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What is your biggest reasoning for your action: religion or laws? Antigone a play by Sophocles is taken back in ancient Greece where religion and the government were contradicting. For in the play the new king Creon declares that one of Antigone’s brothers will be buried, Eteocles, and the other to rot, Polyneices. In Greece if you were not buried you wandered the Earth for eternity. In Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone did the right thing by burying her brother Obviously, she is risking her own…

Odysseus is a hero in some ways, but he is not a hero in many more ways. There are many definitions of a hero, but my definition of a hero is someone who is always caring, kind, and always finding a way to help others. Odysseus is not a hero. There are many ways Odysseus is not a hero. One example is, ¨Then I sent out two picked men and a runner to learn what race of men that land sustained. They fell in soon enough with the Lotus Eaters¨ (book 9, line 39-41). Odysseus risked his men's lives…

Pride instills an illusion of perfection in people, and this paper-thin image it creates is vulnerable to be torn by the slightest impact. Throughout the world’s history, countless people get tempted by the cause of pride. Their judgments were clouded as a result of hubris. In particular, the narrator from the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, famous cyclist Lance Armstrong, and legendary leader Julius Caesar exemplify that people who allow pride to consume them will make irrational choices that…

Reverence for the Gods in Antigone Religion has been important to people for a long time, and people show respect for their gods in many ways. In ancient Greece, gods were considered to be very important. Gods played a major role in ancient Greek art and literature, such as Antigone, a tragedy written by Sophocles. In Antigone, Antigone buries her brother Polyneices, breaking Creon’s laws and following the laws of the gods. Creon sends Antigone to the woods to die, where she kills herself.…

People choose this laws depending on how they will benefit them. If the laws were flip, Creon would have justified his actions by declaring that because of his moral laws no one should bury Polynices with the proper burial rites. He expected everyone to follow his orders because he had the authority to dictated anything he wanted. Creon’s authority comes with a huge price in this play. In this play, Creon is the maximum authority and he expects everyone to obey whatever he says. Creon claims…

My hero is named Mark. He is a 22 year old male that is a mortal. He looks exactly like the God Of War, Ares; muscular, tall and handsome. However, there is a secret that only Ares know that explains the reason why The mortal Mark and him look identical. The secret is that they are twins. When Ares and Mark were born one of the towns was weaker than the other. In a tradition, when two twins are born the weaker one is sacrificed. Mark was sacrificed to Ares. After his sacrifice to his brother…

The bronze box had something stirring inside of it. It gave a sort of an eerie feeling. Something evil and unknown lies deep inside the box. The box awaits you, your family, your friends. A timer runs with dark red roman numerals on top of the box, every second the box is ticking, and when the timer is out of time, a person you love or care about is eliminated. You don’t know who, or where you’re in fear, shock, and suspicion. As you defend your friends and family, you never realize that you’re…

Composed of Flaws As I acquire more knowledge in Greek mythology, my interest in the imperfections of the Olympians increases because human beings are extremely similar to them. Athena was seen as one of the most important goddesses due to her intelligence, but I am curious to find out if she ever failed while constructing a plan or a strategy. For example, failure is one of the most common defects found upon human beings because one must fail before achieving great success. Furthermore,…

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…

A Thousand Deaths Quiz To fully understand the story A Thousand Deaths, by Jack London’s you have to understand the various inside hints that are laid out throughout the story. For instance,” Late in his life, his father had abandoned the musty charms of antiquity and succumbed to the more fascinating ones embraced under the general head of biology” and “ After having penetrated the dual mysteries of physiology and psychology, his thought had led him to the verge of a great field, for…