Antigone Essay

The American Romantic Hero is a literary archetype referring to a character that rejects established norms and conventions, and has been rejected by society. The 1992 movie, The Last of The Mohicans loosely follows the original book about the journey of Hawkeye and his family as they help Cora and Alice Munro and Colonel Duncan Heyward against Huron war chief, Magua during the French and Indian war. During the movie Hawkeye displays many characteristics that make him an American romantic hero.…

This excerpt is from Scene III of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and begins right after Oedipus finds out he may not be Polybus’ son. Iocaste is trying to convince Oedipus to forget about finding his true lineage. Iocaste is trying to keep Oedipus from knowing the now obvious truth while Oedipus continues to be ignorant of what the facts point to. Iocaste is the heroine of Oedipus Rex because although she knows what Oedipus has done, she decides that she would rather live with the secret than see her…

I am extending this letter with the intention to let you know some comments regarding the character of Faustus in the play. I tried to discuss with the actor about the transition from playing Pentheus in The Bacchae, but he would not listen because in his opinion the two are "the same guy". It is true that the characters and the situations in which they find themselves are similar, but the idea of playing Faustus with the essence of Pentheus could cause a conflict in the theatrical…

In his short story, “The Lie”, Kurt Vonnegut argues that when people have a sense of entitlement they abuse their power to get their way. When Dr. and Mrs. Remenzel find that Eli had not been accepted into Whitehill they have two very different agendas. Mrs. Remenzel wants to find Eli and comfort him, where as Doctor Remenzel wants to get Eli admitted; “‘There’s a majority of the Board of Overseers in this room at this very moment. Everyone of them is a close friend of mine, or a close friend of…

In December of 1835 Susanna Dickinson was one of the few people who had survived the Battle of the Alamo. She told many stories about how she had lived the hostile attack. Susanna was only twenty-two when this attack had happened. She lived in Tennessee until 1831. Susanna had an infant daughter named angelina and a husband named Almeron who served as a texian in the Battle of the Alamo. Susanna couldn't read or write at the time of the Battle. Susanna was only fifteen when she married who is…

King cobras are known to eat other snakes including other cobras; however, during mating season the King cobra produces a special hormone that makes him lose his appetite so that he can’t eat his mate. In the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, there is a cobra named Nagaina. One day a mongoose is washed out due to a storm, and meets Nagaina and her husband Nag in the garden of a bungalow. Right away Nagaina knows that the mongoose Rikki can’t stay because venomous snakes and…

The house of Atreus is a Greek myth known during what is known as the Heroic Age. It is known that Tantalus went against the gods, and his descendants were cursed for their whole lives. This story is an example of how Greeks believed that you could inherent guilt, and someone’s misfortunes could have to do with the crimes of an ancestor. In ancient societies, the wellbeing of an individual wasn’t as cherished as the wellbeing of the family unit, what belonged to one person belonged to the…

Hester and Dimmesdale were two very different people with two very different reactions to their same sin. With all the differences there is a handful of similarities between the two lovers whose love was just a sin. Being two very different people with different personalities and traits they handled their feeling and action toward the sin and punishment of it very differently. With Dimmesdale career and life, it is a great surprise that he was the one who Hester sinned with. The young minster…

The handkerchief also takes on another meaning as it becomes as act metaphor for Othello’s flickering doubt while Desdemona’s life hangs in the balance and its symbolism of Desdemona’s fidelity. Whenever the handkerchief is either missing in action or suddenly appears Desdemona’s life is pushed closer to edge. After Othello learns that the handkerchief is missing he begins to act abnormally brash, distant and agitated. Later when the handkerchief reappears in Cassio’s possession he is thrown…

In the Medieval Ages, there were numerous amounts of stories. These consisted of fighting knights that come back from dead to a voyage across the land. However, with all these stories, women are portrayed completely differently when compared to men. The stories “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, “LE MORTE D’ARTHUR”, and “THE BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE” are the stories that I thought explained how women were depicted back then the best. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” showed that everyone, even…