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- 4861: Who Is The Tragic Hero In Antigone?
- Who Is The Tragic Hero In Antigone? The debate over who is the tragic hero in Antigone continue on to this day. The belief that Antigone is the hero is a strong one. There are many critics who believe, however, that Creon, the Ruler of Thebes, is the true protagonist. I have made my own judgments also ... were left to the birds and dogs. There would be no rational thinking involved in a act like this. These are arguments envolved in deciding who is the tragic hero of Antigone. Critics, to this day, still argue about who is the tragic hero of Antigone. Many say that Antigone is the heroin. Others say that it is Creon. My research favors Antigone as the perfect protagonist. No matter who the ...
- 4862: The Use Of Setting In A And P
- ... town is north of Boston, five miles from the beach. Since the store is right in the middle of town, banks and churches and the newspaper store can been seen from the front doors. The day is Thursday, so there is not very much business. Outside, the sun can be seen on the pavement. The main character, Sammy, is almost nineteen years old and his coworker, Stokesie, is twenty-two and ... and the old woman catches the mistake (Updike 316). She s one of these cash-register-watchers, a witch about fifty with rouge on her cheekbones and no eyebrows, and I know it made her day to trip me up, Sammy thinks about the old woman (Updike 316). Updike also makes humorous descriptions of all the other customers. They are referred to as sheep because of the way they move about ...
- 4863: Hamlet Was Weak and Diminutive
- ... as a fishmonger, which is to say that Polonius is lower than the lowest of the low. Hamlet goes on to say, “to be honest, as the world goes, is to be one man pick’d out of ten thousand,” and then says what Polonius probably thought was a very absurd and crazy thing: “For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kission carrion - Have you ... a “bloody, bawdy villain,” Hamlet realizes that he’s still talking rather than doing: “O, vengeance! Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murder’d, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words, And fall a-cursing, like a very drab, A stallion! Fie upon’t! foh!” Despite all of his ...
- 4864: Othello
- ... says "What bloody man is that?". This is symbolic of the brave fighter who has been injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the next passage, in which the sergeant says "Which smok'd with bloody execution," he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which he covers his sword in the hot blood of the enemy. Act II, Scene ii. The symbol of blood now changes to show ... the play, Macbeth has Macduff at his mercy, and lets him go, because of his guilt. He shows that he is guilty, when he says "But get thee back, my soul is too much charg'd with blood of thine already." Of which, Macduff Replies, "I have no words, my voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee out." After the death of Macbeth at the ...
- 4865: My Secret Confessions From The Grave: Al Capone
- ... who gave me the scares on my face. I was a marked man by this time, and after several attempts on my life from a rival gang, I struck back with the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929. It may be the greatest violence that ever occurred during the Chicago gang era. Seven members of “Bugsy” Moran’s mob were killed with machine-guns by my mob posing ... my days as a free man were numbered, because an IRS investigator, Elmer L. Irey, had built a case against me that was strong enough to convict me on tax evasion charges. On the first day of the income tax evasion trial, which began on October 7, 1930. My lawyers and I were confident because we had previewed the list of jurors and knew the names and addresses of each of ...
- 4866: Interpretation Of I Heard A Fl
- ... continues in the world. The last stanza of “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” is the most important of the poem. It writes, “Since then ‘t is centuries; but each feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses’ heads were toward eternity.” This stanza makes the reader realize how short life really is when it is compared to the eternities they may spent in afterlife. The last stanza also leaves the reader with the message that life on earth is far too short and it should be lived to it’s fullest every day. Death plays a large part in Dickinson’s poetry and it greatly shapes the way she writes and the way readers perceive her. As seen by analyzing and interpreting the poems “I Heard a Fly ...
- 4867: Mother Teresa
- ... train. She arrived at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto. Here she went through two months of intensive English language studies. Then December 1, she set sail on a thirty-seven day trip to India. She stayed in Calcutta for one week and then went to Darjeeling where she began her novitiate. After two years as a novice, she professed temporary vows as a Sister of Our ... Sisters of Our Lady Loreto. She eventually became the director of studies at the school. Mother Teresa summed up her experience as, “The happiest nun at Loreto.” According to Teresa, September 10, 1946 was the “day of inspiration” for her. It happened while she was going on a train from Calcutta to Darjeeling. She was quietly praying when she says she felt a “call within her calling.” She had to leave ...
- 4868: Our Town
- ... Hampshire, set at the turn of the century. The play involves three main acts, each focussed upon a different aspect of life. Set in 1901, the first act simply discusses the passing of an uneventful day in the town. We are exposed to all the characters, particularly two teenage characters, Emily Webb, and George Gibbs. The second act focuses upon ‘love and marriage’, and takes place in 1904, the day of Emily and George’s wedding. We are exposed to all the tremulous events of marriage, yet the scene ends happily. The final act, set in 1913 involves the funeral of Emily Webb. After her ...
- 4869: Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman"
- ... big success in the business world. It also portrays his wife Linda, who "plays along" nicely with his lies and tells him what he wants to hear, out of compassion. The book describes the last day of his life, but there are frequent "flashbacks" in which Willy relives key events of the past, often confusing them with what is happening in the present. His two sons, Biff and Happy, who are ... why Biff gives him a "hopeless" glance near the end of the Requiem. Biff speaks of the "nice days" that they had had together, which all involve handyman's work Willy had done on the day. Charley adds to this that "he was a happy man with a batch of cement" (p.110). This adds a new dimension to the tragedy, because it all indicates that Willy was, just like Biff ...
- 4870: Our Town
- Human beings are amazing creatures. Our history has shown spectacular and shameful events from day one. Throughout the course of history we have seen both war and peace. More war than peace, but the point still remains. That we, as a human race, have accomplished many wonderful intellectual break-throughs ... of this paper is to analyze the gender issues and differences that existed in all three plays. I would like to relate and compare these issues to our past as humans and to our modern day present. We see a wide array of controversial gender issues arise in Lysistrata. This play starts off by showing the main character as a strong independent woman. The beginning of the play focuses on Lysistrata ...
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