a. As portrayed in Persepolis‚ Marjane’s life in many ways is very different from yours‚ but there may be more connections than are at first apparent. Explore this possibility by comparing and/or contrasting one of your own experiences with one or two of hers as you know them through the book. Make sure your comparison and/or contrast adds up to more than just an observation of similarity or difference. What is the significance of these connections and why should it matter that your experiences
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If you could be one for just 24 hours‚ what cereal box cartoon character would you be? Why? •What was the best thing that happened to you this weekend? (used August 23‚ 1998) •What is your favorite animal? List three adjectives to explain your choice. •What is your favorite color? List three adjectives to explain your choice. •It’s a very hot and muggy day. You desperately want something very cool and refreshing to quench your thirst and revitalize your body. What would
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Antigone Interpretive Essay The play‚ Antigone‚ written around 422 B.C. by the author Sophocles‚ is the first of the three Theban plays written by this author. Although it was the first written‚ Antigone is the third in the series coming after the plays Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. This play follows the story of a girl‚ Antigone; and the king of the city of Thebes‚ Creon‚ who both have different beliefs about Antigone’s dead brother Polyneices. Creon makes a rule that no one can bury Polyneices
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The Crucible In-Class Essay Prompts Assignment Prepare to write a multi-paragraph in-class essay on November 7. Choose one of the following topic choices: 1. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller suggests that sacrifices may be necessary to restore the social order. Discuss the necessary sacrifices made by at least two of the play’s characters‚ analyzing why they were necessary. Be sure to choose sacrifices that are similar in nature. a. How to write a thesis that forms a unique judgment: i. Your
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Macbeth Essay prompts Short Essay Prompts 1. Write a one-and-a-half to two page essay about the break between truth and reality in the first three acts of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Be sure to use examples from the text‚ including quotes and paraphrased situations. 2. The three witches told Macbeth his fate. Did the events in Macbeth’s life occur because of the witches’ prophesy or because of the choices he made? Is it a bit of both? What caused Macbeth to fall: Fate or Free Will? Explain the role of
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Graded Assignment Unit Test‚ Part 2: Organization of Human Societies‚ c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E. Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. Score (45 points) 1. Analyze similarities and differences in methods of political control in TWO of the following empires in the Classical period: • Han China (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.) • Mauryan/Gupta India (320 B.C.E.–550 C.E.) • Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.–476 C.E.) Answer: Graded Assignment Unit Test‚ Part 2: Organization
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English a lang & lit writtent task 2 Awethu Kakaza DP2 If Antigone had been written in a different time or place or language or for a different audience‚ how and why might it differ? The adaption of the play Antigone by Jean Anouilh is proof that works of literature can successfully be altered for a new purpose. By taking a solid story that possesses merits that the author requires and melding them with new attributes‚ an author can craft a new tale that can display their message by using
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In the play‚ "Antigone"‚ fate plays a vital role in the story because fate controls the people‚ according to beliefs Greek culture. For example‚ Antigone accepts her inescapable fate and the consequences of burying Polyneices‚ despite Creon’s refusal to give him a proper burial. Her acceptance of her fate is shown through her respect towards the gods and her disdain towards Ismene’s lack of respect: “Since apparently the laws of the god mean nothing to you‚” (line 63). Antigone’s loyalty to fate
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In the play Antigone‚ the two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles had the opposite characteristics of each other. Polyneices showed that he was couargeous‚ and determind‚ Eteocles displayed that he is arrogant‚ competitive‚ and stubborn. In the play when Oedipus died (their father and brother) both agreed that they would take turns of being king of Thebes. When it was Polyneices’ turn Eteocles disagreed to let it be his turn and he was unfair to his brother. Eteocles forbid Polyneices to enter Thebes
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graphic novel Persepolis and the tragedy Antigone. In Marjane Satrapis’ Persepolis and Sophocles’ Antigone both protagonists are faced with insurmountable obstacles but various factors allow one to give up and the other to be resilient. In both stories‚ the protagonists face issues: they are not able to do things that should be their unalienable right. For example‚ in Persepolis the protagonist Marji cannot wear certain things‚ and Antigone’s protagonist Antigone can’t bury her dead brother. This is
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