hamartia and lastly they need to realize their mistakes and accept their consequences. In Antigone‚ there are two main characters that fit the criteria of a tragic hero‚ but only the protagonist‚ Antigone meets all of the conditions. Antigone meets the second requirement of a tragic heroine‚ by fulfilling the criteria of being neither entirely good nor completely bad. In the opening of the play‚ Antigone asks her sister‚ Ismene to help her give Polynieces a proper burial but Ismene disagrees because
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Emotions PSY240 October 18‚ 2013 Emotions Fear is the easiest emotion to infer from behavior in various species; it plays an important adaptive function in motivating the avoidance of threatening situations and chronic fear induces stress. (Pinel‚ 2011‚ P. 443). I will discuss the theories with specific examples in order to make a better connection‚ more personal connections‚ with the theories. Darwin ’s believed emotions grew from manners that indicated what an animal would do next in
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rebellion-inspiring tragedy Antigone. Among others‚ his main characters‚ Antigone and Creon‚ are representative of the two ideologies in contrast. In regards to the burial‚ or rather‚ non-burial‚ of Antigone’s slain brother Polyneices‚ they are constantly battling over polar positions: state against individual citizen‚ law against conscience‚ and human nature against divine nature. Ultimately‚ in following her conscience and sacrificing her life in defiance of nomos‚ Antigone is validated as a martyr
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Medea: Passion vs. Reason “The passions are like fire‚ useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one‚ through their excess‚” stated Christian Nestell Bovee a famous mid-19th century author. “Logic‚ like whiskey‚ loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities‚” stated Lord Dunsany a famous Anglo-Irish writer during the 1900s. These quotes demonstrate a strong theme in the Greek play Medea written by Euripides. In the play Medea‚ the protagonist Medea learns that her husband
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of Antigone‚ the protagonist of the play‚ Antigone‚ challenges society’s orders and norms. At the time period of the play‚ society’s norm for women was the maintain order in the family‚ give life to newborns and take care of the family members. However‚ Antigone challenges these social orders due to her social value of life: burying her brother‚ Polynices‚ and giving him a proper burial. Thus‚ it is through these norms and restrictions as well as her only social value that stimulates Antigone to
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In Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ two sisters‚ Ismene and Antigone‚ have two different views on what it means to be human. Ismene understand “being human” or “life” in a biological sense. She believes in continuing‚ by being a female‚ in continuing the family bloodline. Antigone however‚ understands “being human” in a sense of family honor and reputation. Both are important‚ but neither is right nor wrong. Creon‚ the ruler‚ has his own views on how to rule the city. He believes that he is in charge and
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Reading Response for Antigone Power is a tricky entitlement to decide among a community. Some people may believe that the ruler has the best decision in mind for everyone in that specific community‚ and other people may believe otherwise. My personal opinion on how much power a ruler should have is sort of a complicated opinion in that I do not believe in one specific ruler to make decisions for a whole community. Rulers should not have any significant power than anyone else because it should be
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Emotions‚ Stress‚ and Personality Summary Paper Our emotions are a combination of physiological activation‚ expressive behaviors‚ and conscious experiences. There are three theories associated with emotions. These include: James-Lange‚ Cannon-Bard‚ and the Two-Factory Theory. James-Lange’s Theory states that the reason an emotion is triggered is because of a physiological response to an emotion-arousing stimuli. The Cannon-Bard theory states that an “emotion-stimulating stimulus and our body’s
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defines what a true tragic hero is. Someone whose own judgement of error leads to their demise and In most cases involving plays‚ the main character is the tragic hero. However‚ when one is ruminating the distinctive aspects of Antigone there can be two tragic heroes. Antigone and Creon‚ both with the potential of inquiring the role of a true tragic hero in this tragedy. Looking at each aspect of what a true tragic hero is (as defined by Aristotle) both characters have tragic flaws. Antigone’s
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Chapter 13 of Handbook of Emotions‚ Facial Expressions of Emotion‚ Matsumoto et al (2008) thoroughly explain Darwin’s 135 year old conclusion that the muscle actions involved in emotions are universal to both nonhuman primates and other mammals (Matsumoto et al‚ 2008‚ p. 212). Matsumoto et al (2008) provided research from current day to show how this theory is still relevant and it both intrigued and surprised me. This chapter in particular was very crucial in the application of my future clinical
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