In Antigone‚ Sophocles uses allusions to praise her courage in accepting her fate. Antigone shared many similarities to Danae. In Ode 4 as the chorus describes the misfortune of Danae it is stated that “a prisoner hidden in a chamber like a tomb‚ although she too‚ came from a noble line. And she my child had in her care the liquid streaming golden seed of Zeus‚”(line 2-4). This mirrors Antigone in the way that Antigone is too thrown into a cave and looked in it as if it was her tomb. Danae was imprisoned
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Alliteration: A technique where a sound repeats in the beginning of the word or phrase‚ it’s usually a consonant. Alliteration is used in the poem “Song” by Sir John Suckling. The w is alliterative throughout the whole poem. “Why so pale and wan fond lover? Prithee why so pale? Will‚ when looking well can ’t move her‚ Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale?” (Ferguson 1588) Allusion: A reference
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this gloomy world “Where youth grows pale‚ and spectre-thin‚ and dies” are unknown to the bird. In this poem‚ it feels like the only way for the poet to be free is to be carried “viewless wings of Poesy”. The Keatsian argued that a major concern in "Ode to a Nightingale" is “Keats’s perception of the conflicted nature of human life‚ i.e.‚ the interconnection or mixture of pain/joy‚ intensity of feeling/numbness of feeling‚ life/death‚ mortal/immortal‚ the actual/the ideal‚ and
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So haimon leaves and says to the king‚ “Not here‚ no; she will not die here‚ king‚ and you will never see my face again. Go on raving as long as you’ve a friend to endure you.” (Ode 2 scene 3‚ lines141-143). After that‚ haimon is gone and Antigone is escorted into the wilderness where she will be locked in a vault of stone. Although he does not want to leave Antigone to die. The only thing that she has with her is the food that
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Explain the paradox (something that seems to be a contradiction but is not) of blindness of the following example: Tiresias [to Oedipus]: Listen to me. You mock my blindness‚ do you? But I say that you‚ with both your eyes‚ are blind. Ode One (p27-28) 21. What does the chorus remind the audience about the murderer? 22. When the chorus debates whether to believe Oedipus or Teiresias‚ with whom do they side and what is their reason? Scene Two (p29-48) 23. What character trait
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above-market pricing? 4 Touché Toiletries Inc. has developed an addition to its Lizardman Cologne line tentatively branded Ode d’Toade Cologne. Unit variable costs are 45 cents for a 3-ounce bottle‚ and heavy advertising expenditures in the first year would result in total fixed costs of $900‚000. Ode d’Toade Cologne is priced at $7.50 for a 3-ounce bottle. How many bottles of Ode d’Toade must be sold to break even? 5 What would be your response to the statement‚ “Profit maximization is the only legitimate
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Dorian Gray‚ Mrs. Drover‚ and the persona of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” take a downfall‚ choosing the notorious “wasteland” and living in misery or envy yet result in the same manner as another who chooses the proverbial “Holy Grail” in the sense at gaining experiences and knowledge of the other world‚ insight on morality‚ and genuine acceptance through miniscule grief. Through awe-inspiring works such as Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”‚ and Elizabeth Bowen’s
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THE CHORUS In choosing the classical form of tragedy for his Samson Agonistes‚ Milton decided to work on a distinctively unpopular medium. For‚ classically modelled tragedy had never been popular in England. Even Ben Jonson‚ excused himself for not obeying the Aristotelian rules and not having a proper chorus in his Sejanus. But with his contempt for mere popularity‚ Milton did not feel obliged to modify the form of classical tragedy to suit the purpose of what Jonson called “popular delight”. J
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more misery and sorrow when the king is murdered upon his homecoming. The watchman leaves to tell Clytaemnestra the news of her husband’s imminent return. 2). 1st Choral Ode: the purpose of the chorus is to direct the audience‚ provide a time lapse and to praise the gods. In the first choral ode the chorus establishes
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A chorus in a Greek tragedy is fundamental however in modern plays it is no longer a crucial element. The chorus consists of a small group of people‚ usually between twelve and fifteen‚ who account the events of the play‚ and foreshadow its development. They are meant to act as a character but are positioned away from the main action. As a character‚ the chorus has many functions; it interacts with other characters‚ and gives its opinion on the situations without regard to the chance of their opinion
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