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- 10331: Antigone
- ... years. Freedom of religion was encouraged to be exercised in city-states. These new ideals with each other create complex moral dilemmas. Creon, the new king of Thebes, condemns his son’s fiancé, Antigone, to death for her religious beliefs that disagree with Creon’s order. He uses her to set an example for the entire city of Thebes, for she is the first person to ever disobey Creon’s order ...
- 10332: Gylfaginning: Creation and Odin
- ... the giantess Bestla as his wife, Bor had three sons: Odin Vili, and Ve. From here, things started taking a different direction. These three sons went off and killed Ymir, and from Ymir’s blood, death came to all but one of the giants. They took Ymir’s body to Ginnungagap, and from Ymir’s blood and body parts, the physical parts of the world came about: seas, lakes, mountains, trees ...
- 10333: The Crucible: Personal Turmoil
- ... my name? Have given you my soul; leave me my name” (Miller, 143). Proctor weighs both sides of his internal conflict and realizes that he must not make another mistake. Therefore, he prescribes himself to death, not for his own sake, but rather for the sake of the others. As John dies, Elizabeth weeps saying "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it away"(Miller, 145). Perhaps, if there ...
- 10334: Feminists and Fairy Tales
- ... his things and chased him back down the beanstalk. The giant follows Jack down the beanstalk but before he reaches the bottom Jack chops it down. The giant, still on the beanstalk, plummets to his death. Most people would call Jack the protagonist for killing the giant, but I say that the giant is the real hero in this story. Jack is trying to steel the giant's possessions, and the ...
- 10335: Opinions on Oedipus the King
- ... a terrible plague devastating Thebes, and Oedipus, the king of Thebes, is trying to stop it. The answer he receives from the oracle he consults is, “Pay the killers back--whoever is responsible,” for the death of Laius. Oedipus becomes so obsessed with finding the murderer of Laius that he completely disregards all of the signs that he in fact is the murderer of Laius. The character of Oedipus is confident ...
- 10336: Archetypes
- ... it can be physical, emotional, spiritual, and an onset of experience. For example, while Perseus is living a wonderful and trouble free life on the island of Serephus Hera seizes and inflicts terror, fear and death into Perseus’s life. Hera believes Perseus shouldn’t receive special treatment and should have to experience the hardships of life like other humans. Hera is jealous that her son Calibos does not get to ...
- 10337: The Darling
- ... died, her mirror was shattered. This left her unable to survive without reflecting her husband’s light, just as the show could not go on without the public coming to watch it. Following Kukin’s death, Olga knew to do nothing else but morn. As it says, “She was always in love with someone and could not live otherwise (Chekov, 46).” At this point, there was no one for her to ...
- 10338: Ghosts and Poltergeists
- ... living). When a ghost makes its presents, its called a haunting. Haunting are spirits of deceased human beings appearing frequently in certain places. Haunting are usually related to a specific place or tragic way of death. Haunting are appearances of ghosts in areas known to the deceased before their deaths. Haunting activities are continuous over time, concentrated in the the same area, and are not violent. One thing to fear about ...
- 10339: Triumph Over Difficulties
- ... gas chambers. Women were raped and men were forced to work until they fainted then beaten until they woke and worked again. The lucky ones were the ones that died on the trips to the death camps, they wouldn't have to see the sadness in the eyes of family members torn from them, never to see eachother again. Eventually help came to save these starving and horrified people. After the ...
- 10340: Money Is The Root Of All Evil
- ... plain lunacy; are all things that have caused people to step over that line into evil. Hitler is a prime example, his hatred towards all other races combined with his complete insanity provided for the death of millions of people. Not a person in this world, with their sanity in tact, would deny that he was as evil as they come. His was an evil, not rooted in money, but in ...
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