Antithesis

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. The daughter of Oedipus, Antigone, she strenuously opposed the law and after the…

The Aztecs, the most famous indigenous tribe of North America, were most commonly known for their brutal human sacrifices in which European explorers described ceremonies where a person would have their beating heart torn from their chest. To the Europeans’ amazement, many of those being sacrificed were willing volunteers from the community. Though this custom may seem savage or inhumane to outsiders, within Aztec culture the ritual was completely justified and logical. This concept of separate…

In the excerpt Anti-Duhring called Theoretical, Friedrich Engels takes a historical materialist approach to show that the capitalist mode of production is fundamentally contradictory. From this theory, he follows a trace of social and economic conflicts that occur from this contradiction. The following essay will define historical materialism as described by Engels, as well as explaining the fundamental contradiction and the two contradictions that arise from it, and finally concluding with a…

World” (Steinbeck 21). After finding the pearl, Kino, the fisherman, becomes increasingly delirious and aggressive in order to protect his family’s future. He is affected by his greed. However his wife, Juana, although thrilled to have money, was the antithesis to Kino. She plays a very special role in The Pearl, her role is a guidance character that utilizes her intelligence, rationality, and skills…

In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr asserts that the introduction of the internet and the use of it has changed behavior patterns of its users, notably, in areas of concentration. These changes can be seen in how users of the internet interact with various webpages they come across. For example, instead of reading an article in its entirety, the user may just skim over it before moving on to the next webpage (737). Carr supports his stance by mentioning past innovations, and the…

deceived by Lycaon like Jove himself was when he went down to earth. In book two after Phaethon’s unfortunate mishap with his father’s chariot, Phaethon’s friend Cycnus is stricken with grief and turns into a swan, whose characteristics are the antithesis of the elements of his friend’s death, as swans do not fly and stay close to water. When Cycnus is transformed into a swan, he was “a bird that had no faith in Jove or heaven, recalling all too well the thunderbolt unjustly hurled.” (Ovid, 66).…

In the modern psychological debate of nature vs nurture many psychologists believe that people are shaped by their genetic predispositions and environment. Novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his gothic romance, The Scarlet Letter, fictionalizes the seventeenth century shameful epoch of the Puritan adulteress Hester Prynne. Hawthorne himself descended from the Massachusetts Puritan John Hathorne and his motivation to write developed as a result of his conflicting feelings of shame and pride for…

patients and colleagues alike. Through a range of work placements, I learnt how to approach life as a doctor. At a lead clinical neuromodulator centre at Guys’ & St Thomas’ Hospital, it has become clear to me that humanity’s view of medicine is the antithesis to reality. What truly lies beneath is the interaction and communication with patients. The most enlightening observation I made was in the paediatric ward and intensive care unit where one characteristic was evident: resilience. In spite…

Reality vs. Dreams: In Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named Desire, both Willy and Blanche trap themselves in their dreams, when in reality, both of their situations are the antithesis of their fantasies. Both of these plays take place in the late 1940’s, after World War II. The time after World War II signifies the start of a new period of American culture comprised of new found wealth and hope. This is called the American Dream. Both Willy and Blanche trap themselves inside this desire…

With the evident aspects of beauty expressed within the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and its transformation within societal perception, it is apparent that black women have been seen as infinitesimal and wholly “invisible” in the eyes of society. Written in the late 60s, The Bluest Eye takes a sentiment into the lives of young black girls and how society’s perception can create devastating impressions on how they see themselves as well as the world itself. Morrison successfully creates…