Tiresias

The motif of vision, one that is effectively portrayed throughout the story, contradicts the visions of leaders and alternates the results of their impact on the society. Blindness leads to the downfall of any hero, it obstructs their judgements, which therefore, causes them to fail to see temptations and eventually fall into their nadir. However, the narrator witnesses the blindness of Barbee and Brother Jack, which he recognizes, but does not fully acknowledge it to prevent the same from…

Kaitlyn Teal Coach Smith Ancient world history 25 September 2017 Hammurabi’s Code: Was it Just? Hammurabi was a cruel and unjust man. Read this and you learn how he was unjust. He was enforcing the laws too much, he was making such laws that involved hanging a person and cruel punishments for even the smallest things. He had said that those laws were meant to protect and make life easier for his people. In the speech he had given, he had sounded like a great and caring King, but in…

The Irreversible Fate: The power of the Gods in determining density The play Oedipus the King by Sophocles is a depiction that fate is not of free will or random chance instead, it is an inescapable density set by those in higher power. The author uses the overshadowing character of the deity Apollo to reveal and control Oedipus’ fate. Oedipus unfortunate fate of having incest with his mother and killing his father did not accidentally occur rather, it is a predetermined density created by…

Throughout the story of Oedipus, Sophocles uses many metaphors and a great deal of Dramatic irony, so we figured such a dramatic character needed a good deal of symbols in his Body Biography. First, Oedipus is standing on a pedestal. This pedestal represents the pedestal Oedipus had placed himself on based on how high he thought his intelligence and bravery were. The Pedestal has started to crack under his feet to represent that pedestal he placed himself on start to disintegrate as he found out…

Oedipus, like his parents, did everything possible to change the course of his fate. Fate and destiny is not something he could not escape from. Christopher S. Nassar and Michael Jacobs clearly believe that Oedipus could not change his fate; they even suggest he is guilty for fulfilling the prophecy and could have delayed his fate or lessened it if he would have let the oracle run its course instead of running from it; by running, Oedipus fulfilled the oracle without him knowing and may have…

Debates, mock trials, and public speaking. These were the fibers stitched into my daily life for as long as I could remember. I had great expectations for myself. I saw myself litigating truths, speaking up for the underdog, and setting precedents of right vs. wrong to be witnessed by many. My conceptual framework for my future was jolted into perspective as a result of a powerful moment of injustice. This was no ordinary incident. It wasn’t a level playing field. This was an older boy who was…

A key convention in the feral child genre is the exploration of following strong role models and how a loss of these role models can affect someone's life. In the early scenes of Into That Forest, Hannah's parents have been revealed dead. Becky explained that 'caught up in its branches were a woman in white, like some sort of sprite or angel,' Hannah then realises that 'it were me mother taken by the current towards Becky knew not where'. In the first quote, Becky describes Hannah's mother as an…

Of the numerous ghosts to whom Odysseus speaks in Odyssey Book 11, which are your favorite three and why? Does Odysseus learn anything important from them? If so, what? I SHALL ARGUE THAT Teiresias, Antikleia, and Agamemnom provide Odysseus with his most important encounters while he explores Hades; because of this, these three ARE my favorite ghosts that Odysseus speaks with in Hades. The first key ghost that Odysseus speaks with IS Teiresias, the famous prophet. Teiresias wastes no time and…

"I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny." These were the great words of poet, William Ernest Henley. However, how true are these words? Many people believe the exact opposite. They believe that everything that happens is predetermined by fate. With this belief you go from the captain commanding the ship to just a lowly passenger simply along for the ride. We may never know in this life the true answer to the question of fate and free will, but that has never stopped wrtiters…

“Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional” (Chili Davis). As the quote explains how aging is mandatory and maturing is not for everybody, it ties into Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and the growing up process for many characters. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee portrays growing up by showing how characters that matured, have a fresh look at the world accordingly criticizing its flaws. Jem has a moment of development when he takes an adult approach towards a…