Once Antigone makes up her mind, she does not waver. Creon does not want the death of his son’s future wife, but still decides to starve Antigone to death. Antigone takes her fate upon herself by committing suicide. Her suicide causes major problems for Creon. Creon’s swift and just punishment of Antigone as any other citizen of Thebes, was the right decision.
After she demonstrates great loyalty and devotion towards Jason, he selfishly dismissed her in pursuit of social prestige. Even the conservative’s Chorus representing civilised Greek values agrees Jason has wronged Medea. To seek her own sense of justice Medea embarks upon a course of barbaric revenge. Euripides presents a character consumed with retribution leading to devastating violence. The initial crime of betrayal appears relatively minor compared to the horrific offenses committed by Medea.
Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is a person who is good and decent but has a major flaw which leads to their downfall. John’s mistake with Abby was more of a flaw. It was a decision that changed his life forever. In the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller demonstrates how revenge can spread faster than wildfire. Abby is paying Goody Proctor back for kicking her out of the house as role as the family servant and breaking her and John apart.
In his essay "Verbal Autonomy and Verbal Self-Restraint in Euripides' Medea", Brad Levett argues that "The complete autonomy, self-control, and strength [Medea] develops in her use and response to language results in her decision to kill her children, and she thereby proves herself resistant even to her own better judgment"(55). He defines two terms which are "verbal autonomy" and "verbal self-restraint" (54-55). Levett claims that Medea adopted her language from a bodily autonomy model and from the power that is used in the battle field. Then, he describes the body's boundaries between men and women, and how they control these boundaries in Athenian consideration. He discusses how the self-control and autonomous are related to resistance or control of others language, and he links these ideas with Athenian women who did not have the power to make decisions that time because of the lack of mental strength.
Richard III laughs as he ruses Lady Anne into believing that he killed her husband and father because of her beauty. “Was ever woman in this humor wooed?” Richard when he’s alone, he mocks her because she fell for his hoax. Richard was actually a very smart man and very deceiving at the same time. The beginning of act 1 starts with this heartfelt speech of Richard speaking of how he feels about his brothers and how he will reach the top. Richard is bitter, deformed, not loved, and sickened by peace, so he will set his brothers up for their death and rise up.
Antigone is a young woman whose brothers kill each other in a fierce battle. One brother, Polynices, had been fighting against the other brother, Eteocles. Creon, the king of Thebes, has decides that only Eteocles can be buried because he was not a traitor unlike his brother. Consequently, Creon makes a decree that Polynices be left unburied because he dared to oppose the ruling of the king. Antigone, the sister of both Polynices and Eteocles believes that both brothers have the right to be buried, because she loves them both.
Jack wishes for Pam to marry a man who has a good head on his shoulders and who could financially provide for a family. Although his secret methods for discovering Greg’s past come across as comically over the top, they show the love and respect that he has for his daughter. Jack’s ability to find fault in each one of Greg’s actions displays his inability to let go of his daughter. He believes that no man is good enough to marry her. Additionally, Jack refers to Pam as his “little girl,” symbolizing his fear of her growing up and becoming engaged.
This change of emotions is caused by her overpowering love for Romeo. Her intense love for Romeo gives her to forgive him, as she thinks of reasons to justify Romeo’s actions. From “That villain cousin would have killed my husband” and “My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain, / And Tybalt’s dead, that would have slain my husband.”, she convinces herself that Tybalt would have killed Romeo even if he did not die first, hence showing her loyalties lie with Romeo, not Tybalt or the Capulets any longer. Therefore eventually she reaches a conclusion, “Back foolish tears, back to your native spring”, that “All this is comfort, wherefore I weep then?” that it should be a good thing that Tybalt is dead so that Romeo can live and they can be
Revenge Essay Revenge, the act of taking vengeance for wrongs opposed to retribution, punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved, seems like a fair contest; especially when a wrong has been done wrong. Terri Mizuno, a main character in Maureen Wartski’s Candle in the Wind, finds her world flipped upside-down when her older brother, Harris, is shot, and killed on the night of a party in his honor. She struggles to fend off a tide of hate, racism, and bigotry, as her heart is forced to choose between revenge and retribution for the loss of her brother. Terri acts appropriately when finds herself a confidant, develops her new-found talent for writing, and makes a sacrifice that ultimately decides her choice for retribution.
Antigone, showing true loyalty to her family, elected to bury the body of Polyneices, though it was against the law. She did this knowing she would die; she laid her life on the line for someone else, displaying a true act of altruism. When hearing this tale of courage, Greek children must have been influenced, in some way, to be giving and selfless towards others. We can see the importance of altruism displayed in Theseus and the Slaying of the Minotaur. The story tell of Theseus and how he goes about slaying the Minotaur, clearly, but one can recognize altruism in Theseus’ acts as well.