Chaos

Khaos translates into chaos and means “gaping void” in Greek. It describes confusion and a lack of organization and order. Order and chaos are key points in creating tension and suspense in any form of entertainment. The Greeks are widely known for creating some of the best plots and themes involving the conflict of chaos and in their plays. Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles is a prime example of the Greeks’ fondness of chaos. The character Teiresias causes the most chaos with the least effort. Teiresias asks the first dramatic question of the play. The simple question “Who are your father and mother?” (402), is directed at Oedipus, it brings doubt and suspicion to the minds of both the choragus and the audience. Thus, it sparks chaos and that chaos builds until the end of the play. It also leads to hamartia of knowledge, as the answer to the question later becomes increasingly obvious, however…

Masks of Chaos and Evil “He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in turns.” (140) Throughout the course of the novel, it is apparent how the characters change from young innocent boys into murderous savages while stranded on an isolated island. These boys are no older than 14, but everyone, no matter how young, has an inner beast. Some people, like the boys in the novel, allow that beast inside to temporarily come out when they…

Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, once said, “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.” Problems and turmoil are parts of every society and community. Some say that chaos creates a certain type of beauty within someone. One play that follows the rule of chaos very well, is Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. This play, which is based in 1600’s Salem, shows readers what mass hysteria can do to a group of people. This play has many unique characters with many…

Chaos… This simple word has an immensely negative connotation. It can be used jokingly, but true chaos is something no one wants. This same negative connotation is transferred to Eris, the goddess of discord. Eris’s nature made others keep their distance from her or use her for revenge on others, but she simply wanted to be free of the discord she was doomed to always carry. Eris is the goddess of chaos and the personification of discord. She is even said to delight in human bloodshed. Because…

the universe and mankind began. In the Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the creation of mankind was looked at from a completely different approach than Hesiod’s. The definition of Hesiod’s Theogony is about “the births of the gods”. For Hesiod he states “ In truth at first Chaos came to be”, is something that lacked a sense of order; for mankind. The Definition of Metamorphoses is, striking changes of form and structure into another. Which shows that Ovid believed mankind was formed by something and…

A Dance Between Super's Theory and Chaos Theory In the lives of many we live by order and chaos. One helps us up while the other pushes back down when least expected. Donald Super's theory is clear concise and gives step by which a person will progress through life in their career. However; Chaos theory is a slew of random factors that can change the outcome of our situation and they happen every second. Each with their strengths and weaknesses a yin and yang of the modern age, these two…

Many people believe their lives to be chaotic even if it always turns to order. William Shakespeare explores this plot line through his final play "The Tempest." The play begins with a shipwreck caused by a terrific storm. The few people on the island stare blankly into the ocean full of drowning and struggling people. The protagonist, Prospero, seeks his revenge since his enemies were on the ship. Prospero forces them to go through a series of chaotic events leading to a gathering. He overcomes…

Writing for The Atlantic, Jonathan Rauch defined chaos syndrome as "a chronic decline in a political system 's capacity for self-organization". Rauch writes that chaos syndrome starts with the weakening of the institutions and brokers (parties, career politicians, congressional leaders and committees) that have traditionally held politicians accountable to one another and stopped everyone in the system from using it for naked self-interest all the time. As these intermediaries ' (we 'll call…

Chaos In The Jungle The Jungle was published in 1906 by an American novelist named Upton Sinclair. He wrote this novel to portray the harsh conditions and the abusive lives of immigrants in the United States or more specifically, industrialized cities, like Chicago. Although the book is remarkably different from an actual jungle, Sinclair created an atmosphere relatable to an actual jungle in many ways. Some include the aspects of life, risks, and deaths. A jungle is defined as a place of…

Not only are there two commas forcing the reader to pause, but the enjambment in the lines creates a short unnatural pause between clauses. The consonants play a similar role, the transition from the r in never to the s in slowing is difficult, as is the case in the phrase ‘knowing [pause] the’. The pace of the lines has no correlation to the action that it claims. The tone of this poem is rather gloomy, the figure in the poem has no hope, claiming that people “might as well take a leap and try…