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Death Of Socrates King Of Thebes
1,217 wordsWhat is the relation of the state to the individual? Should obedience be paid to the will of the state, or to the justice with which it conflicts? If loyalty is required, is it conditional; necessary only part of the time? And, given that the state and the individual will inevitably disagree on some issues, who suffers in the end? Through their writings, Plato and Sophocles outline two sides of this issue. In Euthyphro, The Apology, and Crito Plato expresses a view of the state as flawed but nec...
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Proper Burial City State
924 wordsIn Ancient Greece, after 800 bc. , new ideas came to the forefront concerning the governing of society. These ideas led to a more organized leadership and a government whose decisions were primarily based on majority rule. This system took the form of city-states, large self-governing towns. These city-states were founded on principals of "freedom, optimism, secularism, rationalism, [and] the glorification of body and mind." Accompanying these principals was an obligation of fierce loyalty to th...
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Canopy Jars Body Cavity
575 wordsMummification in ancient Egypt was a very long and expensive process. From start to finish, it took about seventy days to embalm a body. Since the Egyptians believed that mummification was essential for passage to the afterlife, people were mummified and buried as well as they could possibly afford. High-ranking officials, priests and other nobles who had served the pharaoh and his queen had fairly elaborate burials. The pharaohs, who were believed to become gods when they died, had the most mag...
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Suffers From Recklessness Antigone Kreon And Ismene Society
529 wordsIn the short play Antigone, by Socrates, we find the chorus embodies the static voice of traditional society in many ways. In this play traditional society is following the rules and also obeying King Kreon and his rules. We will see how the characters Antigone, Kreon and Ismene relate to traditional society. The character Antigone is loyal to her family despite the unjust laws of Kreon. Antigone shows this by saying Hes my brother and yours too and weather you will or not, I will stand by him. ...
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Social Construction Native American
664 wordsBraxton The theory of social construction states that many concepts that appear naturally are really the result of human actions and choices. The British constructed the myth that the American Indians were savages for their own economic benefit. Because the British needed to have a legitimate and verifiable reason in order for the countrymen of Great Britain to advocate the taking of the lands of America from the Indians, the British developed a scheme of developing a myth to perceive the Indian...
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Feels That Creon Laws Of Heaven Antigone
757 wordsHistory 100 9 / 29 / 99 Adrian Kick Antigone During the ancient years of Greece, new ideas came up that complicated life. These new beliefs came with the strong development of science, where people started to get new aspects of Gods. But yet they were encouraged to exercised Gods and the heavenly matters in city-states. These new ideals often conflicted with each other creating complex moral dilemmas. In the play, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war dealing with the controversy of the ...
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Commander In Chief Burial Chamber
998 wordsKing Tutankhamun lived over 3, 300 years ago during a period known as the New Kingdom. This period of time was called the New Kingdom because it was when the pharaohs united upper and lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital being Memphis near current day Cairo. The reason I chose to write a research paper on King Tut is because he is one of the most well known pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Tutankhamun is most well known only by the discovery of his intact tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter and Lor...
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Societal Lessons In Julius Caesar
550 wordsMany authors try to convey different lessons that we, as individuals or a society can learn from their writings. William Shakespeare, in his play Julius Caesar, has definitely accomplished this goal. With the many lessons included in this story, society can learn from the mistakes of others made previously. It could be said that the actions of society are learned by the actions of our predecessors. In this incredible play, the major messages or societal lessons include mob mentality, respect, an...
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Tells His Father King Of Thebes
830 wordsCreon does not learn a lesson from Oedipus' accusatory behavior. Instead he adapts this bad personality trait. Throughout Antigone, he accuses everyone who tries to give him advice of betraying him. Whereas, in Oedipus, he is falsely accused by Oedipus of trying to take over the throne. This paper will compare and contrast his behavior and evaluate if he learned anything from one play to the next. Creon was seen in a different context in Oedipus compared to his character in Antigone. In Oedipus,...
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Emily Dickinson Loved One
463 wordsIn the poem by Emily Dickinson "It Was Not Death, for I Stood Up, " the main character has just lost a loved one and feels such devastation that cannot be put into words, but could only be described as "not" something. She feels such loss at her loved one's burial, that his "burial reminded [her] of [hers]." He has been a huge part of her life, so when he dies, that part of her dies also, and is buried with him. She cannot put the feeling of devastation into words, for if pain can be described, ...
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Friends And Family Future Generations
1,239 wordsIn The Odyssey, there are many important themes. One of the major ones is about memory. Being remembered is very important to the characters in the book. We see that all of the characters desire to be remembered, and many of them even ask to be remembered. In the Odyssey, there are many examples that show how important being remembered was to them, in fact it was the thing they cared about the most to be done after they passed away. Being remembered was an honor, and a way of living on. Telemach...
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Role Models Entire World
1,995 wordsRole models surround us; they are those who possess the qualities that we would like to have and those who have affected us in a way that makes us want to be better people, to advocate for ourselves and our goals and take leadership on the issues that we believe in. We often don't recognize our true role models until we have noticed our own personal growth and progress. In the midst of the modern world, we often look to our matriarchs and patriarchs for moral guidance. Just as we look to them as...
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Deuteronomy Land Of Promise And Part 1
1,598 wordsDeuteronomy: Land of Promise and Problems The first five books of the Bible are commonly referred to as the Pentateuch, a term indicating a scroll made up of five books. Jewish scholars, however, refer to these books by the Hebrew term Torah The Law. Deuteronomy means the Second Law. It is the fifth and final book of Moses, the last of the Torah, given by Moses, Gods representative and mediator to His Chosen People, to the new generation of Israelites, those who had not sinned in the desert, tho...
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Rose Of Sharon Grapes Of Wrath
1,127 wordsThe Grapes of Wrath Theres an old saying, Blood is thicker than water. Well, nothing proves truer than the families in The Grapes of Wrath. When faced with hardships, people leaned on their kin for support and love, and in the worst of times would even turn their backs on those they had known for years to protect and provide for their families: Cant think of that. Got to think of my own kids. Three dollars a day, and it comes every day. Times are changing, mister, dont you know? Cant make a livi...
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Kung Fu Neo Confucianism
893 wordsKung Fu Tzu Confucianism History Kung Fu Tzu (commonly pronounced Confucius in English) was born in 551 BCE in the state of Lu (modern day Shantung Province). He lived during the Chou dynasty, an era known for its moral laxity. Later in life, he wandered through many states of China, giving advice to their rulers. He accumulated a small band of students during this time. The last years of his life were spent back in Lu, where he devoted himself to teaching. His writings deal primarily with indiv...
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Edgar Allan Poe Edgar A Poe
1,757 wordsEdgar Allan Poe was one of the most successful writers of all time. He is known for his tales of the mysterious and macabre. He is reported to be the first master of the short story form (Edgar Allan Poe). About 12 of his works are known for their flawless literary construction. Poe had a rough childhood which definitely contributed to his writing. Poe was born in January 19 th of 1809 in Boston. Poe was the son of David Poe, an actor and Eliza Poe, an actress. Poe also had a sister. At age thre...
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Mr Kipps Jerome Funeral
305 wordsFuneral Was there a specter at the funeral of local resident Mrs. Drablow? An unexplained sighting of a mysterious woman in black has fuelled local legends of Drablow hauntings. The late Mrs. Drablow, of Eel Marsh House, was a wealthy landowner and well known reclusive. Her funeral took place on the cold morning of November 6 th at Crythin Gifford parish church. Attending the burial service were Mr Jerome, the deceased's property manager, and her young solicitor, Arthur Kipps, who had travelled ...
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Mr Kipps Jerome Drablow
306 wordsWas there a specter at the funeral of local resident Mrs. Drablow? An unexplained sighting of a mysterious woman in black has fuelled local legends of Drablow hauntings. The late Mrs. Drablow, of Eel Marsh House, was a wealthy landowner and well known reclusive. Her funeral took place on the cold morning of November 6 th at Crythin Gifford parish church. Attending the burial service were Mr Jerome, the deceased s property manager, and her young solicitor, Arthur Kipps, who had travelled from Lon...
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Poetry Works
898 wordsAs I walked into the lecture hall, I saw people ranging from the literary community? s elite to high school students. Taking my seat, the crowd hushed as a rather distinguished looking man walked to the podium. The man prepared his notes and I waited silently in awe of his presence, anticipating his words of wisdom. I knew this was a gentleman who knew what he was talking about? that is, until he opened his mouth. My first impressions of Professor Dunne, a visiting literary critic, were torn to ...
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Ancient Chinese Ancient China
811 wordsJades in Chinese Culture and Religion My hypothesis is that jades held some kind of religious significance to the Hongshan people. A jade is a strongly colored stone that can be polished to a shine. As many people may know, jades are abundant in Chinese culture. Ancient Chinese considered jades to be sacred material. It is said that jades reflect the cosmological and religious views of the people of ancient China. The manufacture of jades can be traced back 12, 000 years thanks to a discovery of...
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