Kent Allen Professor Overholt Greek Civilization May 10th‚ 2017 Civilizing Greece A shame culture usually involves a person who tends to put a high level of importance on preservation of honor as well as on being publicly disgraced. Individuals tend to conform to the stipulated actions and norms for fear of being dishonored publicly or shamed. A guilt culture is defined as the internalization of moral codes. The conformity to a moral code normally takes place through a persons’ own will. In
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Wisdom is so often thought as a gift that many people overlook how it can also be a curse. Teiresias‚ a character in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ is an Oracle that is miserable with the wisdom he holds. Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes‚ solves the riddle of the Sphinx to obtain the throne. Now the king is trying to find out who is responsible for the plague. However‚ Teiresias knows that Oedipus is searching for himself. Teiresias believes that his wisdom does not profit him because he is miserable; I agree
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Lasma Shame Most of us grow up among different economic classes‚ and often we understand how we are and what class our family belong to. Richard Greogary learned hate or shame at school when he was 7 years old. He was a poor kid. He worked shining shoes. He was in love with Helene Tucker. Helene Tucker was a symbol of everything you want‚ her goodness‚ cleanness and popularity. He went to school mostly to look for her. He had strong felling of love for her. He wanted to looks good and nice
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Several people have done inspiring things to accomplish what they wanted. Strong heroes like Anne Frank‚ Jackie Robinson‚ and Helen Keller had to fight hard for a long time to reach their goal. The first person who should be in the Hero Hall of Fame is Anne Frank. She was around 9 years old when she went into hiding from the Nazis. She was a little girl‚ in school‚ when the Nazis starting invading. So‚ to protect their family‚ her parents decided to take her and her sister and go into hiding.
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chance. Major religions such as: Christianity and Muslims believe their deity predestines the outcome of their life. According to their Bible or Koran and their belief system they think their deity has total control over their life. In the story of Oedipus‚ he grows up in Greek culture where the people of Greece believe in Greek Gods‚ -- now known as Greek mythology—through this they believe higher power such as the Greek Gods: Zeus‚ Poseidon and Athena who communicate with an Oracle (priest) who is
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ancient Greek society. Jocasta in Sophocle’s play‚ Oedipus the King and Medea in Euripides’ play Medea are two examples of such characters. Both Jocasta and Medea are represented as tragic female characters as a result of their unfortunate circumstances‚ their loyalty to their husbands and their loss of their children. Jocasta and Medea are both portrayed as victims of unfortunate circumstances brought about by actions beyond their control. In Oedipus the King‚ an oracle reveals a prophecy to Jocasta
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The Exile of Oedipus As Oedipus began to walk his long journey into an empty road of solitude‚ he suddenly stopped to think about the aftermath of all the chaos that had just taken place in Thebes. He soon came to realize that he would never again return to the city of Thebes after discovering the truth about himself and Laius’ killer. Absent minded of his inability to see‚ he turned his head as if looking back at the city of Thebes from afar. As he proceeded to walk‚ he sensed the company
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would never think of those lines again without feeling the prickles of the upholstery on [her] bare haunches. The sticky prickly shame” (p. 90). Shame is a complex feeling; an uncomfortable mixture of embarrassment and regret. In Michael Uebel’s essay “Dirty Rotten Shame? The Value and Ethical Functions of Shame‚” he explores the deeper feelings that come with shame. When feeling ashamed‚ “consciousness is always forced back on the self…and in this respect it is not unlike mourning‚ in which a
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found and several times reproduced in different cultures with different structures. This is a never ending fight between reason and feelings. In order to clarify my point of view I will use some examples from the play Oedipus The King: A) The intelligence and wisdom of Oedipus I think‚ is the representation of our desire to control things according to our own schemes‚ we have to be in control of everything that we are capable of‚ we neglect our subconscious that in this case is the prophecy and
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Dylan Hamann ENGL 1020‚ CRN 20527 Revised Critique of “Shame Is Worth a Try” 1 Feb. 2010 Revised Critique of “Shame Is Worth a Try” by Dan M. Kahan Dan M. Kahan argues in his article “Shame Is Worth a Try” that people who understand the potential of shaming know that it is “cheap‚ efficient‚ and an appropriate alternative to short jail sentences” (571). Any crime that is committed must have a punishment linked to it to avoid a repeat of the offense. Serious crimes‚ for example‚ those that
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