Nancy Romero English 205 18 October 2013 To be or not to be with the Feminine Ideal‚ that is the question The role of women has always been a touchy issue‚ but should a woman submit into the strong hands of men? In the stories I have chosen‚ women are not only objects in the life of these men but speechless by voice‚ venerated by society and zero individual strength falling into the. One woman in particular by the name of Antigone in the play Antigone by Sophocles although a fictional character
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The proper relationship between the individual’s interests and the common good is a delicate balancing act that political philosophers such as Socrates‚ Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and Sophocles have tried to define. For philosophers such as Socrates and Plato‚ the common good trumps the individual interest when those interests interfere with what they believe is right for society as a whole. For others like Aristotle and Locke‚ a consensus on what the common good is must be defined within the reality that
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Although the play focuses on a female character‚ sexism is still portrayed in the gender roles and male pronouns being the default. An example of this is when Creon learns that someone was trying to bury Polynices body. Creon says‚ “And the man who dared to do this?” (line 209). Crean automatically assumes that the man committing the deed is male‚ indicating that women are not capable of taking action in the same way as men. Women are further portrayed as
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Adversity‚ we all have it in our lives at some points. It may result in some very tough times for an individual or group‚ but it can also cause some significant growth that is normally for the better. Sometimes the person(s) may have even caused the issues in the first place‚ and that’s exactly what this is focused around. People and societies with a higher power than the majority can get tendencies to think that they can do whatever they want. This happens a lot like with Creon from Antigone Doing
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Amechi Nwandu Mr. Lutz Honors Literary Analysis 1/9/14 QUOTE LIST HOMEWORK THE ODYSSEY: 1) “Sing to me of the man‚ Muse‚ the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course‚ once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy…” This quote is spoken and composed by Homer‚ the original author‚ and its meaning gives a foreshadowing of Odysseus’ characteristics (the man of twists and turns describes Odysseus cunning) and plight (driven time and time again off course describes the many
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In Phaedra‚ the main character Phaedra commits suicide by stabbing herself. In the Thebiad‚ Jocasta‚ the mother of Polynices and Eteocles‚ also stabs herself. Both women seem to kill themselves out of great shame: Phaedra lies and gets her stepson‚ who she is in love with‚ killed and Jocasta was powerless in preventing her two sons from killing each other. The way they
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and their authors. Antigone is a play written by Sophocles and is about a young girl named Antigone who struggles with written laws of her city‚ Thebes. Her uncle is King Creon and sentences her to death because she decided to bury her brother‚ Polynices‚ after it was declared that he deserved no burial. Antigone’s sister‚ Ismene‚ was too afraid to go along with her. Antigone’s fiancé‚ (who is also King Creon’s son) Haemon‚ and his mother‚ Eurydice were appalled by the King’s decision to put Antigone
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Xiaoqiang Ma Professor Meir Lubetski English CMP 2800 June 2nd 2015 As the brightest pearl in the Greek literature history‚ Greek tragedy not only represents the highest achievement in the western art world‚ but also demonstrates the accomplishment of Greek democracy. Not only establishing the best example for the literature world‚ Greek tragedy‚ to some extent‚ sets the precedent of elevating human’s emotion to an aesthetic level. By gazing at the achievement of the Greek tragedy‚ we‚ as
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For of our two brothers‚ Creon(20) gives honorable burial to one‚ but dishonors the other. They say that he hid Eteocles beneath the earth with well-deserved pomp and circumstance‚ as one honored among the dead below;(25) but the corpse of Polynices‚ who died so sadly‚ they say it has been declared to the citizens that no one may bury or mourn him‚ but must see him unlamented‚ unburied‚ a sweet find for birds to feast upon.(30) Such things they say our good Creon decreed for you and me—for
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A famous speech by Shakespeare’s Falstaff questions the value of: honor 1. ( T or F ) Aristotle considered plot more important than character or thought. True 2. ( T or F ) Aristotle was both a theater critic and a philosopher. True 3. Aristotle’s famous analysis of tragedy is found in a work called: The Poetics 4. Aristotle’s work on comedy is how long? 5 acts long 5. What did the Commedia delle’arte specialize in? 6. What is satire? a literary genre or form‚ although in practice
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