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    Odysseus Is A Dishonest

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    odyssey is a very complex story. But there are multiple things that are very clear. One of those things is that Odysseus does not deserve a hero award. Many people might think he is but he is dishonest‚ he doesn’t use communication‚ and he doesn’t know how to put himself last. He is always worried about himself and not his crew. These things make him a bad leader and not a hero. First‚ Odysseus is dishonest. He is dishonest because he didn’t tell his men that when they had to face Scylla that he would

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    Odysseus Quotes

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    foe indeed- could dare bring death’s pain on him and darkness in his eyes? (Homer‚ line 1412‚ page 1009) Over a period of time‚ Odysseus develops a hatred for the most obnoxious suitor named Antinous. Antinous believes that he couldn’t be killed because he amongst his friends and he has become hubris. Ignorantly‚ he thinks that no man would dare to kill him‚ but Odysseus proves him wrong by shooting

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    The Gadfly In Antigone

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    1 Question: In Plato’s “Apology”‚ what does Socrates think is the role of the gadfly and why place such importance on its actions? Secondly‚ argue succinctly for your position that this character plays the ‘gadfly’ in Sophocles’ “Antigone”. What does this character seek to accomplish and how is it attempted? Essay: Disrupting the world’s status quo has been a characteristic of famous people and figures. Scientists‚ civil rights leaders‚ and inventors have all done something to change the societal

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    Odysseus And Ajax

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    in battle his armor remains and is going to be given to either ajax or Odysseus whoever gives a good speech on why they think they deserve Achilles armor. After each one giving their speech Odysseus is the one who seems more intellectual and can give a good speech on the other hand

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    Antigone Theme

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    Antigone’s time it seems that this is also something they struggle with for it is a common theme without the story. Antigone seems conflicted on whether to honor her brother and the divine law that all must be buried to enter the afterlife or honor Creon’s law that her brother is not allowed to be buried for he is not considered a honor as his brother Polyneices is. Throughout the story Antigone and even her sister Ismene struggle with the choice between human law and divine law but their morals lead them

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    Antigone Essay

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    think your life is controlled by fate? Or you can make it whatever you want it to be. In the play Antigone written by one of the three great Greek tragedians Sophocles. Fate and free will are the two main ideas that lead in this play. The first example of free will is the character Antigone‚ who decides to bury her brother and then takes the consequences for her decision. In my first quotation Antigone is talking to her sister Ismene about coming with her to go bury their brother even though it is

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    Antigone Biography

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    Antigone tells Ismene that Creon has ordered that Eteocles who had died defending the city is to be buried with full honors while the body of Polyneices is left to rot.Creon has declared that anyone that attempted to bury Polyneices would be stoned to death public.Antigone had revealed to Ismene a plan to bury Polyneices in secret despite Creon’s order. When Ismene had refused to defy the king Antigone had rejected her and goes to bury her brother.Creon

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    Antigone: the Tragedy

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    Antigone: The Tragedy Antigone is a Greek play that is part of Ancient Greek literature‚ and it is still important for our society‚ in the twenty-first century. According to George Steiner‚ this play develops five main conflicts throughout it: confrontations between men and women‚ difference in age between characters‚ conflicts between the individual and society‚ the living and the death‚ and religious beliefs. In the play‚ Sophocles develops these conflicts in different ways‚ with the purpose

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    Antigone and Aristotle

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    Antigone was first produced in 441 B.C. It was written by a Greek playwright Sophocles. Antigone is the third play in an epic about a man named Oedipus and his family. This third installment is considered a Greek Tragedy‚ even today it is still being produced in theaters all around the world. It has had many critics‚ Aristotle being the most famous. Aristotle ideas and thoughts on tragedy were implied throughout the play. He was born in 384 B.C.‚ nearly 27 years after Antigone was first produced

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    Response Antigone

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    Paper: Antigone‚ “A&P‚” and “Good Fellows” In reading the stories‚ it was hard for me to decide and choose what exactly I wanted to focus on. But after brainstorming common themes and comparing the plots‚ I narrowed my focus to choice making and what it meant for the characters in the stories. I noticed that making choices and dealing with the “consequences” and aftermath of these choices were prominent in the stories: Antigone by Sophocles‚ and “A&P” by John Updike. In Antigone‚ several

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