Inner Turmoil: When You Have to Choose In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the tragic hero‚ Antigone‚ must choose between the laws set by man‚ and her religious beliefs and family loyalty. When her brother‚ Polynieces‚ is killed in battle‚ King Creon sets forth a law prohibiting the burial of Polynieces. Antigone is very loyal to her family; we see this when he buries Polynieces’ body‚ even when Creon forbade it. On many occasions‚ people are faced with tests where both answers are right‚ but those people
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This photo was taken while I was on a dog sledding trip in the forests of North Bay. The dog in the photo Moose‚ paid no attention to me. This was very challenging‚ because my original idea for the photo was a close up of him so I could remember his cute face. As soon as I took the photo‚ I immediately thought of Alice and Rose’s troubled relationship. Rose is usually the one trying to reach out and connect with her mother‚ but unfortunately her mother doesn’t reciprocate. The in-between space from
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In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence does both of these things. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for these star crossed lovers deaths for many reasons. Some reasons are he tends to do things for the wrong reasons‚ he doesn’t think things through‚ and is quite forgetful. Friar knows that Romeo and Juliet are moving too fast because he states‚ “an old tear that is not washed off yet‚” (767). This is in reference to Romeo loving Rosaline just the night before. Friar Lawrence knows that Romeo
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blamed on fate. We have all had the experience of a perfect storm of multiple causes ruining a day’s plan‚ while entirely out of your control. It is frustrating and impossible to overcome. Worse yet‚ is when we are blamed for the failure. We cannot blame the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet on the two children. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were entirely out of their control‚ left up only to the will of Fate. The unintentional actions of the characters caused consequences far greater than the actions. Friar
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As most of you know this month is devoted to raising awareness and educating individuals about breast cancer and honoring thousands of women across our nation who have been Sadly‚ we all know someone--a mother‚ a sister‚ a friend‚ a neighbor--who has faced breast cancer. I know that I do. In fact‚ the circle grows larger every day with friends‚ families and loved ones who are stricken by breast cancer. diagnosed‚ fighting or have survived breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among
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The Most Significant Scene: Act V‚ Scene iii Shakespeare’s classic‚ Julius Caesar is remarkable in portraying the true tragedy that had occurred in Roman history. An unforgettable scene from this play would be Act V‚ Scene iii as there were mixed emotions for the reader. To start off‚ Pindarus told Cassius that Antony is at Cassius’ tent and that’s when the tent caught on fire. To see if the people in the tent were friends or enemies‚ Cassius sent Titinius to go see what happened. Pindarus then
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Which pressure groups are the most powerful? Some pressure groups are clearly more powerful than others. Some succeed while others fail. But what does ‘success’ mean? How can we weigh up pressure-group power or influence? These are difficult questions because ‘success’ may be measured in different ways. Success may mean: * Affecting government policy – policy-making power. * Pushing an issue up the political agenda – agenda-setting power. * Changing people’s values‚ perceptions and
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When things are not going according to plan there are often blames and guilty consciences for the problems going on. Take family for instance‚ if a family has uneducated and bad-mannered kids‚ there are the parents to blame. And if the parents lose their minds because of the bad children that they spawned to earth‚ the kids are to blame. But who takes the most responsible for the suffering in the family? In the book Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’neill‚ a disastrous family is portrayed
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The Causes and Consequences of Financial Crisis in 2007 – 2008: From the Historical Perspective I. INTRODUCTION In September 2008‚ the financial crisis abruptly transmitted to emerging markets. It began with the credit boom‚ steeply rising home prices and finally led to the global imbalances in foreign trade. In a short time‚ the problems in subprime market became increasingly visible and include the failure of several subprime originators. The reason why it created a shortage of U.S. dollars in
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(10%) Briefly describe an organisational mess you are/have been associated with. (If this is the same mess as TMA05‚ briefly summarise the key points which have led you to selecting the metaphors you use in Part 2. Also please attach your TMA05 PART1 Mess Description as an APPENDIX). (max: 400 words for PART 1) My chosen mess is: It fits the following mess criteria‚ because: a) b) c) etc) Following on from TMA05‚ the organisational mess I described was the 5yr Transformation Programme
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