tragedy Antigone‚ a play written by the brilliant Sophocles countless years ago‚ people believed that the only way to reach the underworld was by receiving a proper burial. Antigone‚ the prideful protagonist‚ had her brother‚ Polynices‚ killed at war. King Creon of Thebes‚ the audacious and selfish antagonist‚ sternly declared that whoever buried the traitor‚ Polynices‚ was to be put to death at once‚ but that did not stop Antigone to do what she thinks is morally correct. In the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles
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Analysis of Antigone Today the United States is controlled by three branches‚ but the executive branch is the branch that is commonly referred to when mentioning the United States; the President. Who was once just a loyal friend of Oedipus‚ now the ruler of Thebes‚ Creon can be considered Thebes’s president. A ruler who believes and insists that his word is final when it deals with anything under his jurisdiction‚ meets a match in Antigone‚ the daughter of the former ruler of Thebes before he
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Feminism in Antigone Although ancient Greece was a male-dominant society‚ Sophocles’ Antigone portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. Antigone‚ the tragic heroine‚ rejects the traditional role of women. As such‚ Sophocles punishes Ismene for embodying traditional attitude. Moreover‚ Creon is punished for misogyny. Sophocles‚ accordingly‚ uses characterization to promote feminist ideas. Sophocles introduces a female character in Antigone who is a strong believer and
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resonate with your understanding of loyalty in the play? Through a critical study of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and the many-faceted relationships that occur throughout it‚ we are able to identify the underlying idea of loyalty and understand how it’s different aspects affect the protagonist Hamlet and all his relationships in the play. Culminating in the line “I have sworn it”‚ Hamlet’s soliloquy‚ reflects his decision to carry out revenge out of loyalty to his dead father whilst foreshadowing
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ABSTRACT Customer and customer loyalty have an increasing importance in today’s competitive world. The companies follow customer share intelligence instead of market share intelligence. The most used method for this is information technology based customer relationship management. In this paper it is examined the factors that affect this loyalty‚ the place of information technology based customer relationship management variables such as club cards‚ calling centers and web sites
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The loyalty business model is a business model used in strategic management in which company resources are employed so as to increase the loyalty of customers and other stakeholders in the expectation that corporate objectives will be met or surpassed. A typical example of this type of model is: quality of product or service leads to customer satisfaction‚ which leads to customer loyalty‚ which leads to profitability. Contents [hide] 1 The service quality model 2 Expanded models 3 Data collection
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White Paper CRM vs. Loyalty Programs: Best Friends or Arch Rivals? CRM vs. Loyalty Best Friends or Arch Rivals? A sk business owners what keeps them up at night and most will say driving revenue‚ increasing profitability‚ staying ahead of the competition‚ and retaining customers. For the past year and a half‚ companies in a variety of industries— most notably those involved in the financial services‚ telecommunications‚ travel and tourism industries—have looked to large customer relationship
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Power of Loyalty In epics‚ the faithfulness and loyalty of characters are put to the test in relationships and conflicts. Through these situations‚ some thanes fail to live up to the ideal of loyalty. However‚ Beowulf maintains loyal to his alliances through all struggles which illustrates his extraordinary faithfulness. In the epic Beowulf‚ Beowulf emphasizes the ideal of loyalty throughout his relationship with his lord Higlac and his host Hrothgar. First‚ Beowulf stays loyal and faithful
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Employee Loyalty will help company’s leader be able to structure a business in which employees contribute most to its development. In this research‚ the four questions will be focused are: 1. What is the Company culture? 2. What is the employee loyalty? 3. Will the innovation in Company Culture results in better Employee Loyalty? 4. What are the implications of the study in Vietnam? Result of this research showed “There is a Positive Correlation between Company Culture and Employee Loyalty” is drawn
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to the play Antigone because they all have something to do with dying in honor and control who you are. Antigone wants to bury Polyneices’ body. Ismene refuses to help her because Ismene is afraid of getting the death penalty. Antigone says if she dies from trying to bury her brother Polyneices‚ she will die in honor knowing that she will do anything to have her brother die peaceful and the way he is supposed to. The poem “If we must die” best represents to Antigone because Antigone wants to die
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