Due Date: __________________ Antigone By Sophocles Essay Assignment Select ONE of the following topics to develop fully in a short essay. Be sure to answer the question in its entirety using evidence from the text. The topic is worth 100 points. Be sure to follow the proper essay form including an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement (underline your thesis statement)‚ supporting body paragraphs (at least three)‚ and a concluding paragraph where you restate your purpose and
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Approaching the task: The prompt Step 1: Read the prompt ‘Our relationships with other help us to define who we are.’ Step 2: Underline the key words ‘Our relationships with other help us to define who we are.’ Step 3: Define key terms. Relationships – connections with others‚ bonds‚ interactions. E.gs: family‚ friends‚ workmates‚ classmates‚ teachers etc. Step 4: Challenge the prompt to create more ideas. Asking questions about your prompt – is that the only thing that defines who we are? Write
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self-destruct themselves? It could have been a family tragedy. In Sophocles Antigone Antigone buries her brother‚ which is against the law‚ but she still does it and gets sent to a cave to be killed. Creon‚ the leader‚ must make a big descion to keep his authority. Through Koryphaios’s conversation with Creon he convinces him not to kill Antigone. Leaders need to enforce laws to keep a country alive. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ is engaged to Antigone. Haimon talks to Creon and he gives supportive reasons not to kill
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political aspects of Antigone‚ we created an off text improvisation where we played characters from Theban society -I was “A Female Citizen”- we read them out to the class so we could get an idea of people we could work with which was a good idea as it enabled us to engage with each other and incorporate more detail into our improvisation. Our improvisation was set in a market place‚ we each spoke of our feelings to each other‚ which showed the contrast in opinions towards Antigone(or her sister)/Creon
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About The Author Christopher Paolini’s love of science fiction and fantasy inspired him to start writing Eragon along with the rest of the Inheritance Cycle at the age of 15‚ when he graduated from high school. He became a New York Times bestselling author at the age of 19. Christopher intended to make this series a trilogy but later decided to divide the series into 4 separate books as he extended the length of the third book. The three books of this series that have released are Eragon‚ Eldest
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Word Count: 256 Response to Literature Essay Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles in which a generous act is punished by King Creon. Haimon‚ Creon’s son‚ plays an important character in the story. In scene three‚ lines 55-94‚ Haimon uses his persuasive skills in talking to his father King Creon. He blatantly expresses about his opinion towards him‚ Antigone‚ and what he thinks Creon should do. He does this effectively using the rhetorical device of Pathos. Throughout the story‚ Haimon is saying
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Antigone | Quote | Comments | Analysis | 1. "And now what is the proclamation that they tell of made lately by the commander‚ publicly‚/to all people? Do you know it? Have you heard it?/Don’t you notice when evils due to enemies/are headed towards those we love?"Line 8-12 | Antigone speak to Ismene about their brother Polyneices‚ that it is unfair to unbury him. Also she refers to the situation of the evil‚ cursed their father Oedipus who had been expelled outside from Thebes. | | 2
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Essay Prompts and Info. 1. Assess the validity: “Jacksonian Democracy was a myth”- Thesis: Some argue that Jacksonian Democracy was a myth but examples such as the spoils system‚ the universal white male suffrage‚ and increase in voter turnout prove that it was in fact Democratic. Paragraph 1: Spoils system- rewarded political supporters with public office‚ gave more “common” people a chance to be a part of the public office and lessened the amount of “literate” men. Paragraph 2: Universal
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Antigone Compare and Contrast Essay Sophocles’ and Jean Anouilh’s versions of the famous Greek tragedy; “Antigone” raise some interesting themes‚ motifs‚ and topics. The most prevalent theme throughout both versions was Human law Vs. Divine law. This helped me conclude that; in both versions of Antigone‚ characters that only adhere or favour man-made law or divine law‚ lead unstable lives and themselves suffer through isolation‚ loss‚ and deterioration. Both versions have a tragic hero that only
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