you realize you are in a tragic conflict‚ and if you can change the way you are acting to avoid it. Nussbaum brings up an example of the story of Antigone. In this tale‚ The king Creon tells the entire city that anyone who offers burial to the traitor Polynices will also be considered a traitor to the city‚ and be put to death. Immediately Antigone knows that she cannot agree with Creon’s ruling because Polynices is her brother‚ and not seeking burial for her kin would be a violation of her fundamental
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Teylor Parks Ms. Philip World Literature and Composition-Period 2 19 December 2013 Culminating Performance Task: Part B Since its emergence‚ literature has been defined by elaborate plotlines‚ skillful settings‚ and a notable theme. However‚ the most important aspect of a great story is the lead character. Protagonist Antigone and Brutus both exhibit unique characteristics that influence their motivations. In Sophocles’ greek tragedy Antigone‚ the title character is forced to make a decision
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MINING FOR MEANING: A STUDY OF MINIMALISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE by JEREMY ROBERT BAILEY‚ B.A.‚ M.A. A DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved Wendell Aycock Chair of the Committee Sara Spurgeon Scott Baugh Ralph Ferguson Dean of the Graduate School December 2010 Copyright 2010 Jeremy Robert Bailey Texas Tech University‚ Jeremy Robert Bailey‚ December 2010
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Eurydice has the role of a very minor character in Sophocles’ play‚ Antigone‚ yet she represents major life lessons and themes that Sophocles implies throughout the play. The Queen is seen and heard through the lines of other characters. Her silence can speak louder than words. She only has seven lines‚ yet she does not have to say much in order for us to understand her important role as a queen‚ mother‚ and wife. We can interpret her values and traits through what other characters say and imply
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Greek play and a fairly modern American novella together‚ but I believe students may learn from contrasting these two works. Antigone by Sophocles and The Pearl by John Steinbeck offer two very different portrayals of women. Antigone and Juana are both female main characters. However‚ these two women deal with their respective cultural gender roles very differently. Antigone is strong and brave in the face of danger. When her brother is dishonored in death‚ she knows she must give him a proper burial
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Antigone vs. Romeo and Juliet There are both similarities and differences in the tragedies of Romeo and Juliet and Antigone. They share some common tragic illumination along with some uncommon tragic illumination‚ as well. Each of these ended in some sorts of fatalities‚ but with different cases of dispute. Tragic illumination is a piece of literature describing conflict between a protagonist and a superior force that has a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion. In the tragedy of Antigone‚ Antigone
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L’ecriture Feminine”. Feminist Studies 7. No.2. Summer‚ 1981. Rhys‚ Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea. London: Penguin‚ 1968. Stepto‚ Robert‚ B. “‘Intimate Things in Place’: A Conversation with Toni Morrison.” Chant of Saints: A Gathering of Afro-American Literature‚ Art and Scholorship. Ed. Michael S. Harper and Stepto. Urbana: U of Illinois‚ 1979. Sullivan‚ R. Ellie. “Jacques Lacan‚ Feminism and the Problem of Gender Identity”. Journals Division Substance. Vol.11. No.3. University of Wisconsin Press‚ 1982
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Emmanuel Roberts English 112 Spring 2010 Research Paper Antigone Introduction Greek playwright Sophocles wrote the last play in the Theban Trilogy‚ Antigone‚ around 442n B.C. The Theban Trilogy consists of Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the king); Oedipus at Colonus‚ and Antigone‚ but the play considered the last of the three was‚ ironically‚ written first. Only seven of Sophocles’ one hundred twenty three tragedies have survived to the modern era with the trilogy surviving the ages intact
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Art & Literature Have no Place In The Modern World Creating and expressing ones’ self through various media‚ such as art and literature‚ has been a desire of mankind since the beginning of time. Art form and literature has been used to express mankind’s deepest observations‚ most profound thinking and firmest beliefs; it encompasses many genres such as paintings‚drama‚ poetry and novels. While both the physical arts and literature are a form of self-expression‚ each also represents a profession
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Kazuki Aoyama Elements of Literature 2 C-8 Final Draft New Radio Tower The new radio tower was built in Tokyo last year. It is called Tokyo Skytree‚ and it had to be built for the purpose of adaptation to a new type of television‚ digital terrestrial broadcasting. However‚ there are several reasons because of radio interference‚ the Japanese companies were change their type of television‚ and influence on public opinion‚ why the Tokyo Skytree was built. First of all‚ the Tokyo Skytree had
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