...trapped in limbo, unable to travel into the underworld. She knows that her brother was a traitor, and still risks her life to save his soul. She faces the question of whether to be loyal to family or to government. Although most people would choose the latter out of fear for their lives, Antigone cares too much for her brother and cannot live knowing that he is trapped in the mortal world without a body to inhabit. She believes that dying and joining her brother is a fate far better than living and knowing that he is trapped. This selfless affection is something anyone could have for someone they love. A theme in Antigone is "love conquers all" because no matter what rules Creon puts in place; love and devotion will always overpower them. Throughout the story, Antigone and Creon represent a lot of opposing ideas. However, the most important one is Antigone’s family devotion vs. Creon’s civic duty. In his play, Sophocles writes, ANTIGONE You smile at me. Ah Creon, Think me a fool, if you like; but it may well be That a fool convicts me of folly. (272-274) Antigone calls Creon a fool for angering the gods, and thinking that he is above even them. Because of her crimes, he punishes her by starving her in a cave, and by the time he realizes how rashly he acted, she already committed suicide. Her death leads to the suicides of Creon’s wife and son. Sophocles wrote this, showing that it is absolutely necessary to maintain order and keep a calm manner, despite...
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...rhetorical device of dramatic irony is used to begin our decent into the long tale of that night in the forest. Puck proves to be quite accurate characterizing the four main characters when he states, "O what fools these mortals be” (III, ii, 119). The four main characters believe this is reality, but is it? Helena and Demetrius, Hermia and Lysander, and Theseus and Hippolyta are the main lovers throughout the story. Each with different roots of love. Shakespeare wants to open our eyes to the ways we become fools for love. These characters are a true definition of lovesick. They appear to be in love with love, more than in love with each other. Demetrius is a fool because he is unaware that his love changes throughout the play. At the start of the play Demetrius does not love Helena. Demetrius says, "I love thee not, therefore pursue me not." (II, ii, 188) "Hence, get thee gone, and follow me no more."(II, ii, 194) In III ii, Demetrius after being juiced begins to love Helena. Demetrius says, "Lysander, keep thy Hermia; I will none. If ever I loved her, all that love is gone. My heart to her but as guest- wise sojourned, And now to Helen is it home returned, There to remain." (III, ii, 169-173) This proves he is a fool, because he is not aware of his changing love for Helena. Helena is a fool because Demetrius does not love her but she still persists in chasing him. Demetrius says, "I'll run from thee, and hide me in the brakes, And leave thee to the mercy of wild beasts." (II i, 199-201)...
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...of the poem is the fact that it was one of the first tales told that gave us personal insight into the gods and goddesses and what their personalities were like. All throughout the story, we have close encounters with these devious players who seem to passionately take part in the affairs of mortal men and women. Analyzing the use of the gods actions in this poem gives us keen insight into the mentality of the Greeks at that time and how they viewed their religion and their way of life. Through examination of the poem one can attempt to answer whether or not the gods made the really important decisions in the story. Particularly we will focus our attention on Zeus, the king of the gods, and his son Apollo. We will attempt to determine how much of their influence played an integral part in the story. Divine intervention was a major variable in the equation of Homer s Iliad. The gods picked whom they would favor for different reasons. Except Zeus: As the symbol of supreme authority and justice, he makes judgement calls as to the other gods involvement in the war, remains impartial, and doesn t seem to get caught up in picking favorites. Even when his own son, Sarpedon, was about to die, Zeus chose to let the outcome go unaltered. We find him granting supplications but we really do not see him coming down into the playing field to interfere with the mortals actions. There were also gods who favored the Trojan side of the conflict. Both Apollo and Artemis, twin brother and sister...
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...The Hero’s Journey Imagine what it would be like to be a hero on a grand quest, what if I told you many of the stages of a hero’s journey are a part of every teenagers life. This is a very important view, as it focuses on the understanding of the life and journey of a teenager. This point of view will allow for three different stories to all be explained by the same general idea. There is the story of growing maturity of Holden in Catcher in the Rye, king Odysseus’ heroic journey home, and the tale of the mighty Gorgon slayer, Perseus. 1. Herald comes and greets a fool who will soon become a hero In the Odyssey Athena, the goddess of wisdom, is Odysseus’ mentor and guide. Athena disguises herself as many different people trying to make things go right for Odysseus on his way home. Since Odysseus is Athena’s favorite mortal, she even gets him out of many troubles that the Gods put him through. Athena did everything she could to see Odysseus succeed because she knew he was capable of amazing feats. Both mentors knew that their students could do amazing things, but it is the student that must do the work. In Catcher in the Rye, Mr. Spencer in the beginning is like Athena, even though Mr. Spencer was not the one to go to...
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...Emmett Oh Lyke 4:00 ESSAY 1 FATE IN THE ILIAD Fate is unavoidable, regardless of the effort one puts into changing or avoiding it. Fate in Homer’s ILIAD is depicted as a one way freeway with no exit ramps. No matter what the characters do, once they set foot on their path there is no going back. Dr. Harvey has brought forward the idea in lecture that any speech, simile, or any other small part in the epic can be a microcosm to a greater theme in the text. One of the greater themes that continued to appear throughout the text was fate’s inevitability superseded all other forces in the ILIAD. Fate is the most powerful force in the ILIAD because it shapes the events and decisions that occur throughout the epic. Fate shapes events and decisions by overpowering the will of gods and great warriors, as well as overwhelming characters to the point where they concede to their own fate. Fate`s power is also preserved by the very characters it acts upon. Throughout the Epic, the gods seem to be unable to change fate. For example, the gods are unable to save Hector and Achilles, despite loving them both, as fate has to run it`s course. The Homeric simile described below is a microcosm to these examples. In Book 11 of Homer’s epic, the Acheans are able to drive Trojan forces into a retreat caused by a strong charge put on by Agamemnon. During the Trojan retreat, Agamemnon knocks Isus and Antiphus off their fleeting chariot, killing them, and stripping them of their armor...
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...Shakespeare was a man that known for expressing the cruel side of the human nature and implementing the thought that fairies are noble. Therefore, the mechanicals were presumed to be idiotic, uneducated fools throughout the play. Puck notices the mechanical’s inexperienced acting skills and hears them horrendously recite some of the most famous lines. Puck is astounded by how inept the mechanicals are at fixing their problems. For instance, when Snug, playing the lion, states that he’s Snug the joiner so ladies watching the play would not be afraid of him. In reality, everyone knew that it was a person playing a lion. This motivated him to transform Bottom’s head into an asshead to show who he really was. Puck recites the famous line, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!”(Act 3, Scene 2, line 115) Puck asserts that the four lovers and the mechanicals are fools after entering the forest. Shakespeare's main idea was ridiculing love. The mechanicals portrayed this using the play within the play, imitating the four lovers, as well as the hierarchy. It is a common belief that there was a satirical edge of Shakespeare’s mechanicals mocking love. Francis Flute was believed to be named after Queen Elizabeth's suitor Francois Alencon. Flute plays Thisbe who ends up dying for love...
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... Outline • • • • Course overview What is AI? A brief history State of the Art Course overview • • • • • • • • • • • • • Intro to AI (chapter 1) Intelligent agents (chapter 2) Goal based agents and uninformed search(chapter 3.1-3.4) Informed Search : A* (chapter 3.5-3.6) Beyond classical search (chapter 4) Adversarial search alpha-beta pruning (chapter 5) Constraint satisfaction problem (chapter 6) Midterm 1 (chapter 1, 2, 3,4,5,6) Logical agents and propositional logic (chapter 7) First-order logic (chapter 8) Inference in first order logic (chapter 9) Midterm 2 (chapter 7, 8, 9) Quantifying uncertainty (chapter 13) Probabilistic reasoning using Bayes net (chapter 14) Probabilistic reasoning over time (chapter 15) Where is AI in Computer Science? Computer science : problem solving using computers • Computer Architecture and Operating System study how to build good computers. • Computation and Complexity Theory study what can be computed, what cannot be computed, i.e., the limits of different computing devices. • Programming Languages study how to use computers conveniently and efficiently. • Algorithms and Data Structures study how to solve popular computation problems efficiently. • Artificial Intelligence is relevant to any intellectual tasks, e.g., playing chess, proving mathematical theorems, writing poetry, driving a car on a crowded street, diagnosing diseases What is AI? A scientific and engineering discipline...
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...Adlerisms 1. “I can think, I can wait, I can fast…” –Siddhartha 2. “Fate will unwind as it must…” -Beowulf 3. “A mistake is repeated until it is learned…” -Confucius 4. “My worst enemy, my best friend – myself…” -Henry Reyna – Zoot Suit 5. “Tender yourself more dearly!” -Polonius, Hamlet 6. “If you fail to prepare – prepare to fail…” -Steve Prefontaine, Olympic Gold Medalist 7. “Our intentions are far more different than our actions…” -Coach Adler LQHS 8. “Defeat distraction, or distractions will defeat you…” -Coach Adler LQHS 9. “Those who settle for less end with less…” -Coach Adler LQHS 10. “A good fall makes one wiser…” -Aesop 11. “If I were you I would turn back now and save some time and grief. Believe me; you’re heading in the wrong direction…” -Coach Adler LQHS, The Two Ants 12. “In the middle of the journey of our life – I came to find myself in a dark woods where the straightway was lost…” -Dante Alighieri 13. “Acta non verba” (Actions not words) -Latin Idiom 14. “Carpe diem” (Seize the day) -Latin Idiom 15. “A good student only needs to be told once!” -Coach Adler LQHS 16. “Every day wasted is another day you’ll never get back!” -Boyd Grant, Fresno State Basketball 17. “A future filled with regret is not a bright one…” -Koby Serreitelli 18. “If you remain organized you stay in control” -Elise Alverzez 2013 19. “Impossible is just a big word that gets thrown around by small...
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...His blasphemous curiosity will cost him an amount not payable with mortal convention. Only… what cruel deed could undo such a man? I still seethe about his dreadful behavior, going about and demanding answers from my little witches like they were his own. Fool! I know now what I will do unto him; it will be the undoing of those around hime which will lead to his destruction. I had started this before when I made him see the specter of his murdered friend. Methought it would drive him mad with guilt! I suppose it chipped away at his façade as everyone saw the outbursts. Ah, what a sight to see! They thought he was absolutely mad, the lot of them! Even worried about the fate of their country! Ah… as if such an important task would be left to mere mortals to fulfill. But, again, I have decided my next target will be his wife, a woman who has been a soulless husk of a person for my own devices. Macbeth would allow himself to be directed in every way by his woman and so therefore I chose to use her to follow on things I could not do in person. It should be a change so sudden that he is faced with a new wife, completely unknown to him despite years of marriage...
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...Shakespeare uses the scene (as well as the various other scenes with the “actors”), in a similar way that he uses the introduction set-up/play in Taming of the Shrew, the play acts as a comparison to the actual play itself, providing a bit more of a straightforward theme. Of course, in A Midsummer Night's Dream the play is built into the play itself, which Shakespeare has done many times. This time however, the difference with the play and the actors is that they are completely incapable of putting on a good show. They blend in their own reality of what a show should contain, simplifying it down for the audience in an assumption that the audience; essentially the women in the audience; would need it that way. The players assume the viewers are not clever enough; and too fearful; to understand a man dressed as a lion is not a lion. The men themselves worry that the lion will cause mass...
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...At the end of the play, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are described as ‘the dead butcher and his fiend like queen’, and this is all they are. Do you agree? The play “Macbeth” is based on the exploration of the two main protagonists, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, as they deceive and manipulate others to fulfill the witches’ prophecies. As a result of their heinous acts to achieve their desire for power and position, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are labeled by the people of Scotland, at the end of the play, as ‘the dead butcher and his fiend like queen’. The description of the Macbeths as the ‘butcher’ and ‘fiend’ coincide with their attitude, actions and character throughout the play. The prophecies the witches’ made highlights that Macbeth is responsible for his own demise as well as reveal his true corrupted character. Secondly, Lady Macbeth’s ‘fiend like’ profile is evident when she pressured Macbeth to commit murder instead of preventing him from doing so. Lastly, the Macbeths’ denial of fault, even though their actions manifests in their guilty conscience, shows that they are nothing more than ‘the dead butcher and [the] fiend like queen’. The prophecies the three witches’ made highlights that Macbeth is responsible for his own demise as well as it reveals his true corrupt character. The transformation of the Macbeths’ initial portrayal as valiant, strong, good natured and loyal characters into villainous and evil characters is a revelation of their true identities, it also...
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...Antithesis in A Midsummer Night’s Dream In Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's, there are a lot of themes that are evident. Some of these themes included order, disorder, reality, dream, harmony, enmity, amity, harmony, and dissonance are just to name a few. Normally, none of these themes would even be present at the same time because of their contrasting nature and the fact that they are complete opposites. However, the fact that not only are these themes present at the same time, but they even interact with one another inside of the play to create events within the play is the epitome of antithesis. Shakespeare even includes character antitheses that intertwine with the themes. Furthermore, in A Midsummer Night's Dream the main overshadowing theme is the concept of antithesis because the fact that all of the themes present in the play have opposites that can be clearly be seen and the fact that Shakespeare places next to each other in contrasting beauty show antithesis. In this play, none of these themes would exist without their opposites. Initially, one of the examples of antithesis, and probably the most prevalent, in A Midsummer Night's Dream is the theme of disorder and its companion order. Disorder is a dominant theme in this play because it is seen on nearly every page and in many aspects of the play. In most cases, the disorder is cause by the fairies. These fairies are part of the dream world that actually controls the real world. One of the main fairies that...
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...[Verse 1] It's the, rap diablo, macho when I drop flows Bar gets raised up, it's me and Petey Pablo Colder than gazpacho, colder than the mono Rapping head honcho, rocking shows like I was Bono I go play a couple keys on the piano The industry a lie, all the promises were hollow Follow me I could show you where we be's at How'd I get my g pass, none of your fucking beeswax These raps bring a joint together like a kneecap Fuck the little 8 balls, show me where the ki's at The time continuum, Mortal Kombat finish them Tryna find a balance reaching from my equilibrium Fools I pity them, I'm not a human I'm amphibian Fake superhero like the Mystery Men I ain't saving nothin' I'm gettin' faded 'till the angels come and skipping all the famous functions How do the famous function? The A list can't be trusted I strong arm them like I play the trumpet The bottom barrel of society I tell my bitch if she don't love me then just lie to me I'm finer than the winery Take it from the rich this is piracy (piracy) Finally, I don't even need my fucking eyes to see Come and die with me [Hook] Cause everybody got dead homies Said everybody got dead homies Said everybody got dead homies Said everybody got dead homies [Verse 2] Uh, okay My mind is Yoda I'm on Ayatollah These other rapper just a diet soda I find Jehova in the darkest places Empty as apartment basements This a marathon gentlemen go ahead and start the races Save the coffin spaces Don't come...
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...In A Midsummer's Night Dream, Shakespeare’s use of characterisation and symbolism helps develop the audience's understanding of the theme that love makes people act foolishly. Shakespeare exaggerates the selfish actions, beliefs, behaviours and thoughts of the characters when they are under the influence of love, and to further underline this theme, he also utilises the aesthetic device of symbolism to demonstrate how people in this state act recklessly and with blind indifference. All the characters are perceived as deeply preoccupied with their own feelings and intentions and all are very self-centred. Firstly, there is a love quadrant between Hermia, Helena, Demetrius and Lysander. They are all self-absorbed and all have different intentions...
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...is the story of a murder and a usurper. Macbeth is a noble man. Unfortunately, he chooses betrayal and crime, knows them for what they are, and is completely aware he is doing evil. Evil is consistently distributed throughout the play, and plays a large role in each character. However, there are more themes portrayed all through Macbeth. Three of the main themes found in Macbeth are, appearance versus reality, gender expectations, and guilt. To begin, a theme found in Macbeth is appearance versus reality. Appearance versus reality is portrayed when Macbeth sees a virtual dagger floating in front of him just before he is due to murder King Duncan. Macbeth is hallucinating and cannot believe what he sees as he says, “Is this a dagger which I see before me, /the handle toward my hand?” (II.i.33-34). The dagger, covered in blood and pointing towards the king’s chamber, represents the bloody deed on which Macbeth is about to embark on. Although Macbeth is not physically capable of grasping the dagger, it leads him to think that he must kill the king. Another time appearance versus reality is demonstrated, is when Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to give their guests a warm welcome to their feast, hiding their rugged looks of murder and evil. Lady Macbeth informs Macbeth to act without a worry by saying, “And make our faces vizards to our hearts, /Disguising what they are” (III.ii.34-35). In reality, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth use their appearances as convenient masks to suit the incidence...
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