Oedipus at Colonus

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 novel, Atwood uses the character of Dr. Jordan to be a representative of this patriarchal society and he ensures that women are conforming certain roles and they are not trying out new roles. Lydia, who is one of the Governor’s wife’s two daughters is a young teenager who is transitioning to become a woman, is willing to try out new roles as she has a huge interest in Grace Mark’s case. This interest makes her wish she had attended James McDermott’s execution but Dr. Jordan refuses her to…

Introduction: As society restructures itself it becomes more civilized. The Hunger Games takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. It consists of human behavior experience such as Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology. The ‘Hunger Games’ a complex study of Social Science. Anthropology: Cultural Relativist explains two cultures cannot be compared because each culture has its own internal rules that must be accepted. Everyone sees other cultures differently and should avoid passing on…

Eumenides summary Atreus and Thyestes are competing for the throne of Argos. Thyestes seduced his brother’s wife and was driven out of Argos by his brother. When Thyestes returns he and his brother seem to be cool with each other. At least that’s what Thyestes thinks. Atreus looks to seek revenge for what his brother did. Atreus murdered the two sons of Thyestes, and had them chopped up and cooked to be served to their father at his honor banquet. When Thyestes finds out he has eaten his sons,…

In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov and Sonia faced alienation. Raskolsdtnikovs detachment from moral codes allows him to rationalize his actions and mentally set himself apart from the world that he finds so hateful and ordinary, while Sonia uses her religion as a means to deliberately isolate herself, this sanctuary is the only source of hope and purity within her destitute life. Raskolnikov is lacking in many emotional areas, but the most noticeable area across the bored is that of…

There’s nothing grievous, nothing full of doom, or shameful, or dishonored, I’ve not seen; you’re sufferings and mine. The first thing Creon does in Antigone is declare a law that Polynieces’ the brother of Antigone will remain untombed for the hungry birds to devour. The law also declares that anyone who dares attempt the act to bury Polynieces will die by public stoning in the town. “You cannot learn of any man the soul, the mind, and the intent until he shows his practice of the government…

Aegeus knew that monarchy was not the way to run a proper government. “He declared to the people that he did not wish to rule over them; he wanted people’s government where all would be equal” (lines 144-146) Aegeus felt remorse towards the people of Athens and thought it was a time for a change. Since he was unable to hand down the crown to his son, he did the unthinkable. “He threw himself down from a rocky height into the sea and was killed.” This courageous act set out monarchy to the…

Beowulf is not a true hero. From the killing a misunderstood creature to only looking for his word to be spread, he did not meet most criteria explained by several sources of ethics. He even vaguely reached the Webster definition by being admired. The Enchiridion by Epictetus is called the handbook, with it reading several morality rules represented by chapters. It is considered the basis of humanity and anything that is below. While the Enchiridion was made 125 AD, Beowulf was estimated to be…

Antigone Paper Antigone was justified in her acts because there are a lot of people in today's society that did nothing worse by just breaking a law that was thought to be unjust by that certain person anyway, and we call them heroes, so in that case Antigone was a Greek hero. Antigone Accepted her punishment because she knew it was a law. Antigone was justified in her criminal acts because she did something that she knew would end up getting her in a lot of trouble, but because in her eyes…

From the beginning of this play, Lady Macbeth has acted out a very firm and masculine role as the wife of Macbeth. Although this dear lady is indeed a woman, at times she shows the characteristics of a male. Acknowledging the fact that Lady Macbeth was a female, at times in the play she held the most man like features, for example, when she questions the manhood of Macbeth, “when you durst do it, then you were a man/and to be more that what you were, you would/be so much more the man”(1.7.56-58)…