Introduction A. Topic: why did Dionysus want to seek revenge B. Thesis: One moment Dionysus not here‚ now he back to take his place as god. II. Body paragraphs A. Main idea: To punish his mother sisters‚ to punish Pentheus‚ Also top punish the unbelievers. B. Textual evidence: I will use the book “Bacchae” and the internet as my resources. To support my main ideas. I will also use people as another resources‚ I can get information about my topic from their point of view
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Is it ever ethically justified to torture a terrorist to save millions of innocent lives‚ or is it always unjustifiable to torture a person? Imagine one summer day when all the news stations broadcast a message saying that a terrorist has planted a nuclear bomb in New York City and that the bomb will detonate in approximately one hour and two million civilians will parish. The news then says that the terrorist has been captured‚ but the only way to find out the key information to stop the detonation
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Corey Carson Mr. Mims Eng 102 Due 2/3/12 The sweet taste of revenge Revenge is not always as sweet as it is cracked up to be. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” one of the main characters‚ Montresor schemes to get revenge on the other main character in this story‚ Fortunato. According to Montresor‚ in order for him to be happy with the way he gets revenge he must meet two conditions. Montresor states‚ “I must not only punish‚ but punish with impunity. A wrong is undressed
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Have you ever done something just to hurt or to mess with someone else who has wronged you at one time? In reading Great Expectations we learn that revenge is what drives people on in this book. For people like Miss Havisham her revenge on men by raising Estella to spite them. We also see in able how he wants to have Compeyson caught and locked away for making him get more jail time. Miss Havisham fell in love with a man from you lower class‚ then she was but on the day of their wedding her soon
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Montresor had his revenge on Fortunato planned out from the beginning. He knew when‚ where‚ and how to do it and didn’t back down. Line 23 states that Montresor wore a black silk mask and a roquelaire‚ he wore the costume as a disguise so no one would see him run off with Fortunato. “Thus speaking‚ Fortunato possessed himself of my arm; and putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person‚ I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.”. Montresor told his servants not
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Violent Dreams As a Latin proverb states‚ “revenge is a confession of pain.” The main character‚ Heathcliff‚ is a victim of a broken heart; in which‚ constructs feelings of inflicting pain on the ones who cause his suffering. In Emily Bronte’s novel‚ Wuthering Heights‚ Heathcliff is tremendously affected by the characters in the story that spawn his reasons for vengeance. Initially‚ Hindley views Heathcliff as a usurper of Hindley’s position as Mr. Earnshaw’s son‚ and quickly begins to display
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In the article "Revenge of the Geeks" by Alexandra Robbins‚ the author presents multiple claims about teenagers and adults. Two of these arguments are about the importance of intelligence. Firstly‚ Robbins argues that technology skills have become increasingly important today. She highlights that teenagers who have advanced technological skills are often highly sought after by colleges and employers. To support this claim‚ Robbins provides examples of teenagers who have developed apps and websites
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communicating significant ideas to the responder regardless of the context of the audience. Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy play‚ Hamlet‚ explores concerns such as morality and the difficulty of taking action‚ especially when certainty is impossible. His young protagonist‚ Hamlet‚ acts as an effective vehicle as he uses powerful language to explore his moral dilemmas. What distinguishes Hamlet from other revenge tragedy plays is the amount of action expected‚ especially from Hamlet himself as he continuously
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Unlike Abigail and Ann‚ there are characters that are trustworthy and liable‚ such as Elizabeth English and John Proctor. Based off of these four different characters‚ it is begging the question; is lying justifiable? Lying is not Justifiable because it can negatively affect others
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complicate things‚”explained Rebecca on page(2) in paragraph 4-5.Rebecca lied about something instead of telling the truth.Life is smooth when you tell a lie and it is a good form of communication Some people may argue that lying can destroy your human dignity.For example‚Immanuel Kant says‚”Lies harm the liar himself‚by destroying his human dignity and making him more worthless even than a small thing.This an understandable concern‚ however lies protect others from hearing the
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