Response to Antigone (1961) The 1961 film‚ Antigone‚ starring Irene Papas is about a woman who is trying to rise up against the King of Thebes‚ Creon‚ who ordered the body of her beloved brother‚ Polynices‚ to be left unburied and unmourned. Her rise against the state and patriarchy causes Creon to not only sentence her to death‚ but to die alone confined inside a cave. The film provides a great visual to its written drama as well as following the plot and even the script very closely. The
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The Papas were an ancient civilization that started in 700 BCE. This civilization started becoming strong and developed in the foundational time of the Fries. Part of what made the Papas such an intricate ancient civilization‚ were their ways of building roads‚ water systems‚ and their metalworks. These metalworks are what really made them famous. From the mine‚ they dug up a lot of iron ore. With this ore‚ they made many weapons and tools. The cities were sometimes near or on a mountain with not
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“Nothing is weaker or smaller than the man who hurts women or children. Whether by his actions or by his words.” – unknown. When the reader first looks at the poem or the title “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke they might think it’s a simple poem but if they look closer to it they will see it is actually about child abuse. The father gets to the house drunk and starts to beat up his son. This means that the setting takes place in their home. This reflects what the kid went through when he was
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One Ride With Yankee Papa The time period from 1955 to 1975 was a rough time for America. America was in the middle of the Vietnam War‚ and was a very hard war for America because the soldiers had no support for the war effort from home. The public could not see the reason for the war‚ and therefore did not support it‚ and because of this led to America’s first punch in the gut from communism. Along with every war comes the many heartfelt photos and stories of their countries soldiers fighting
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nothing compares to what his song “Papas Got a Brand New Bag” brought to the world. This song single handedly changed the way African American music sounded and was performed‚ while also creating an aspect of music that artists today still utilize in their tracks. James Brown was born on May 3rd 1933 in Barnswell‚ South Carolina. He came from a broken home where his mother left him early in life and his father‚ plagued by extreme
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President John F. Kennedy’s speech on April 10‚ 1962 regarding an increase in steel prices uses several rhetorical strategies such as repletion and imperative tone to persuade his audience that during this economic crisis‚ steel companies are raising steel prices which is irresponsible‚ unjustified and selfish on their part. President Kennedy also informs the middle class of America and steel industry executives who is his audience that the rising steel prices will create a further negative impact
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In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” Theodore Roethke uses a type of dance to symbolize the narrator’s relationship with his violently alcoholic father‚ the antagonist. The evidence in the poem suggests the boy‚ the protagonist‚ has come to terms with the domestic violence and accepts it. The narrator believes the beatings are inevitable and relates them to every human’s inevitable fate‚ through death. The narrator doesn’t blame his father and in fact blames himself for the beatings. Roethke argues that
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“My Papa’s Waltz” is a poem written by Theodore Roethke that describes a childhood memory of a son and his father doing their nightly “waltz”. The poem portrays the traumatic memory using metaphors. For example‚ the waltzing that takes place actually symbolizes the abuse the child received from his father. At a glance‚ the poem seems to be about an innocent relationship between a father and son. However‚ the poem describes a traumatic flashback of a father abusing his son. “My Papa’s Waltz” reflects
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Brain Enterprises Budget Proposal For Papa Geo’s Restaurant BUSN-278 SUMB11 Sec B Professor Marie Main DeVry University ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Section | Title | Subsection | Title | Page Number | 1.0 | Executive summary | | | 3 | 2.0 | Sales Forecast | | | 3 | | | 2.1 | Sales Forecast | 3 | | | 2.2 | Methods and Assumptions | 4 | 3.0 | Capital Expenditure Budget | | | 4 | 4.0 | Investment Analysis | | | 6 |
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In Theodore Roethke’s poem entitled “My Papa’s Waltz” Roethke sets the scene with a young child with his or her father dancing around the house. In the poem there were words used such as romped and waltzed. Romped may have been used to describe them as to dancing wildly and having fun. While on the other hand waltzed is a bit more graceful and smooth. While I read this poem I took away that the son or daughter was enjoying time with their dad. There are certain lines in the poem that can become
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