throughout the play of Antigone. The play taught us new concepts, such as the concept of the tragic hero. The tragic hero is someone who has many positive attributes, but also has one grave flaw, which causes their life to end in a sad, yet heroic tragedy. Antigone fits the role of the tragic hero because Creon lacks the qualities of a heroic. Antigone is a tragic hero due to her courageous acts and flaws. In the play of Antigone, Antigone was very courageous. Antigone was the daughter
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The murder of the Clutter family in 1959 is one of the most iconic and gruesome homicides in American history. Their story made popular by Truman Capote’s non-fiction masterpiece “In Cold Blood” has become a staple of high school literature. But the story goes far beyond the horrific deaths of the Clutters’ and takes the audience on a wild ride through the American psyche. Along the way we meet most notably the Clutters’ killers, Perry and Dick. While their actions precede them, Capote proves to
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In Antigone, the protagonist Creon is a tragic hero who struggles with internal dilemmas. The fatal decisions that set him down a tragic path are rooted in his inner conflict. Creon must discern between the importance of civil law and divine law, and this tension created illuminates the central idea that defying the Gods ends in detriment. The conflicting force of civil law is most appealing to Creon. This starts to build his tension towards the God’s principles. Creon has the most power and control
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“The Monkeys Paw” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” are suspense filled stories, where the characters involved make choices and must live with the consequences. “The Monkeys Paw” is the story of a man being granted three wishes that bring him something he desires, but each comes with a horrible consequence. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is about a man who takes care of an elderly man as he, the caretaker, slowly goes insane. The authors carefully crafted cause-and-effect relationships in "The Tell-Tale Heart" and
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character dies it is now up to the other characters to fill in. Not all characters respond the same to main characters dying, sometimes instead of the generic sadness, there might be a response of happiness or anger. Every character in a story reacts to tragedy in their own unique ways. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby everyone loved the main character Jay Gatsby. Hundreds of people would come to his mansion and party for days, celebrating absolutely nothing but everyone knew his name
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What interests me most in the epilogue of Crime and Punishment is the continuation of Raskolnikov’s pride even in prison because it shows how deeply pride is rooted in him. The fact that Raskolnikov sets himself so far apart from others in prison shows the separation he feels from others and perhaps why he allowed himself to kill Alyona. Raskolnikov’s pride can be traced all the way back to the beginning of the novel. When Pulcheria Alexandrovna is shocked at the health and mental state of her
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In the play Antigone written by Sophocles, Creon is the tragic hero. Creon was a king. His tragic flaw was that he has too much pride and this causes a downfall for him. Creon will not listen to anyone. He is very stubborn and he doesn’t notice that he might be doing the wrong thing. Creon said, “Let him do, or dream to do, more than a man can. He shall not save these girls from death” (i.628-629). Creon said this because he is making sure no one will help the girls because they did a bad thing in
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In the play Antigone, Creon is one of the main characters that becomes king in the story. Throughout the play, he expresses in several different manners his views on traitors, and how dominance is important in having people follow his rule. He shows these by using rhetorical devices, which play a key role in persuading the audience to his favor. One of the main rhetorical devices that is used by Creon is rhetorical questions. One instance is when he says, “ The gods favor this corpse? Why? How had
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There is no better representation of love than that of the book American Sniper written by Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. In his autobiography, Kyle loves two things above all: his family and his country, America. What I found interesting was that Kyle seemed to love America more than his family. Kyle says in his book, “I’ve lived the literal meaning of the ‘land of the free’ and ‘home of the brave.’ It’s not corny for me. I feel it in my heart. I feel it in my chest. Even at a ball game, when someone talks
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Amidst the tragedy in situations of suffering, can beauty and hope still be found? The novel Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat tells about the many stories of Haitians and the variety of suffering and hope that is in every situation. Danticat illustrates the idea that victims of tragic situations find illusions to be the beauty in their suffering to distract themselves from harsh reality. The story of “Night Women” shows how suffering parents try to protect their children’s innocence from pain with
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