father killing his brothers and feeding them to his father. Agamemnon’s murder could be seen as justice for the murder of his daughter‚ but his death was not a sacrifice as was his daughter’s. His death is not justice but revenge. Cassandra says that Orestes will come to kill his mother‚ which would be an act of revenge for killing his father. In this play revenge only leads to more killings. The revenge‚ seen so many times in this play‚ was the normal system of governing in the primitive society of ancient
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I am Ales Hero! I know that I am the strongest and attractive man here. With a few years behind me‚ I have become wise and handsome. In public I must painstakingly compose myself in the certain manner that we are required to do so. Tonight is a different story! I shall show everyone who I truly am! I am a warrior‚ a lover‚ and a leader! Tonight‚ I will show every man and woman in this room who the real hero is‚ and that is Ales Hero! This symposium is the best even of the year for us men. The experiences
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Latinos and Racism in Baseball It was in 1869 that the first Major League Baseball team was create‚ the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Since then baseball has grown to be America’s nation past time. From San Francisco to New York City‚ every young boys dream is to one day grow up and play for the big leagues. The formal game of baseball originated in New York‚ and spread westward with the soldiers in the Civil War and those heading to partake in the Gold Rush. Presently the game of baseball is a world-renowned
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Heroes like Aeneas bear many burdens: they must be leaders‚ they must suffer‚ they must fight. In the case of book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid‚ an epic poem‚ the relationship between Aeneas and Dido is at the center of greater struggles between people and fate‚ divinities‚ and love. In Books II and III‚ Aeneas recounts the fall of Troy‚ the monsters and suffering‚ and the death of his father‚ Anchises; in Books V through XII‚ Aeneas travels to Italy to found the city that will lead to the rise of the Roman
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Discuss Mourning Becomes Electra as a tragedy in modern sense. (P.U 2007) In Mourning Becomes Electra‚ O’Neill exemplified what Schopenhauer declared to be the “true sense of tragedy”‚ namely “that it is not his own individual sins the hero atones for‚ but original -sin‚ i.e.‚ the crime of existence itself.” So devoted was he to this .conception‚ that he permitted it to inform the entire trilogy. The pessimism of the Greeks may have been equally black‚ their tragedies just as aware of the crime
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GREEK POETS HOMER Homer was the most important and earliest of the Greek and Roman writers. Greeks and Romans didn’t count themselves educated unless they knew his poems. His influence was felt not only on literature‚ but on ethics and morality via lessons from his masterpieces. He is the first source to look for information on Greek myth and religion. Yet‚ despite his prominence‚ we have no firm evidence that he ever lived. The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries
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Comedy versus Tragedy “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms‚ the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” This is Oscar Wilde’s definition of the theater. But how did theater start? There are so many different genres and types of drama. How did it all come to be? Two of the biggest genres of theater were originated in ancient Greece. They are comedy and tragedy. How do these two styles differ? The main difference
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When one ponders the Greek mythology and literature‚ powerful images invariably come to mind. One relives the heroes’ struggles against innumerable odds‚ their battles against magical monsters‚ and the gods’ periodic intervention in mortal affairs. Yet‚ a common and often essential portion of a heroic epic is the hero’s consultation with an oracle or divinity. This prophecy is usually critical to the plot line‚ and also to the well being of the main characters. Could Priam have
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i. Title a. What purpose or purposes does the title serve? * The title is all about “THE ODYSSEY’ and the purpose of this movie are for us to know what happened in the past Greek History. How they fight for their land and freedom same as with glory and fame. b. Suggest a possible title of your own. * “ODYSSEY THE MOVIE” ii. Point of view a. What is the point of view? First person? Third person? Objective? Omniscient? * The point of view is that when Odysseus was far
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Cited: Campbell‚ Peter A. "Remaking the Chorus: Charles Mee Jr. ’S Orestes 2.0." Comparative Drama 45.2 (2011): 65-79 Cope‚ Wendy. Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006. Farber‚ 2008. Print. Cornford‚ Frances. Poems of To-Day: an Anthology. 1st. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Library‚ 1997 Finneran‚ R. J. The
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