law reoccurs throughout the play. Antigone believes in divine law over civil law. She thinks that civil laws are unfair and wants to bury her brother. Antigone is breaking civil law because Polyneices died in a war against Creon. Creon decides to kill Antigone for disobeying him. Creon believes that civil law is necessary to govern a city but divine law is not. He will do whatever it takes to keep his power. Many of Creon’s people died because he became overly confident due to his power. Therefore
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“In literature‚ evil often triumphs‚ but never conquers” in famous novels like “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson or “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The evil is considered the major issues brought upon the protagonists by the antagonists (when comparing these two novels)‚ such as the character of Andy Evans in Speak and Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. However‚ the protagonists always found a way to conquer with the good‚ and will always shine brighter than the evil. In “Speak” by Laurie
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Anne Lamott said‚ “Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” Good literature allows individuals to live through events which they have not encountered in their lives. I agree with this quote because I believe it is true. This quote is shown to be true through the books‚ Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In both pieces of literature‚ characters had an experience which we haven’t had or been through. Books help us understand
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Joel Skarnikat Mrs. Slaughter English 121 20 Nov 2012 Critical Analysis of the film To Kill A Mockingbird The film To Kill A Mockingbird holds many different criteria for which it can be judged. Some of the most striking aspects of the film concern the point of view of the narrator‚ and the symbolism as well. Our first-person narrator is Scout Finch‚ who is five when the story begins and eight when it ends. From the first chapter‚ though‚ it’s clear that Scout is remembering and
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return home. Ultimately Odysseus realized that he had to use all is power‚ might‚ and intelligence to over come the hardships and return to Ithaca. A second literary element from The Odyssey by Homer is dynamic character. Throughout the epic poem Odysseus’s biggest struggle was finding that median between hubris and humility. I all started in the very beginning of the poem Odysseus had jus won the Trojan War but with the help of the gods. Odysseus didn’t thank the gods‚ which was disrespectful
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Trust is a very valuable thing is one’s life. Without trust‚ it is next to impossible to go through life. Graham Green happens to agree with this as she had once said‚ “… it is impossible o go through life without trust…” One can interpret this quote as trust being an essential aspect to life and in order to go through it‚ there must be someone or something a person can put his or her faith in. Two works of literature that reflect this quote are The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene and A Raisin
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Fate or Fatality David Mamet correctly stated that‚ “…it is the human lot to try and fail…” This quote means that human beings are destined to always attempt to improve their lives although they are seldom successful. The two works of literature that best support this interpretation are the The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. Pecola and Macbeth‚ the protagonists from both works‚ strive to improve their “current” situations but fail miserably. In The Bluest
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I.S.25 Emily Tan 722 September 27‚ 2014 “Circumstances are beyond the control of man‚ but his conduct is in his own power‚” a quote by Benjamin Disraeli‚ is a statement about life and its tribulations. Situations cannot be predicted nor reined in by mankind
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Ramya Gopalakrishnan In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ the character Teiresias observes “Think: all men make mistakes‚ but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong‚ and repairs the evil: the only crime is pride.” This quote can be interpreted as; even good people make mistakes‚ but what actually defines them as good is realizing they were wrong and fixing it. Their true mistake is letting their ego hold them back from doing so. Characterizing Charlotte Phelan
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Benjamin Disraeli once said‚ “Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his own power” in Contarini Fleming‚ 1832. What this quote is means is that there certain situations we can’t control‚ however we can control our actions and how we deal with the situation. This quote can be proven true in both‚ the play the Crucible by Arthur Miller and the book Night by Elie Wiesel. In the Crucible‚ John Proctor learns to deal with the Salem Witch Trials and in Night‚ Elie has to deal
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