Amanda Dulinky 1/23/13 Reader Response # 1‚ on Alone Together‚ written by Sherry Turkle. Reading the first part of Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together has brought some interesting questions to my mind. I have often joked about friends of mine who play Massively Multi-player Online Games‚ such as World of Warcraft and Second Life‚ being addicted to their “game of choice”. And after reading & discussing this book‚ while also
Premium Addiction Answer Question
believe that everything is a matter of free will. Belief in Free will is the belief that your own choices lead you to your destiny. In Oedipus Rex the idea of predestination is the most important theme of the play. The main Characters Oedipus‚ Jocasta and Laius all try to escape their destiny and take matters into their own hands but do not escape from their fate. Oedipus speaks to the people of Thebes from his palace and tells them that there is nothing he can’t do to save his city. He asks for the
Premium Oedipus Oedipus the King Jocasta
Oedipus Tragedy The play “Oedipus the King” can be described as nothing more than a tragedy. From the beginning Oedipus is doomed by his destiny that was foretold by the prophet when he was just an infant. His parents tried to kill him to avoid what would come and he later left his adopted parents to avoid the same outcome. In this play he faces a hard decision; to abandon his quest and fail his people or to pursue his quest and ruin himself. The play begins in tragedy as Oedipus speaks
Premium Sophocles Murder Oedipus
the downfall of a tragic hero within a piece of literature. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus is a tragic hero with a hamartia that leads to his inevitable downfall. He possesses three traits that have been debated on to be his hamartia: his hubris (excessive pride)‚ his heinous temperament‚ and his consummate determination. Of these three traits Oedipus possesses‚ I’ve believe that his hamartia is his profligate pride. Oedipus was a proud man. After all‚ who wouldn’t be proud of defeating a Sphinx
Premium Oedipus Oedipus the King Tiresias
Andy Stoops Honors Language Arts Landow 3/4th hour 27 February‚ 2012 Discovering and Suffering: Why Oedipus is The Most Tragic Fate is the develpment of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as determined by a supernatural power. In Oedipus’s fight against fate‚ he expierenced all aspects an Aristostlian Tragic Hero‚ but above all suffering and discovery. Therefore‚ Oedipus is far more tragic than Antigone and Creon; for his suffering exceeds greatly beyond theirs‚ as does his discovery
Premium Suffering Oedipus Pain
Reflection Statement for Myth/Story/Religion in Oedipus The worship of Gods was important in Greek culture. I knew the Gods played an important role in Greek stories‚ but through this presentation‚ I learned of the connection between the Gods and irony. Apollo gave prophecies to the Greeks through his oracle at Delphi. The Greeks do everything the Gods tell them through prophecy‚ so dramatic irony is caused through the Gods because the audience may know the prophecy while the characters may not
Premium Greek mythology Apollo KILL
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Readers Reflection John Hamilton English 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor Clinton Edwards April 21‚ 2014 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Readers Reflection Walter Mitty‚ who in this story‚ is an imaginary character however‚ his character does remind me of myself and many other individuals that I know. The main focus of the story is Walter ’s imaginary behavior or day-dreaming. Walter tends to get distracted from the real world and
Free Literary criticism Literary theory Imagination
Percy: The Common Reader and the Complex Reader Walker Percy ’s "The Loss of the Creature" is a work to be read and read again. He questions language and understanding or belief. He writes "piling example upon example" (qtd. in Percy 462). He speaks of the rare sovereign knower and the unique sovereign experience. One will never fully recover an entity into the understanding of the primary founder ’s‚ as try he might. There will only be one sovereign experience. There are many opportunities
Premium Knowledge Grand Canyon Tourism
letters written by the protagonist and addressed to God. I was actually very pleased to be reading something formatted different; I thought it would be more interesting. I did not know what I was in store for. Alice Walker wastes no time to shock the reader right off of the bat. The very first letter describes the rape of the protagonist by her stepfather. Uneducated language is used to bring more depth and realism‚ but also adds a sort of crudeness to it. This is nothing you would expect a first page
Premium The Color Purple African American Discrimination
starting a community is. The reader is led through Ralph’s frustration regarding the boy’s unwillingness to listen to him or the other older members‚ and will not or do the responsible work that would satisfy the group’s needs. Contrasting this wearisome and painfully not cohesive group‚ the hunters start to form a bond and the “littuns” are carefree splashing in the ocean and playing games within the forest. Emotions run heavy throughout these opening chapters‚ allowing the reader to experience the fear
Premium English-language films Lost