Euripides IV - Iphigenia in Aulis p. 217 - 300 (83 pages) ---------------------------------------- All info up to 230 was lost. Just follow highlighted areas. ---- May fill in these blanks later--- RECALL THE INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------- p 231 A lot more politically themed. Menelaus is accusing Agamemnon of feigning humility in order to gain political power and “market advancement.”He says he’s abandoned his old friends. ;/He is also saying that Agamemnon
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List several evils that the reformers of the period 1820-1860 tried to eliminate. Gender inequality and slavery were the two biggest evils that reformers tried eliminating in the time period. The abolition of slavery had many reformers behind it. Two very important men trying to achieve this were Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison‚ a white man‚ going to show there was support from all types of people. Two of the women’s rights advocates were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sarah Grimke. They
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The Death Penalty Is the death penalty just or unjust? It has been argued that capitol punishment is imposed merely to gratify a desire for revenge. Whether or not a punishment is legal depends upon whether or not it serves a valid goal or purpose of a policy. The death penalty is usually defended on two grounds; is useful and that is just . Is capitol punishment moral or immoral? Is the death penalty moral? Capitol punishment is imposed to spare future victims of murder by carrying out the
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Moralists and Modernizers Social reformers never want for work. The need to reform various aspects of human society is as old as human society. Indeed‚ in many cultures‚ the two preeminent myths are some variety of The Creation and The Fall. This is no doubt to explain two of the most pervasive facts of human life--the mysterious fact that we are here and the confounding fact that we are very flawed creatures indeed. The impulse to reform‚ then‚ along with the need‚ is ancient‚ and the idea of
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A In the period immediately following the end of World War II‚ American theater was transformed by the work of playwright Arthur Miller. Profoundly influenced by the Depression and the war that immediately followed it‚ Miller tapped into a sense of dissatisfaction and unrest within the greater American psyche. His probing dramas proved to be both the conscience and redemption of the times‚ allowing people an honest view of the direction the country had taken. Arthur Miller was born in Manhattan
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To understand education reform‚ it is helpful use Jay P. Greene as a scope for reading Diane Ravitch. Ravitch is a former education reformer and now a prominent spokesman for antireform. In her book Reign of Error‚ Ravitch classifies education reformers as corporatists and profiteerists‚ recklessly associating major foundations (Gates Foundation‚ Broad Foundation‚ Walton Family Foundation‚ Zuckerberg Foundation etc.)‚ philanthropists‚ entrepreneurs‚ Wall Street hedge fund managers‚ US Department
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While industrial cities are generally perceived to be positive‚ these cities had many corrupt and negative aspects to them. Unfair business practices‚ child labor‚ and corruption in government were all among the negative aspects of industrial cities. These three practices aggravated the devastating class distinction‚ discrimination‚ and segregation of the time. Unfair business practices were many -- corporations utilized trusts and monopolies while exploiting the work and time of their “unskilled”
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ticsTHE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE A TRANSLATION BY S. H. BUTCHER A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE trans. S. H. Butcher is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file‚ for any purpose‚ and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis‚ Faculty Editor‚ nor anyone associated
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How (and Why) Do I Write in Literary Present Tense? Literary works‚ paintings‚ films‚ and other artistic creations are assumed to exist in an eternal present. Therefore‚ when you write about writers or artists as they express themselves in their work‚ use the present tense. The Basic Rule: You should use the past tense when discussing historical events‚ and you should use the literary present when discussing fictional events. 1. When commenting on what a writer says‚ use the present tense.
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having an adulterous affair with Agamemnon’s worst enemy‚ Aegisthus‚ with whom she has also been plotting the murder of Agamemnon. In terms of marital infidelity‚ Clytemnestra cannot claim moral superiority over Agamemnon. So the son of Agamemnon‚ Orestes‚ murders his mother to avenge the murder of his father. Clytemnestra dies not just because of her adultery but for her treachery. The crucial issue is the regicide‚ and the question of whether Clytemnestra’s horrendous deeds can be justified as a
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