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    Hemingway’s modernist style of storytelling requires an impersonal narrator. The narrator describes the scene‚ and interjects small actions into the dialogue‚ but remains a facilitator for the reader to concentrate on the dialogue and the action of the story. The narrator in this story seems to tell the story as if it were a video clip‚ a nameless railway station somewhere between Barcelona and Madrid‚ ghostly white hills‚ a faceless waitress and an anonymous couple. The use of this narrator makes

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    through the play of Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ Antigone believes in the supremacy of religious law and tradition. Although Creon has proclaimed to the city that the traitor‚ Polynices‚ should not be buried‚ Antigone insists on following the religious law requiring that females bury the deceased of their family. Antigone’s pride ensures that she will die rather than renounce her beliefs or loyalty towards her brother‚ thereby brining further tragedy to herself and others. Antigone is a young uncompromising

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    Jevon Mitchell Ms. Hall World Lit 13 March 2014 Antigone Character Analysis Loyalty and determination are two great characteristics to have as a person‚ but they are not so great when they blind you from exactly what you are doing. This is the tragic flaw of the tragic hero Antigone. Antigone is the protagonist of Antigone a tragic play written by Sophocles‚ one of the great ancient Greek playwrights. In Antigone written by Sophocles‚ Antigone’s uncompromising pride‚ loyalty‚ and determination

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    succinctly encompass the difference between Antigone and her uncle‚ Kreon. Whereas Kreon believes the pursuit to the good life is akin to following the law of man‚ Antigone is fully prepared to die for burying her brother‚ adhering to the law of gods. As Antigone states‚ “ . . I must please those down below a longer time than those up here‚ since I shall lie there always. You [Ismene]‚ though‚ if you think it best‚ dishonor what is honored by the gods.” (74-77) Antigone strongly supports the law of the gods

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    Character Analysis of Antigone Antigone is an award winning play by Sophocles‚ one of the three best Greek dramatists of all time. Antigone is a mythical princess of Thebes. She is the product of the accidental incestuous marriage between King Oedipus and Jocasta‚ whom is Oedipus’ mother as well. Antigone had two brothers and a sister: Polynices‚ Eteocles‚ and her sister‚ Ismene. After Oedipus discovered that he had married his mother‚ he fled‚ leaving Thebes to be ruled by his sons. Polynices

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    Antiquity and the 19th Century (Ulfers) William Rauscher Thursday‚ 9:30AM Justice in Antigone In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ two notions of ‘justice’ are presented‚ which conflict with each other. Creon’s form of justice rewards the loyal Eteocles and punishes the traitor Polyneices‚ by refusing to give Polyneices proper burial rites. This form of justice directly conflicts with Antigone’s idea of justice‚ which doesn’t differentiate between the “wicked” and the “just.” These two

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    The poem says that‚ people will never be able to forget their past or the places they were born and brought up in. The poet even tries to tell us that atmosphere is an essential issue because atmosphere can affect the living because throughout the year nature tries to progress through its cycle of seasons‚ atmospherically city life changes greatly. Brewster uses alliteration ’p’ to show "people are made of places" and it is effective because people become what they see and they learn from their

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    Organization Chart No. 03/2012 Internal Audit Frank Di Stefano Communications Anthony Concil Legal Services Gary Doernhoefer Director General and Chief Executive Officer Antony Tyler Chief Economist Brian Pearce Human Capital Guido Gianasso Aviation Environment Paul Steele Human Capital Management – Silvia Lorente Leadership & Learning – John Boggs ITDI – Guido Gianasso Member and Government Relations & Corporate Secretary Thomas Windmuller Corporate Secretary – Thomas Windmuller

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    How was the theme religion potrayed in Parson’s Pleasure? * Religion was potrayed as ill-use in this short story. ~ Religion was misused in this story as Mr. Boggis use it to conceal his true intentions in buying the antique furnitures. “Apart from the fact that he was at this moment disguised in the uniform of a clergyman there was nothing very sinister about Mr Cyril Boggis. By trade he was a dealer in antique furniture‚ with his own shop and showroom in the King’s Road‚ Chelsea

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    Mi Ultimo Adios Isinalin ni Nick Joaquin Land that I love: farewell: O land the sun loves: Pearl in the sea of the Orient: Eden lost to your brood! Gaily go I to present you this hapless hopeless life: Were it more brilliant: had it more freshness‚ more bloom: Still for you would I give it: would give it for your good! Enchantment of my life: my ardent avid obsession: To your health! cries the soul‚ so soon to take the last leap: To your health! O lovely: how lovely: to fall that you

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