hurt us since pride is so hard for everyone to swallow. In Antigone, it was hard for Creon to swallow too. Creon, in Antigone, is a tragic hero because of this pride, his character, his actions, and the actions of those around him. A tragic hero will experience a fall in the course of the play. Therefore the tragic hero must start of noble stature, because in order to fall, the hero
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the greatest accomplishment” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Recently, I saw a quote online that joined both meanings. It read, “Be yourself, and do what you want; if it’s something you’ll regret in the morning, sleep late!”. I couldn’t agree more with the quote, but all my life, I’d opposed. That night helped me realize that it’s very easy to live a
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the 1600’s #1 The Purpose I have decided to start a diary that will be passed down from generation to generation within my family line. This diary is a compilation of little letters I used to write myself telling me what happened that week or month. Now that I am old and sick I want to have something that I can pass down through generations. I want not only my children, but their children, and their children, and so on to have something to remember me and the life I lived during the 1600’s. Within
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a good speaker, not as clever like Snowball •cruel, brutal, selfish, devious, corrupt •his ambition is for power, killed opponents •used dogs, moses, and Squealor to control animals Joseph Stalin •not a good speaker, not educated like Trotsky •same as Napoleon, didn't follow Marx's ideas •cared for power, killed all that opposed him •used KGB, allowed church, and propagandized Squealer •big mouth, talks a lot •convinces animals to believe
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purpose and reason. I chose to use a picture of children for the background. The children are there to show the loss of innocence that occurred during the holocaust. Children are viewed as innocent beings and the large group of them here are to represent the large amount of innocent lives taken. They eyes are blacked out on all of the children except one. This is because Elie, the main character, was the only one to come out alive from his family after the holocaust. Everyone he loved died and he was
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In a crime story, Perry Smith would definitely be the antagonist, because he is the murderer. However, In Cold Blood is not merely a crime story; it is a warning for us that the whole society is responsible to build either good or bad people. Murderers or criminals are not born as criminals at first; they are all born as innocent babies; they start life as we all do: as a blank sheet of paper, ready to be filled with scripts of life. Here in this story, Perry Smith is not only a villain, he is also
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having intellectual capacity which characterise the depressive phase of a bipolar illness is completely credible. The first time Mr. Jones and Dr. Elizabeth Bowen (Lena Olin) meet he is manic and psychotic. Something about the psychiatrist drives him to seek contact with her outside the hospital. He is an individual with a strongly developed intuitive empathetic capacity. When they
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knowing about a potentially troubling situation allows for more happiness. Can this be the case for most people? Would people be happier if they lacked knowledge about their surroundings and lives? Does gaining knowledge push people away from their loved ones? These questions surface in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. They arise from a society where knowledge is only kept by a select few. This lack of information keeps the people happy, but possibly not to the extent they could be. In the novel
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Gawain by Guenevere Toward the king doth now incline: “I beseech, before all here, That
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he states in his speech that, “ But I have to tell you that Hillary and I also come as parents, as husband and wife, as people who were your neighbors for some of the best times.” In other words, he is saying that he and his wife are combing to the site of the bombings as normal parents that are concerned for their families safety and the well being of the country. When he states this he is making himself seem like a normal parent to make people understand him better and increase his credibility
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