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    Abdulrahman Alrashidi ENGLSH 90 April 8‚ 2014 Compare And Contrast Between Two Friends In this world we need to know and to make a difference between a good friend and a bad friend. In this world we see the friends are useful‚ helpful‚ and happiness. Per person point of view; for example‚ people are like to make friends‚ and some their do not like to make a friend who are solitary of the people. First‚ friends are teaching us in this world‚ and we need who trusts their in our life.

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    Oedipus Paper The Theban plays taught ancient Greeks that there were four things that should be learned and lived by in order to be a good person and a good leader. The chorus outlined these things in the last lines of "Antigone" (pg 162). According to the chorus‚ Of happiness the crown And chiefest part Is wisdom‚ and to hold The gods in awe. This is the law That‚ seeing the stricken heart Of pride brought down‚ We learn when we are old. These lines simply put‚ state that wisdom is good

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    exactly pleases the Gods. In the play Antigone‚ there is a dispute between Creon‚ the king‚ and Antigone on whether the burial of Antigone’s brother will please or offend the Gods. This play demonstrates how influential Greek gods were to the people of Rome‚ Antigone’s reasoning for defying is her father is that she does not believe his decisions to refuse her brother a proper burial is what the gods want. Antigone disobeys the king by burying her brother who Creon views as a traitor to Thebes. She

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    Aristotle defines a tragic hero as “having high estate‚ nobility of soul‚ ability to have free will‚ having tragic flaw‚ also somebody we are able to empathize with‚ a person who suffers from reversal of fortune‚ achieving enlightenment‚ accepting responsibility for his/her fall and being able to die bravely.” I am going to use Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero to support evidence to the character Antigone‚ in the play Antigone. To me‚ the tragic hero in the play is Antigone. Antigone‚ who is the

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    Kogarah are two nice suburbs of Sydney‚ Australia. Kogarah is residential suburb and has distance from city approximately 14 kilometres south of the CBD while Maroubra’s type of suburb is beach and situated in 10 kilometres south-east of the CBD. While both suburbs are different in many ways‚ they have several similarities. This report will compare and contrast information on aspects and features of people‚ housing and services. Firstly‚ there are many similarities in the people of the two suburbs.

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    IAN MITTON Compare and contrast two similarly themed (i.e. two Madonnas‚ two Crucifixion scenes etc.) Renaissance altarpieces (Italian and / or Northern). Focusing on the central panel‚ discuss the selected works in terms of subject matter‚ technique‚ composition‚ treatment of the figure and patronage. Use specific visual references to support your answer. The Christian altar contains the surface upon which the Eucharist is offered and presented to the congregation or gathering of worshipers.

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    Antigone Analysis Antigone is a tragic play with many characters differing in morals and behavioral patterns. All of the main characters have different sets of moral principles they adhere to allowing differing interpretations of their behaviors by the reader. From the very beginning of the story‚ the conflict is laid out to the reader between Antigone and Creon. From the outset of the play‚ Antigone knows what she must do‚ shown by this quote made by her early on in the play. “I intend to give

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    Jessie Romelus English I Mrs. Joseph March 14‚2011 Antigone: the Most Tragic Hero Sophocles Playwright‚ The Three Plebian Plays: Antigone‚ Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus at Colonus written by Sophocles‚ is one of the many plays that shows the audience heroic figures and the outcome of being exposed to fate. Creon and Anitgone both show nobility throughout the play showing that they are both admirable and human. Antigone copes with the situation she has fallen in. She rebels the governments decree

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    Impetuous characters in the play Romeo and Juliet Impetuosity is a tragic flaw present in the characters of Romeo‚ Juliet‚ Lord Capulet and Friar Laurence; this flaw ultimately leads to the deaths Romeo and Juliet. The definition of impetuosity according to Webster Dictionary acting or doing quickly and without thought: controlled by emotion rather than thought. Impetuous people do not think about how their actions may get them in trouble or danger or even harm someone else. In Romeo and Juliet

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    Antigone vs. Creon The question you ask is between Antigone and Creon‚ who has the most credibility? I believe that Antigone clearly has full credibility for what she has done. She followed her heart to not only prove that she was going to do what was right but to do what would make herself and hopefully Polyneices happy. Antigone felt it was right to bury her brother because of her families beliefs. In Episode I‚ Antigone herself said‚ “If thus thou speakest‚ thou wilt have hatred from me and

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