is what Antigone does in Sophocles’ story Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon’s order that no person should bury Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case‚ is Antigone’s decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively because they cause problems within the royal family‚ disagreement among the people and directly relate to the death of three people including her own. By burying her brother‚ Antigone knowingly
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Name: Mahmoud Allam Zeid Ali ID : 1131349 Fear The biggest fear is fear from myself. The biggest fear is fear from myself. I don’t know where I heard these words or when. But they were engraved in my mind through out the warm up. I had to fight the fear. this story is true and really happened with me when I drived my car for example the frist time I drived my car I cant tell my feeling in the frist time really in this time I afraid from myself if I do something wrong what was happened
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After reading chapter 1 from the book No Pity by Joseph P. Shapiro‚ I am intrigued by how the society has formed the norms‚ "labels" and characteristics for others. What is the actual definition of disabilities? Is there any limitation on what types of physiological and psychological behavior/characteristics to be considered as "disability"? From what can be derived from the first chapter‚ people do not want to be viewed as they are a form of pity; they want to be treated like everyone else. I have
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What’s fear to politics? Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion that a person senses that something is dangerous. In the first chapter of the book written by Al Gore’s Assault on Reason: “The Politics of Fear” has good valid points about fear to the audience. This is because Al Gore uses a lot of pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos in the first chapter. Al Gore first starts off with attacking George W. Bush about many things. Al Gore does seem to convince the audience that George W. Bush used fear through
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Greek Tragedy The play‚ Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ is full of unexpected twists and family tensions. Antigone is a Greek tragedy because it fits Aristotle’s definition of an ideal tragedy. One of Aristotle’s five points is‚ to be a tragedy‚ there must be a tragic hero. Creon‚ a character in Antigone‚ best fits the definition of a tragic hero. Creon is an Aristotelean tragic hero because of what others say‚ Creon says‚ and Creon’s actions. Creon fits the first point of Aristotle’s five points
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I fear dying this way.. The metropolitan city Karachi has descended into a state of fear. The unstoppable violence‚ crimes‚ robberies‚ target killings‚ suicide bomb blasts‚ kidnapping for ransom‚ riots‚ sectarian and ethnic killings‚ and abhorrent terrorism have made the city of lights‚ the capital of terror and constant fear. There is hardly any crime that is not prevalent in Karachi. The prospect of dying is frightening the innocent citizens. Threat‚ sacrifices‚ terror‚ agony and frustration
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Professor Tragic Elements of Antigone and OMM A tragedy is a serious work of fiction that presents the downfall of its protagonist‚ who through some error in judgment‚ weakness in character‚ or twist of fate suffers crushing defeat or death. It also must involve incidents arousing pity and fear. The novel Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ and the Greek drama Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ both have the woeful elements of a tragedy. In Antigone‚ the main character Antigone is of the cursed family of Oedipus
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Nigel Schilling Section D November 29‚ 2012 Fear By: Nigel Schilling In the book Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman‚ Richard Mayhew is trapped in a placed called London Below and his fear throughout the story is that he might not return to his home in London Above. In the story‚ the marquis de Carabas tells Richards that London Below is inhabited by people who fell through the cracks in the world and Richard’s anxiety is that he will become one of those people and remain in London Below for the
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Tragic Hero Within the tragic play Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ there is a dichotomy between the two main characters: Antigone and Creon. Throughout the play Antigone and Creon both portray a tragic hero; however‚ Antigone illustrates more qualities of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is one who fails to attain happiness and whose failures excites pity‚ has a great integrity of character‚ and is nether extremely benevolent nor malevolent. These are all qualities Antigone has and Creon does not. There is
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Dictation by Fear As the Twin Towers fell to the ground‚ mass chaos spread throughout the United States. Among many other overwhelming feelings‚ many Americans were left in question and accusations. The motives of the terrorists were unknown and many Americans’ fear overtook a sense of logic. With fear fueling the minds of many Americans‚ many began to take illogical and unjustified actions. A stereotype developed amongst the Muslim society‚ which has still shrugged them from American society
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