as well hold my hand and we’ll get through this together okay sweedie?” I lay my head in her lap and put her arm around me; I was cold and scared. I tried to think happy thoughts about how my new home was going to be but even that scared me. Next thing I don’t make new friends in my neighborhood? What if no one likes me in my new school? Will everyone forget who I back home? I started to get very nervous and by this time I was crying. Aunty Nasha held my head in her palms and said‚ “Zoe‚ don’t worry
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Antigone is the problem in this play‚ she wants to go against Creon’s orders which declared that Polynices body may not be given a proper burial for helping the forces which invaded Thebes‚ but Antigone knowing this insists on giving him a proper burial nevertheless. She felt that she was right‚ and the Creon laws had no right to decide who does and who doesn’t have the right to a proper burial. Polynices fought because he was following his morals. For some reason‚ he was in favor with the other
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Antigone Analysis Antigone is a strong willed woman that defies her uncle’s orders and buries her dead brother Polyneices‚ who fought against Thebes in the civil war. She goes and buries her brother‚ and performs the rituals of the dead. I believe Antigone buried her brother out of divine edict‚ and not to defy the king. She may have been incredibly angry about the way her brother’s body had been treated‚ but I believe she done what she has done out of her own beliefs.
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Antigone Essay Pride is a powerful emotion‚ it can lead us to be people we are not‚ and lead us to be hurt. The act of being prideful comes from the power we are given through society‚ to say we are something others cannot say they are. Its also what makes everyone who they are‚ but too much pride can seize control of us causing an uproar of karma to surge our way. In Antigone‚ the blind prophet‚ Tiresias warns Creon that‚ “A corpse for a corpse the price‚ and flesh for flesh‚ one of your own
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very little respect; they could not vote or own land. A woman’s place was in the household‚ and their main role was to produce young. With this information we can see how Antigone being a women affects the way Creon treats her. Creon is a fair but strict ruler. He does not allow his rules to be broken without a consequence. Antigone Creon’s orders by by burying her brother. Her punishment decided by Creon is to be buried alive in a cave. Creon says “But while I live‚ no women masters me.” (107). With
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The novel ‘Runner’ shows us how much Charlie cares about the people in his life. Discuss In the novel ‘Runner’ written by Robert Newton‚ we see that Charlie has a very caring nature‚ and will do almost anything for the people who are important to him. Charlie generally is always willing to do anything for those he cares for‚ as an example‚ even though he does go against his Ma’s will and starts to works for Squizzy‚ he does it so he can achieve a better life for his family‚ to give Ma and Jack
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Kylie Bartlett Per. 3 4/1/11 Antigone essay Remember those people who always thought they were right‚ and they always ended up in trouble for it? I Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ the main characters Antigone and Creon show how being so hubris can be tragic to your life. Set back in ancient Greece an epic battle takes place and brothers end up killing each other. One was allowed a proper burial‚ yet Polyinesis was not. Antigone felt disappointed by this and decided to bury them yet Creon the newly
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Sebastian Villa Composition 2 April 5‚ 2014 Antigone Essay The story of Antigone is a tragic story that means that the universal themes are going to make the audience thinks twice about their decisions or life itself. This story has a lot of universal themes like facing darkness‚ role of women and the most important theme in my opinion would be injustice. This universal can be applied to today’s world. Facing darkness! After the two brother named Eteocles and Polyneices fight for
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to the play Antigone because they all have something to do with dying in honor and control who you are. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices’ body. Ismene refuses to help her because Ismene is afraid of getting the death penalty. Antigone says if she dies from trying to bury her brother Polyneices‚ she will die in honor knowing that she will do anything to have her brother die peaceful and the way he is supposed to. The poem “If we must die” best represents to Antigone because Antigone wants to die
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12:00PM-1:15PM Trost Antigone and Feminism Feminism was used to get equality between sexes‚ male and female. The movements were set out to inaugurate‚ protect‚ and define equal diplomatic‚ monetary‚ cultural‚ and social rights for women. In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the main character had the courage to challenge the King of Thebes. Antigone’s act of rebellion separates herself from the average Greek woman of her time. She presents herself as a strong willed feminist. Sophocles’ Antigone was a story
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