that the class you are in effects you in the classroom and your level of achievement‚ by using statistics from researcher William Sewell. Sewell “showed a positive correlation between class and overall educational achievement. In comparing the top quartile (25%) of his sample to the bottom quartile‚ he found that students from upper-class families were twice as likely to obtain training beyond high school and four times as likely to attain a postgraduate degree†(pp.342-343)
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‘The real meaning of a poem cannot be summed up by the dictionary definitions of its words.’ This is simply because‚ words and phrases are written very carefully to its best level. Poems like ‘Ode to the West Wind’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ are great examples‚ whose real meaning cannot be defined by the dictionary definitions. Utilizing effective and innovative techniques such as rhetorical figures‚ tropes‚ rhymes and rhyme scheme‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ and other key concepts such as form
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who was talked down to by critics his whole career. Charlotte Smith‚ although married with twelve children‚ is often thought of as unhappy. Both poets saw the night and sleep as an escape from reality which is present in "To Sleep"‚ "The Night"‚ and "Ode to the Nightingale". Charlotte Smith wrote “To Sleep” as a reflection on her own life. Smith‚ the speaker in the poem‚ contemplates life and death. Throughout the three stanzas she talks about her need for sleep‚ but remembering the stresses of her
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(Sir Walter Scott) – gothic novel‚ horror (Mary Shelley) The Lake Poets The Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge The second generation George Gordon Byron: Childe Harold´s Pilgrimage Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale Other romantic poets • William Blake: The Tyger • Robert Burns Historical novel Sir Walter Scott: Ivanhoe - Wilfred of Ivanhoe - Richard I - Locksley (Robin Hood) - Lady Rowena Gothic novel Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
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prosecution and the defense‚ the jurors voted without deliberation. In the 5th century BC‚ jurors cast their vote in secret. Each juror was provided with two tokens‚ one for conviction and the other for acquittal. The juror put one of these in a wooden urn whose
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similar practice or habit? I notice that the Set & Prop Designer becomes self-centered when it’s not involving important personnel e.g. Director or Production manager. For one of the plays where it involves three urns‚ the Set & Prop Designer initially wanted one of us to hide behind the urn for the entire show so that when it ends‚ we can assist with removing the lids and helping the cast to shift the props out. However‚ she did not realize that because of the lighting effects‚ shadows could be seen
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imposing religious structure‚ a chapel‚ to highlight his theme of papal dominance of natural urges. The Sixteenth verse of Shelley’s "Ode to Liberty" also deals with ecclesiastical oppression of the individual but does so with a more powerful sense of vitriol than Blake’s somewhat disconsolate tone and also implies a grander scale. Shelley opens the Sixteenth verse of Ode to Liberty with the words: "Oh that the wise from their bright minds would kindle‚ such lamps within the dome of this dim world"
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