Antigone is the story wrote by the author Sophocles who did great work in the Golden age of Greek theater. The story “Antigone”s theme is the one fate of royal family in the city-state Thebe. After Oedipus died, his two children fought for his throne and they both died. Priority reason, Creon took the throne of the king. He made the death penalty law to do not let Polyneikes, who attacked the Thebe, be buried.…
I. Attention-Getter: As early as the age of 5 I remember my parents taking me to my favorite place. As I walked in, I was overwhelmed by the smell of delicious food and the rows of free samples. I lugged my parents around with me and grabbed all the food I could- from chocolates to gummy snacks: I was in heaven. However, when I got older, my parents decided to try out a new but similar place.…
The CORPS Interest Inventory helped me define my career pathway based on my personal interests. It was a survey based questionnaire that asked many personality as well as interest questions. The results came out as, physical science with a 93% match and a science based career with medical involvement at 75%. All other careers matches at less than 40%. It was clear what I was interested in, which is science.…
Creon is Not Enough to Stand in My Way “It was not God’s proclamation. That final Justice That rules the world below makes no such laws. ”(Sophocles. I.357-358).…
Tragic Hero of Antigone In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles, Creon is one of the main character with a hamartia or fatal flaw. Sophocles portrays Creon as a tragic hero by the characteristics shown in the play as it develops. Creon is the type of person who will not listen to anyone, even if the other is right. His choices and decisions end up deciding the fates of both his son and wife Haemon, Eurydice and niece, Antigone.…
In the play, Antigone, Sophocles develops Creon as a tragic hero by establishing his hubristic nature, in order to emphasize how excessive pride and arrogance results in the tragic downfall of an individual. When the reader is first introduced to Creon, his overly arrogant nature is evident through his interactions with others. After arresting Antigone and sentencing her to death, Haimon goes to his father and implores him to free his fiancee. Creon, in response to his son, justifies his behavior by saying, Do you want me to show myself weak before the people?…
In the play “Antigone”, we see a man in power make fatal assumptions about his self-worth. Creon’s stubbornness and superiority complex ultimately leads to his and his family’s demise. This is used as a punishment for Creon’s assumed superiority over the Gods. This is all extremely evident in the play, along with Antigone’s role as the play’s tragic hero. In the story, Antigone and Creon are so contrasted because Creon’s character is one that is selfish and supports a patriarchal rule over his land.…
What makes a good leader to save his men? Odysseus saved his men form dangerous Situations several times. Odysseus always took care of his men like family. Odysseus was a great Leader. Not everyone can do as well like him.…
The word archetype comes from a greek word “archein,” which means old, original, or patterns. Carl Gustav Jung created the twelve archetypes of the human psyche. “Archetypes represent fundamental human motifs of our experience as we evolved; consequentially, they evoke deep emotions.” (Golden). Numerous people are put into categories and those categories define who you are.…
According to the MBTI assessment, I am an ISTP and according to the Strong Interest Inventory, my strongest themes are RCI; I agree with these analyses, all things considered. As mentioned in the modules, everyone has a bit of both types in them, but some stand out stronger than others. Regarding myself, especially, it actually depends on the situation and moment as to which type or interest will stand out more prominently. MBTI Assessment • I: Having done several MBTI assessments before, I have always resulted as a clear Introvert.…
The Phaedo is perhaps one of the most well-known dialogues written by the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato. This dialogue recounts Socrates’ final hours before his death as told by Phaedo of Elis, one of the philosophers present during that time. Along with him were Crito and two other Pythagorean philosophers, Simmias and Cebes. The main focus of this dialogue is on the subject of immortality and the soul, and whether or not the soul will survive death. Socrates provides four arguments in which he aims to prove that the soul is in fact immortal.…
People call me “smart” and sometimes it can go to my head when it comes to learning new things. I have also been known to continue to argue with people even after I realize that they are right and I am wrong. I am prideful. I have spent countless hours arguing with my mother about nutrition. She believes all sugars are bad, including certain fruits.…
In the process of reading and doing assignments on my Signature Themes, I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge about myself and how I should be handling everyday life. Signature Themes are traits that an individual has that tells a lot about their personalities and morals. After taking a short personality assessment, the results are given to you by judging your values and how you tend to do things such as interact with people or what you enjoy doing for fun. These Signature Themes are to help one understand their strengths and weaknesses, and how to properly maximize themselves. My Signature Themes were Consistency, Deliberative, Discipline, Intellection, and Learner.…
Not been able to express myself adequately, makes me agree at everything and everyone. I feel am…
Who am I? A question that would made you think well and might puzzle you out. Describing yourself is harder than describing someone because there are some areas in you that you are not certain of such as characteristics, personalities, and attitude. Also, there are things that other people would notice while we can’t because those things are the things we do that we are not conscious about. Talking about myself, I am Noreen Joyce F. Panganiban, a 16 year-old girl turning 17 this March 2016, from Carmona, Cavite.…