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Antigone 7

... or go against her punishment. People might say that she should be admired because she stood up for herself and did what she thought was right. I believe Antigone should be admired and worthy to be honored because she did not deny her actions of burying her brother when she knew that the law said not to. We ran and took her at once. She was not afraid, Not even when we charged her with what she had done. She denied nothing. Creon. And you, Antigone, You with your head hanging- do you confess this thing? Antigone. I do. I deny nothin ...

Number of words: 1111 | Number of pages: 5

The Masque Of The Red Death By

... illimitable dominion over all." The manner in which Prospero arranged his castle symbolically hinted the coming of death: "The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same material and hue." This dark manner in which the castle was decorated conforms to the image of the Prince being a ruthless, uncaring ruler. Prince Prospero’s actions proved to be cowardly, as he and his selection of knights, dames, and nobles, retr ...

Number of words: 351 | Number of pages: 2

Antigone: Summary

... Creon and he demanded to know who did this. A sentry admitted that he was a witness and placed the blame on Antigone. Antigone is brought to the king and found guilty. Ismene is also present and she tries to share the blame with her sister, but Antigone refuses her help. Haimon, Antigone's fiancé, receives news of Antigone's punishment and he immediately speaks to his father, Creon. Creon refuses to remove Antigone's punishment and he sends Haimon away. Antigone is then locked up in a chamber and left to die. Haimon, feeling helpless, co ...

Number of words: 716 | Number of pages: 3

Essay On Poems

... in this short story. She talks about how a girl in her class asked a question that changed their lives forever. The question her friend Niles asked was "Why can’t girls go for the water, too?"1. In those days getting the water for the class was a boy’s job. To go out every Friday, to fill the bucket up with water, and bring it back to class. This showed that you were strong, and you also got to have some fun missing half an hour of class. Because the boy’s felt threatened by this question, they started bugging and pic ...

Number of words: 650 | Number of pages: 3

Justice In Orestes

... deny it, killed her in revenge." (Eumenides lines 476-478) This shows that Orestes was fully aware of the act he was committing, that he willfully committed it, and that he must suffer for it. The bond between mother and child was broken when Orestes murdered Clytaemnestra. Marriage, arguably, is a tenant of Zeus and the Olympians. In the old order of things, family is by blood only. A husband and wife have no blood relation, yet the son is of the same blood as his parents. The Furies right to vengeance cannot be dismissed. Clytaemnes ...

Number of words: 1460 | Number of pages: 6

An Analysis Of If Men Could Me

... color and gender separate it mentally. Man in all his glory cannot justify or gratify himself unless some other party recognizes a superior, therefor; it obviously becomes imperative for men to be seen by other as superiors. Based on this reasoning it is safe to imply that distinctions are a man made concepts that are used to promote his superiority be it in class, color and gender. Gloria Steinem uniquely presented a true and accurate stance on gender distinction based on the fact that any and almost every thing has been used to promote ...

Number of words: 907 | Number of pages: 4

The Road Not Taken By Frost

... which is seemingly a very important part of the poem. This line is a metaphor in which Frost uses the woods to represent life. Using this as an image helps to have a better understanding of the complexity of the problem that the speaker is facing. If you were standing at the edge of some woods you would not be able to clearly see what was ahead of you, because it would be obstructed by trees and branches. Life is like those woods because no one can clearly see or predict what will happen in the future, only hope to choose a path that will l ...

Number of words: 1227 | Number of pages: 5

Hamlet

... key of his madness. This madness that cannot trust his love with is the same madness that he loses total control over because of his immaturity; it then causes him to do things, such as kill Polonius, that a person that was mature could stop. The madness that assumes is understandable but he can never get over the actual death of his father by still wearing black a year later, and the hasty marriage of his mother to Claudius. Compared to Horatio who is calm and cool throughout the play, and Fortinbras who collected an army to fight for his u ...

Number of words: 767 | Number of pages: 3

The Crucible 9

... field, Joan Allen (Elizabeth) lying pregnant in the frigid jail, Winona Ryder (Abigail) stealing her minister-uncle's money majestic Paul Scofield (Judge Danforth) and his righteous empathy with the Devil-possessed children, and all of them looking as inevitable as rain. I remember those years-- they formed "The Crucible" 's skeleton--but I have lost the dead weight of the fear I had then. Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring ...

Number of words: 2439 | Number of pages: 9

Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

... challenged all of Arthur's court, Gawain was the only knight that offered to take Arthur's place. He could have easily stood back and let Arthur have his go at the Green Knight. He showed to have more honor and courage than the rest of Arthur's Court by coming forward. "Would you grant me the grace,' said Gawain to the King, 'To be gone from this bench and stand by you there." (Gawain, lines 343-344) "I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest; And the loss of my life would be least of any;" (Gawain, 355-356). The poem is fu ...

Number of words: 572 | Number of pages: 3

A Rose For Emily

... neglect. For example, the house is located in what was once a prominent neighborhood that has deteriorated. Originally white and decorated in “the heavily lightsome style” of an earlier time, the house has become “an eyesore among eyesores”(177). The description of her house represents a place side by side of the past and present and was an emblematic presentation of Emily herself. Through lack of attention the house has evolved from a beautiful representative of quality to an ugly holdover from another era. Similarly, Miss Emily ...

Number of words: 703 | Number of pages: 3

One Hundred Years Of Solitude

... that once the Fates' ballot had been cast, the characters in Greek myths had no chance for redemption. One must wonder if man, like the Greeks portrayed, has any real choice in determining how he lives. That issue of choice arises when comparing Gabriel Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and Yasunari Kawabata's Thousand Cranes. The men in Yasunari Kawabata's Thousand Cranes and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude forever seem to be repeating the lives of their male ancestors. These cycles reveal ...

Number of words: 1619 | Number of pages: 6

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