Antigone Essay “There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me certainly there are none with killing for”, Albert Dietrich. Many people who have read Antigone by Sophocles would say Antigone’s tragic death was for a respectable cause. Antigone is determined to do what she believes is right resulting in her downfall. Three reasons why Antigone caused her own downfall is her protection on personal dignity, observance to religious laws, and her loyalty and obligation to family.
The Death Penalty is an article written by David Bruck, an attorney who has represented many criminals on death row. In his piece, he disagrees with Koch, the then-current mayor of New York City from 1977 to 1989, who wrote an essay on why the death penalty should be enacted. Bruck’s article fundamentally describes how the death penalty is immoral and ineffective. The source was produced in the liberal magazine The New Republic in 1985. Since it was published in 1985, it might have been more revolutionary
behind the term slogan? To inaugurate this essay, a slogan can be classified as a short, memorable and appealing phrase used to advertise a certain aspect. In 1984, there are three memorable ideals that can be classified as a slogan. War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength is all slogans expressed in the novel, 1984. The first slogan expressed in 1984 is the concept of war is peace. “War is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength” (4). This quote introduces the three slogans
JB Priestley presents the theme of responsibility in “An Inspector Calls” in several ways. In this essay I will talk about how JB Priestley presents the theme of responsibility and how each character feels about them being responsible for Eva’s death, I will provide pure evidence to prove my point using quotes directly from the book. I will also talk about Mr. Birling speech and Inspector Goole’s speech and I will analyze them and give my opinion about the speeches. At the beginning of the play
JB Priestley presents the theme of responsibility in “An Inspector Calls” in several ways. In this essay I will talk about how JB Priestley presents the theme of responsibility and how each character feels about them being responsible for Eva’s death, I will provide pure evidence to prove my point using quotes directly from the book. I will also talk about Mr. Birling speech and Inspector Goole’s speech and I will analyze them and give my opinion about the speeches. At the beginning of the play
This paper is a diary entry of Gatsby’s which was written prior to the events of the book while Gatsby was at war. The diary entry sets the stage for the events which take place in the book. Gatsby has a lapse of letters from Daisy, he hears of Daisy’s marriage to Tom, and is introduced to the company of Meyer Wolfsheim. The diary entry makes reference to his early beginnings, with Dan Cody, showing Gatsby transform over the years. Throughout the entry, Gatsby’s various personality and moral characteristics
insanely ruthless situations that dramatized the many evils of human experience. I think Voltaire admirably constructs this particular satire through his assortment of themes and symbolisms. Quickly and beyond a doubt, Voltaire takes the reader through an assorted matter of episodes of acute savagery that prove both horrible and distinctly comical. Like other satires, this story has many themes linked by one central thoughtful point crisscrossing the entire
JB Priestley presents the theme of responsibility in “An Inspector Calls” in several ways. In this essay I will talk about how JB Priestley presents the theme of responsibility and how each character feels about them being responsible for Eva’s death, I will provide pure evidence to prove my point using quotes directly from the book. I will also talk about Mr. Birling speech and Inspector Goole’s speech and I will analyze them and give my opinion about the speeches. At the beginning of the play
Stepmothers: Stepping Away From Warts, Cackles, and Wickedness The essay Reading Fairy Tales Maria Tartar suggests “There is something to be said for the view that fairy tales have no stable meaning as well as for the views that are charged with meaning, but there are numerous other positions and possibilities between these two extremes” (J.D. Stahl pg. 284). Children in the 18th and 19th century grew up with the beloved fairy tales of triumphant protagonists—whether princess or pauper—and the falling
Literary Essay: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark In Hamlet, Shakespeare uses revenge as a noteworthy topic all through the play. Revenge is a critical part in the development of the play, Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, and Laertes, child of Polonius and Claudius, king of England. Revenge causes one to act blindly through anger, rather than through reason. Every one of the four men looks for revenge in the play. These characters seek vengeance on one and another, but the way