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Creon The Tragic Hero

... unburied to demonstrate the punishment for treason. Antigone, Polyneices' sister, rebels against Creon and buries her brother, denouncing the decree as an offense against the "law of God." Polynese, Creon's son, pleads with his father to listen to his citizens and empathize with Antigone's action. However, Creon is determined to make an example of Polyneices and demonstrate his power over the people of the state. Antigone is banished to a stone cave to die alone. Creon's pride came to be his major flaw as demonstrated during the revers ...

Number of words: 290 | Number of pages: 2

Gentlemen Of The Night

... the point of being unable to complete things because they had to be done. In his life as in his poetry, Frost relied on the natural flow of things to control him. One of the most remarkable features of the poetry of Frost, is the manner in which he combines relatively straightforward accounts of ordinary experiences with subtle complexities of thought which, in turn, raise central philosophical issues of universal relevance to the human condition. He gives, in Shakespeare's phrase, a 'local habitation and a name' to these theoretical and even ...

Number of words: 1441 | Number of pages: 6

Maurice Agulhon. The Republica

... society. The Second Republic was not completely credited simply to the combination of government which held power during those four years. The powers were attributable to the Republic that tried to succeed from February to June 1848 and then survive from June 1848 to January 1849, and were above all due to the ideal Republic defined and desired between 1949 and 1851 by the only true republicans of all the time, those who were in opposition. The textbook as compared to the book chosen was alike in many aspects. Not only did the two books con ...

Number of words: 430 | Number of pages: 2

Hamlet - Hamlet, Laertes And Fortinbras

... the world of the play it was not unusual for brothers to late kings to be elected to the throne over the pretensions of their younger nephews. But Fortinbras was not prepared to accept his constitutional dispossession so easily. If he had been deprived of the throne of his father, he would try to conquer a kingdom of his own in which, as he later tells Horatio, he has "some rights of memory." Fortinbras is not willing to put an end to his military adventures. Desiring to win honor through the sword, he cares not that the prize of his glory ...

Number of words: 1136 | Number of pages: 5

The Godfather

... of life, in the entire book. Michael Corleone, who becomes the most influential character of the Corleone family in Puzo's later sequels to , makes his first appearance of the novel at his wedding. He is dressed in his Army uniform, as he is returning from war. The irony of the situation is that just as it is the reader's first glimpse of Michael, it seems as if it is the first time for many of his family members to see him, seeing as though he has been overseas fighting for some time. The reader finds he is well liked by his family and ...

Number of words: 489 | Number of pages: 2

Courage Under Fire

... the movie becomes a powerful and brilliant examination of the consequences of guilt and responsibility, and the meaning of absolute truth. was the first Gulf War movie to hit American theaters. It is a movie that steers clear of the typical type set of the war film genre. Movies like Platoon and Apocalypse Now took us into the heart of the savagery of war and its torment upon the individual. contrasts greatly with these movies by showing that acts of valor do not necessarily result from the savageness of the battlefield. The r ...

Number of words: 1942 | Number of pages: 8

Netiquette

... Your ). You should be concise and to the point. E-mail is meant to be a time saver, make your point clear and eliminate the need of a follow up phone call. Another thing you what to practice is not flaming. That is, harshly attacking the other person with your words(Dries). Sarcasm when written can be hard to pick up on, so be careful of your humor. One final thing to remember is that no e-mail is private so be cautious of what you say about others because e-mails are very easily forwarded(Electronic Communications). E-mail is s ...

Number of words: 706 | Number of pages: 3

Gilgamesh, The Epic Of

... glorious Shamash, but as for men, our days are numbered, our occupations are a breath of wind."(p.71) In this time period, kings were noted as Gilgamesh was the ultimate man. There was none could match his strength or courage until Endiku was created. Endiku, who was the brother of Gilgamesh, was raised in the wild and came upon Gilgamesh in Uruk. They became great friends and cared for each other deeply. This also notes the man part of Gilgamesh, as Gods usually carry no feeling. Gilgamesh and Enkidu conquered many battles together. G ...

Number of words: 830 | Number of pages: 4

What I Can Do To Promote Liberty

... either. Maybe we should start an armed insurrection and overthrow the government. But that might result in total Åñã®©hŸ and we'd go into some sorta nuclear war and than afterwards some guy might pretend he is are supreme ruler and insist on calling us frog-people. We don't want that. But here is what we can do. We can go to hills of West Virginia and liberate some guns from the National Guard Armory. Because at some time in the course of human events it becomes necessary to disassociate from the ties that bind us and keep us from tr ...

Number of words: 362 | Number of pages: 2

Great Expectations 2

... of terror, Joe never develops to a major character. Joe is identified as a compassionate, sensitive character, and the most direct way to display this feature is to have the character appear vulnerable. Mrs. Joe serves as the tyrant for which Joe is made helpless. Joe, unless he is a scared character, does not recognize the friend he has in Pip. Without Joe as a major role in Pip's life, Pip also seems very incomplete. Second, Mrs. Joe also serves as the comical interlude of an otherwise sombre story. ...

Number of words: 1118 | Number of pages: 5

A Child Called It

... few people who took notice were David’s teachers and the school nurse. Yet it took them a considerable amount of time to finally build up suspicion and finally report Dave’s problems to the proper authorities. I find the unreported instances observed by the public to be just as substantial a crime as the child abusers themselves. One of the things I enjoyed and always found myself grinning about was the spunk that Dave had. He was crafty enough to stall his mother’s efforts of physical and emotional cruelty just long enough for hi ...

Number of words: 694 | Number of pages: 3

Slips Of Fate -the Lottery

... implies a contest with a winner of some kind, like a sweepstakes. When in reality the winner is actually the loser or person that will die by stoning. The village, by all appearances, seems to be a normal and ordinary place with its inhabitants meeting in a square with festival like intentions. However, the villagers know fully that when the drawing is over, one person in the community will die. Nonetheless, it is tradition. The atmosphere is casual yet anxious. Tessie Hutchinson arrives late because she “clean forgot” w ...

Number of words: 532 | Number of pages: 2

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