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In life, there is a domino effect in which one member falls, and that fall or choice affects others around them. For example, there is two Greek tragedies, Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, and the other tragedy Medea, written by Euripides. Although the plays were different in their own ways, it is true that both families of the lead characters, such as Jason and Oedipus's, had to make the same sacrifices when it came to punishment. In the both stories, there are examples of homeland,…

Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.” Namely, a person does not rise in status or become powerful by attempting to gain control over others by force; rather, one achieves a greater level of status or power through individual merit. A powerful person is a person who, not only possess political or social authority but who is also strong or influential in the behavior of others or in the course of events. The pursuit of power is depicted in many literary…

“Conductors may of course be instruments as well as victims of the divine lightning.” In Sophocles’ Antigone, the protagonist, Antigone, is both the instrument and the victim of the divine lightning. The suffering imposed upon Antigone by Creon allows her to discover the importance of democracy. She becomes both the spark that ignites the electricity of social change and the martyr who dies for the flame she kindled. Through dialogue that displays expressions of civil disobedience, idealism, and…

Like all men in the entire world, some make mistakes and realize that they are human just like everyone else and that they need to move on and keep on the momentum of what every it is that they are doing. These men are the ones that will succeed and will continue, and never give up. Unlike other men in the world, we have the ones that don’t take being wrong kindly. These men will take drastic measures to make sure that they will not be discouraged by others just because they were wrong. Men from…

Oedipus Rex Essay In the Greek Tragedy.Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles Oedipus Rex shows multiple examples in Free Will by the choices he makes. On top of all they have just been struck by the vicious plague and also the Prophecy states that he has to kill his father and also sleep/ marry his mother. In this story Frewill causes the downfall of Oedipus Rex. During this scene Oedipus is directing his attention to the chorus. Oedipus main down fall is mostly illustrated by free will instead of…

Antigone is the tragic hero in this drama story for these reasons. She had way to much pride for herself and what she believes in, she has all her faith in what is right, and she thinks that she is doing the best option. She makes some bad decisions but she is the tragic hero in this story because she is the worst off out of her family. In the first part of the story her brother is killed in battle for picking the wrong side to fight with. So the brother that fought on the right side got…

How does Golding make this a pivotal moment in the novel and is it effective? Golding uses various techniques throughout this passage to show it as an effective pivotal moment in the novel. He does this throughout the semantic field of the passage, however he best does this when he represents Jack as a different person and animalistic, separated from society and the rest of the group. This is effective because it shows the start of the decline in the groups sanity and link to home, hinting that…

Have you ever took time to think about what happen to to King Tut? To think of how he died at such a young age. I think he was killed by Aye, his army general. Aye could have killed him to get the throne, to be the Pharaoh of Egypt. That would be because he ended up married to Anka so he could become king. I also think that Aye and Tey, his first wife teamed up so they could rule together. That would be because after Anka was missing, Tey became queen with Aye. Another reason is that Anka…

Conscience saves Souls Man makes mistakes, man-made law might be a product of mistakes. Disobey the law when your conscience tells you the law is unjust and against humanity. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes, “an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law” (King). Authorities always create the unjust law and cover them with beautiful lies to fake them as just laws, then trick the people to obey them. The obedience of unjust laws participated significantly in the…

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…