Antigone’s Paper Antigone is a story about a young girl, that fights against her only family and against a tyrant to defend the honor of her dead brother. In this story Sophocles tells us that a good leader should be humble, he should care for others, and should also reflect his good leadership qualities with actions. Being a leader is not just about having the title of ruling people but more than that, it’s about putting yourself before others. In the text, Sophocles shows that confidence
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Antigone is an extreme view of the trouble with in-laws. Sophocles brought to life the struggles of two troubled families during a time when the many greek gods were considered the ultimate power source, and retribution was the most compelling driver for decisions. This fear of the gods, combined with a desire to protect one’s community from harm, caused many leaders to make ill-advised and dogmatic decisions, despite the advice of others. Antigone placed family honor above all traits. And what
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In the passage from The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien qualifies the traditional ideas of masculinity. Initially, he supports traditional masculinity when he talks about how the people in his hometown will talk about "how the damned sissy had taken off for Canada.” (O’Brien 176). O’Brien is afraid of appearing weak and thus thinks he should not run off to Canada. He fears the town thinking of him as being any less of a man because he wouldn’t fight a war he didn’t believe in. O’Brien challenges
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In Charles I: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mark Kishlansky reexamines the historical description of the character of Charles I . Traditionally, Charles was seen as arrogant, lazy, and insensitive. Many historians have attributed the failures of Charles as a consequence of the growth of parliamentary democracy and religious liberty. Almost all historians have stated that Charles’s shortcomings as a person were the reason why he was not a favorable ruler. The common norm amongst historians is that
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Accepting responsibility for another’s actions can be an arduous task, as it can continue to burden someone for a prolonged period of time. McMurphy maintained his position as a guardian of the others, for an extensive amount of time, and it reached a point where he had almost complete control over the others, a near omnipotent figure. By orchestrating a sexual encounter between Billy Bibbit and a prostitute, McMurphy places himself in a position where he could direct attention off of himself. He
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dead brother what would you do?In the play Antigone, Antigone is a woman who did anything to honor her deceased brother. Even though she knew the severe consequence she would face for refusing Creon's proclamation toward the burial of her brother.The theme of this is that both characters have different views with their situation causing controversy between the two.In the play Antigone,Creon is shown to be a tragic hero through his interactions with Antigone. This develops the theme of the play .By
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morals “better” than the other characters. In the play, Antigone, written by Sophocles, Antigone embodies the tragic hero because she achieves recognition of the will of the gods, she displays better character traits and morals than the other characters, and she has a desire to do good for her family. Throughout the play, Antigone achieves recognition of the will of the gods regarding the death and burial of her brother, Polyneices. Antigone strongly believes that the fulfillment of the will of
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comparison to Penelope, Antigone from Sophocles’ Antigone is tested in family loyalty when a law forbids her to bury her brother. Jocasta from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, similarly to Penelope, is tested when her husband’s innocence in a murder case is called into question. While Antigone displays more action in her demonstration of family loyalty, Penelope exhibits the ideal way of showing loyalty to one’s family as her willpower and careful strategies are more successful than that of Antigone and Jocasta. Women
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literature Irony. Conveys the opposite of what is meant or what would be expected. Examples: Saying “You’re so graceful!” to someone who has just tripped is verbal irony. A lifeguard drowning in a bathtub is irony of situation. A special kind of literary irony is when the reader (or viewer) knows something the character doesn’t. This is common in horror movies. An example of this is when the heroine runs to Jason for help, when we know he’s the slasher. Sarcasm is verbal irony with attitude
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marriage for his own selfish reasons. As well as being selfish, Birling is rather overconfident in his opinions. His mistaken view of the “unsinkable Titanic” is an example of dramatic irony. This is ironic as the Titanic actually sank but only the audience is aware of this. Another example of the use of dramatic irony is when Birling says “The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war….. I say there isn’t a chance of war” This is also ironic as two years after this play was set, WWI began, followed
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