In Veronica Roth’s novel Allegiant‚ love can be shown through sacrifice‚ even if it means leaving those you love. Right before their plan to obtain the memory serum‚ Tobias explains to Tris: “They (The Abnegation) say that if the sacrifice is the ultimate way for that person to show you they love you‚ you should let them do it… That‚ in that situation‚ it’s the greatest gift you can give them.” (Roth 412) Then the realization hits Tris that Caleb‚ her brother‚ volunteered for the deadly mission to
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Candide satire on religion paper James Li April 11th Monday In Candide‚ Voltaire satirizes the hypocrisy of morally corrupt religious officials who do not adhere to their religious standards. When the protagonist Candide approached an orator who was preaching charity‚ Candide was asked if he believed the “Pope to be Anti-Christ” (pg.9). However when Candide showed indifference to the question‚ the orator became furious and refused to offer him a meal. This shows how ironic that charity actually
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Sophocles was one of the three great Greek tragic plays rights who wrote during the “golden age” (Pg126-127). A Greek tragedy was used as part of a religious festival every year in Athens. A literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destructor. Creon error in judgement leads to his downfall by being dumped from start of being kings‚ and bears no respond sibitity for his flaws. Sophocles uses Creon action to show an effect of his fate. The people say Creon
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THE BACCHAE TODAY: MAENADS OF CHANGE The ancient Greek gods are known for being human-like in their jealousy and anger‚ yet beyond human compassion‚ and Dionysus in Euripides’ The Bacchae is no exception. Accompanied by his followers‚ liberated‚ frenzied women known as the Maenads or Bacchae‚ Dionysus comes to Thebes‚ Greece from Asia‚ as a new god. They are rejected by the Thebans and the god plans to retaliate. “...Here I plead the cause of my own mother‚ Semele‚ appearing as a god to mortal
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In the story‚ “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst‚ the author made use of symbols regarding death in order to express his message that excessive pride can lead to the downfall of loved ones. Throughout the story‚ the pride of the main character‚ Brother‚ is evident; As he narrates the events of the story a few years after they took place‚ he takes note of his own past selfish pride and the grade consequences that came as a result of it. A prime example of Hurst using symbols concerning death in order
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Pultarch who was a Greek biographer‚ who wrote stories of people living in the Roman Empire‚ He would choose women of accomplishment‚ who were daring‚ and determined. One of his best known works‚ is the Moralia. In the Moralia he presents courageous and extraordinary women of the Hellenistic world. Two of the women he portrays is one who stood up to Alexander‚ Timoclea‚ and Eryxo‚ from the city of Cyrene. It was not an uncommon practice for soldier to pillage a conquered region for riches and rape
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Is Medea identified as a semi divine sorceress or is she just another woman in Greek society? In Euripides‚ Medea she states‚” Let no one think that I am mean or weak nor peaceful‚ but of the other sort‚ a weight upon my enemies but to my friends most kind. It is to such people the heroic way of life belongs”(34.807-810). Medea sets a tone that she is somehow powerful in society‚ and she is not like the other women in society. In this speech Medea is giving she states‚” a weight upon my enemies
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In the movie‚ Kingdom of Heaven‚ set during the time period of the Crusades there are a number of scenarios that showcase the importance of an individual over constraints of society and religion. This is brought to the viewers attention in the first scene of the film; as a woman committed suicide. In the eye of the church suicide is a sin‚ yet this woman chose to end her life over staying true to the church. Disputes with constraints of society and religion are showcased often in this film‚ through
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Thanatos the God of Non-Violent Death Thanatos has been made into the stereotypical figure of violent and painful death. In reality‚ Thanatos is the infamous God of non-violent death. “Thanatos was portrayed as a youngster with an inverted torch in one hand and a wreath or butterfly in the other” (Encyclopedia Mythica). “On a sculpted column in the Temple of Artemis at Ephese (4th century BCE) Thanatos is shown with two large wings and a sword attached to his girdle” (Encyclopedia Mythica). Since
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The Lioness of Brittany My Woman of Valor Jeanne-Louise fell to her knees at the news of her husband’s death. Oliver III de Clisson‚ her husband of 13 years‚ was publicly executed after surrendering to the English at the Battle of Vannes. Philip VI took this surrender as Oliver making a move against his own country‚ leading him to charge Oliver with treason. Jeanne-Louise lay a mourning heap on the floor‚ reflecting on her husband’s noble service‚ and the king’s cowardly suspicion. The longer she
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