“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what is right.”--Franklin Roosevelt. After studying the play Antigone by Sophocles I have found that there are many lessons and qualities that are being taught in this play‚ some more obvious than others. I have established that the character Haemon has expressed these certain qualities that you can learn in life. In fact‚ these qualities I find in Haemon are quite similar to those of my own. The qualities I find complementary between me and Haemon
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A tragic hero is a person who makes an error in their judgment that leads to their ultimate demise. In the play‚ Antigone by Sophocles‚ the character Antigone serves as a foil to Creon’s character by highlighting his anger‚ ruthlessness and his power hungriness. The choices Creon makes for Antigone in the play lead him to his own destruction making him a tragic hero. Antigone was a great foil to Creon‚ she brought out Creon’s anger when she tells him she doesn’t really care what happens to her because
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Many people learn a lot of life lessons through many ways. Personally‚ I learn a lot of life lessons through reading books such as The Color of Water by James McBride. In The Color of Water‚ they give off quite a few life lessons from Ruth and James. One life lesson that I learned while reading The Color of Water is that it doesn’t matter where you come from. Just because you grew up some place in some environment doesn’t mean you are always going to be that way. Ruth grew up Jewish with a lot
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"Power corrupts‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely‚" said Lord Acton generations ago. In the Greek tragedy Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ there was a character named Kreon‚ the antagonist‚ who was the king of Thebes. Thebes was an autocratic state where Kreon had absolute power. Throughout the course of the play‚ Kreon abused his privilege of absolute power; and this caused him to suffer greatly‚ even though he was warned by a few people of his bad deeds. What Sophocles commented on absolute
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Salem Aldawsari Writing Core B April 21‚ 2015 Life Lessons of Living Abroad in US When someone lives abroad away of their country‚ they must learn some new lessons of the new life. Living abroad means you will be away from your family and relatives who they support and encourage you when you need to. In this essay‚ I will discuss and explain the experience of what I attained which include learning a new culture‚ self-reliance and finding new friends from several countries. US culture is different
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Valuable Lessons My life started out like the beginning of a perfect childhood. Both of my parents had steady‚ well-paying government jobs‚ we had moved into a new home and even bought a puppy. All was harmonious‚ until my parents decided we would have a better life in Canada. Leaving behind everything and everyone we knew was probably one of the hardest things my parents ever did for my brother and me. Struggling to fit in and assimilate was least of our problems‚ trying to make a decent income
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“The Lesson” is told by a character named Sylvia. She lives in Harlem‚ New York and it seems to be around the 1960’s to the 1970’s. Sylvia is a spunky outspoken kid‚ and as time passes by throughout the story she becomes a more reserved child. Sylvia learns a lesson and by her leaning this lesson it changes her attitude and outlook on life. We learn from Sylvia’s speech the type of environment that she lives in and what her outlook on life is. The story seems to take place around summer time. Therefore
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10 Life Lessons On May 17th‚ 2014‚ Admiral William “Bill” McRaven‚ gave one of the most memorable commencement speeches‚ entitled “10 Life Lessons”‚ to the graduating class of 2014 at the University of Texas at Austin. On that day in May‚ there were over 8‚000 students graduating‚ not to mention the families and factuality of those graduating students in attendance as well. ADM. McRaven at the time was the 9th Commander of the Special Operations Command. He had spent over 35 years in the United States
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CURRICULAR LESSONS Life Sciences Activities For students who are visually impaired in the science classroom: Life Cycle of Frogs‚ Dragonflies and Butterflies Overview In this lesson‚ students learn the concept of metamorphosis in an organism’s life cycle by studying the growth and development of butterflies‚ frogs‚ and dragonflies. Objectives • Understand that all animals have a life cycle that includes being born‚ developing into an adult‚ reproducing‚ and eventually dying • Understand
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themes in both Antigone and the book of Genesis. Antigone is laden with violent imagery; countless arguments causing conflict between Antigone and Creon as well as Creon and Haemon; and the blatant violence of the various murders and suicides present in the play. Genesis‚ on the other hand‚ has a range of stories; a handful of which contain large-scale violence‚ such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah or Noah and the great flood. Genesis‚ as a much larger text than Antigone‚ also contains
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