Hubris is defined as excessive pride or self-confidence. It is not an uncommon characteristic of characters in Greek literature and plays an important role in the downfall of several protagonists. Characters that have hubris are stubborn and believe themselves as always right. This can cause them to make mistakes in decisions or overestimating their own abilities. Acts of hubris usually lead to death or punishment. In Antigone‚ Creon and Antigone clearly display their hubristic attitudes. Both are
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“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson summarizes almost perfectly the Transcendentalist movement‚ for which he was the central guiding figure. Transcendentalism is a literary‚ spiritual‚ and social revolution based on the ideals of self-reliance‚ self-admiration‚ determination‚ and a loving connection with and a deep respect for nature and all its inhabitants. There were many other extremely influential and recognizable
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For example‚ in the Libation Bearers‚ the 2nd trilogy written by Aeschylus‚ when Orestes comes to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon‚ Electra‚ his sister recognizes him by a series of tokens: a lock of his hair and a footprint he leaves at Agamemnon’s grave. Upon his return from Ithica‚ after twenty years of absence‚ Odysseus is
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Nhu Nguyen Period 6th Mythology Project PART TWO: Stories of Love and Adventure I. Cupid and Psyche 1. “Psyche excelled her sisters so greatly that beside them she seemed a very goddess consorting with mere mortals” (121). 2. Venus wants Cupid to use his power and make Psyche fall madly in love with the vilest and most despicable creature there is in the whole world (122). 3. Cupid fell in love with Psyche the moment they first met (122). 4. The Zephyr carried Psyche from the
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Study Guide Fall 2012 POS 340 ASU Figures: Lycurgus Solon Pericles Aeschylus Sophocles Orestes Athena Antigone Creon elenchos nomos demos idiotes polis agon paideia demagogue philosopher king/queen theory of the Forms the Good divided line allegory of the cave myth of Er cycle of decline 5 types of constitutions Socratic ignorance examined life soul/psyche funeral oration Peloponnesian War Mytilenian debate Melian dialogue heroic virtues Greek
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Chapter 7 40. Petition of the Inhabitants West of the Ohio River. Ohioans that petitioned to Congress about the monopolizing of acreage by private companies on the frontier after the War of Independence‚ the farmers also asked for “vacant lands” 41. James Madison‚ The Federalist‚ No. 51 To generate support for the Constitution‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ James Madison‚ and John Jay composed 85 essays under Publius in The Federalist. The security of liberty and power balanced power lies in the nation’s
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Orestes Frangakis Mrs. Saddic -Cosgrove 03/10/13 Period 4 Journal Entries #1: Radon develops from the decay of uranium. When it is picked up by the wind‚ it can enter your home through cracks‚ or gaps left open. Acceptable and safe radon levels range from anything under 4 pCi/L. If your house has higher levels of radon‚ you can reduce it. One way‚ is to try to seal all cracks or gaps that you can see. Another way‚ but that’s more expensive‚ is to buy a medicating system‚ which will decrease
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’transcends’ the physical and empirical and is realized only through the individual’s intuition‚ rather than through the doctrines of established religions. Prominent transcendentalists included Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ Amos Bronson Alcott‚ Orestes Brownson‚ William Henry Channing‚ James Freeman Clarke‚ Christopher Pearse Cranch‚ John Sullivan Dwight‚ Convers Francis‚ Margaret Fuller‚ William Henry Furness‚ Frederick Henry Hedge‚ Theodore Parker‚ Elizabeth Peabody‚ George Ripley‚ and Jones Very
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believe that the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were. On the face of it this ought to be obvious in the light of modern psychiatry‚ which bases its analysis upon classic formulations‚ such as the Oedipus and Orestes complexes‚ for instance‚ which were enacted by royal beings‚ but which apply to everyone in similar emotional situations. More simply‚ when the question of tragedy in art in not at issue‚ we never hesitate to attribute to the well-placed and the
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specifically Brook Farm‚ disregarded democratic practices and created little communal societies specifically for the “highest physical‚ intellectual‚ and moral education”[E]. These utopias were widely criticized for their ridiculousness. Specifically Orestes A. Brownson accused the new societies of “disowning the past” to create a new society [G]. These communities rejected democratic ideals outright. They put away cooperation and created a harsh competition that led to the eventual downfall of all
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