praise values such as honor and respect for those who have past. Do you follow laws of the state‚ or do what you know is right- no matter the cost? The protagonist‚ Antigone‚ finds herself in this very scenario during the events in the tragedy by Sophocles.
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Oedipus the King Oedipus the King is a tragedy play written by Sophocles and translated by Robert Fagles. It takes place mostly in the royal house of Thebes during a mythical time period. This play is based on a Greek myth and it was written as well as produced in Athens‚ Greece in around 400 BC. It is about a king who demands his son‚ Oedipus to be killed after knowing that his son would be responsible for his death in the future. Eventually‚ he gets adopted by Polybus‚ king of Corinth and his
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Some people have the opportunity and easier access to make the American dream a reality‚ for others it remains just a dream. A dream that is deferred by many obstacles and such. Larry Hughes poem‚ a dream deferred describes this situation. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Younger family each have dreams that they want to fulfill but is disrupted because of family selfishness and family issues. Each character had different dreams of their own. Big Walter‚ Walter Lee‚ and Mama
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Did you ever think that one of your best friends could steal something from you? The Younger family received a 10‚000 dollar check due to insurance money. Walter Lee Younger’s father had died also know has “Big” Walter. Walter really wanted to use the money on his lifelong dream‚ but what he didn’t know was that his best friend would take something very important to him(his dream). The rest of Walter’s family had dreams too‚ but not many were ever met. Walter has to give up his dream of owning his
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Albert Einstein once said “Try not to become a man of success rather try to become a man of value.” A Raisin In the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry in nineteen fifty nine.The play explores the struggles of an African American family to achieve their dreams. In the play Walter Lee Younger Jr. the son of Mama(Lena) evolves throughout the trials and tribulations the family faces in the play. At the opening of the play we see Walter an ambitious man of thirty five years old‚ lacking in the knowledge
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not who I am underneath. But what I do that defines me” (Bruce Wayne). Just like Bruce Wayne‚ the actions Antigone takes define who she truly is‚ in this case‚ as a loving sister who wants to bury her brother lost in war. In the play Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ Antigone commits actions that can be deemed immoral; however‚ as the presentation of her character progresses throughout the play‚ those actions she committed can also then be viewed in a way that makes readers sympathize with her in a way which
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through our actions and identify ourselves accordingly. Oedipus discovers himself through his actions of killing his father and marrying his mother. Therefore‚ he identifies himself as a horrible person and gouges his eyes out became of his shame (Sophocles 76). We can better understand who we are by observing the behavior of people around us. In order to recognize who you are and your identity‚ you must compare yourself
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Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems all tend to show light on topics that society tries to remain hidden. One such topic is the idea that the fate we are given isn’t always the fate we want. Three poems with this idea were Richard Cory‚ The Growth of Lorraine‚ and Miniver Cheevy. By analyzing these poems and how they are written‚ one can see that they cover the same idea and all depict a protagonist stuck in a world they do not want to be in. All three poems show the reader that our fate is not always
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Sophocles begins the drama of Oedipus the King by having the people of Thebes report on the plague that has stricken the land’s crops and women. They called upon their ruler Oedipus‚ who once defeated the Sphinx who tormented their land‚ to aid them once more. Oedipus acknowledged his citizens suffering and waited for the return of his brother–in-law‚ Creon‚ who after traveling to the Oracle of Apollo informed Oedipus that to rescue Thebes‚ they must punish the killers of the previous king‚ Laius
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Nyambura Kimani Name: Sophocles Location: Greece Dates of Life: Born: Hippeios Colonus‚ Athens‚ Greece Died: 406 BC‚ Classical Athens Sophocles served as a general in the siege of Samos‚ in 440 B.C. It was on an island that challenged the authority of Athens. It is possible that he had served another term as a general in 426 B.C. or 415 B.C. He later took part in a commission to investigate the Athenian military defeat in 413 B.C. located in Sicily in 413 B.C. Sophocles made negotiations with
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