Wrench

Divine mediation is the glue that holds together the morality of Antigone in Sophocles play of the same name, but the divine law of life is not as territorial as Creon’s man-made interventions. The central conflict of Antigone is between this moral divide of man or god and which one accounts for society. From the conflict analysis presented by Professor Francisco J. Gonzalez, Walter Kaufmann’s defense of the essential Greek tragedy in the case of Antigone provides a clearer perspective that both…

In the play Romeo and Juliet, there are multiple events that lead to the deaths of the two main characters. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about the young love and deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Capulet, romeo, and Tybalt are responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because the feud between the families caused conflict between the characters. Capulet is Juliet's father and is at war with the montagues. Him and his people started a brawl in the town fueling the feud…

Monster that Stops at Nothing. PRODUCE to the Limit!" and showed a two headed monster, one head being a Nazi and the other a Japanese holding the statue of liberty in one hand and fighting off American troops with the other and a nearby hand holding a wrench with the inscription “production” which is implied to be the key to winning the war. One of the most iconic posters used were the “I Want You” posters, which were created during World War I and were directed toward recruiting men to join…

Throughout history, films was designed for entertainment purposes. At first, movies were silent until the development of sophisticated ones in the film industry. Still and motion pictures are taken from various angles in different locations and put together in a slideshow format. Just like human communication, movies always use images to present itself to the audience. Without film language, it is impossible to communicate by translating words into action. There are thousands of people who…

Around the year 400 BC, Aristophanes wrote the comedic play Lysistrata to convince Athenians to stop the Peloponnesian War against Sparta. The main protagonist, Lysistrata, is a brilliant Athenian woman who rallies a sex strike within Athens and Sparta in order to force a peace treaty between the two city-states. In addition to incorporating sexuality as a comedic element in his play, which the Greeks embraced as a natural side of humanity, Aristophanes also utilizes the elements: dramatic irony…

and finally POP! There went my busted tire down the long hot highway. I was calm and composed because I knew I had the tools and the spare tire to get us back on the road. I pulled over and opened the trunk of my car to find I was missing the lug wrench. At that moment I knew we were in trouble, so I then took out my phone and stared at its dark hollow screen knowing that I had to call my grandpa for help. I knew he was going to be furious but I finally got the courage to make the call…

Billy, a scrawny, but energetic second grader, sat nearest to the front entrance of our middle-sized classroom. “Shhh!” “Here she comes!” He shouted, “Hurry up everybody!” “Run and jump in your seats!” “I hear those high-heels moving closer.” During the late 1960s, most teachers enforced strict student discipline. My second-grade teacher, Ms. Ellen Crump, for example, was needle thin and a sharp conservative dresser. She strutted a tall black hairdo (with grey roots) against her brown skin…

I suppose everybody makes a foolish mistake at some point in their life. For me it was playing a stupid game called “Hostage”. In this game a group of people split into two teams and then two people, “The Hostages”, from each group are blindfolded and dropped off by the opposite team, somewhere outside of town. The objective is for the hostages to figure out where they are and call their teammates to come pick them up. First team back to the chosen base wins. After a long process…

In life a common want is to fit in so the idea of not fitting in and being exiled is intriguing to think about. In Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne and A Sorrowful Woman by Gail Godwin that scenario plays out. The exilation of characters enhances a story by simultaneously alienating and enriching them, strangely compelling the readers to read on. Exile can be caused by an endless amount of reasons, but, the removal of an individual itself can be caused by either those with power over an…

The world needs nuclear weapons; they are a powerful tool in negotiation and war prevention, however they need to be treated with respect and managed properly. Nuclear weapons are very powerful and necessary tools for world peace. However ironic that statement sounds, it is a fact that is too important not to consider. During the cold war, a theory called mutually assured destruction, known by the acronym MAD (Opposing Viewpoints), came about. The philosophy stated that any countries…