When the oracle said that her son would kill his father and sleep with his mother she quickly abandoned her son to avoid that horrible fate and thanked the oracle for that. However, when Oedipus heard that Polybus was dead and realized he didn’t kill his father Jocasta said the oracle was useless. Jocasta is the type of person that chooses to be blind and accept the lies but only when they help her. If the truths help her then she will accept the truths. Jocasta is also trying to blind Oedipus in this quote.
First my family was grieving the death of Mercutio, another death at the hand of a Capulet. Then my son is banished and the next day – dead! I had not even spoken to my dear boy before he fled the city! There is no way I can be held accountable. I implore you, my Prince not to persecute the woman who’s already lost the light of her life, but instead turn your attention to the real culprits of this unbelievable crime – The Capulets.
The fact that Antigone is now alone is this process does not slow her down at all; not even after Ismene warns her that the consequence of her actions could be death. “Our own death would be if we should go against Creon.” (Line 46, Pg 774). Due to Ismene’s lack of help, Antigone is feeling betrayed by her sister, but will continue on without her. “But as for me, I will bury the brother I love.” (Line 69, Pg 774). Later on when Antigone has buried her brother, Polynieces, she created yet another betrayal; this time on King Creon.
Jocasta isn’t really known for being deceiving or manipulative in this play, but she does try to convince her husband that all of the prophecies are not true at all. The prophecy with Oedipus is that he was supposed to kill his father and marry his mother, when Jocasta and her late husband Laius found out the prophecy of their new born son, they casted him out of Thebes to die. But in fact that baby did not die because he was taken in by king Polybus and queen Merope of Corinth. Then later on in the play Oedipus gets word of his father’s death in Corinth and then finds out in fact that Polybus was not his biological father at all. When all of the takes place and Oedipus gets back to Thebes, Jocasta realizes that the prophecies could be true and she tries to convince Oedipus that they are not because she and Laius’s son died after they got word of the prophecy that was foretold to them.
When Creon learns that Antigone has buried her brother, he becomes furious and sentences Antigone to death despite his son’s and Antigone’s fiancé pleading, as well as a warning from the prophet. But as the prophet for-told, the gods are on Antigone’s side and for Creon’s crime he loses his only son, Haemon and his wife. The begging of the play, Antigone has her sister, Isemen outside the city gates. Antigone is trying to get Ismene to help her bury their brother, Polyncies. But Ismene refuses to help her sister, fearing the death penalty installed by Creon.
Robert Latimer : Morally Wrong Robert Latimer murdered his daughter who was suffering from cerebral palsy. Latimer claims that the time he killed his daughter, he was acting out of mercy . Was Robert acting out of mercy or discrimination ? Robert claims the Tracy’s disabilities had nothing to do with her death, yet Tracy’s disabilities had everything to do with her death. If Tracey did not have cerebral palsy and other disabilities would Tracy have undergone several surgeries and been in pain?
AP US History Articles of Confederation vs. Federal Constitution Throughout the United States’ history, it has had two different written constitutions. Directly after the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation came to fruition. This Constitution was basically a weak, central government that allowed each state to maintain its own sovereignty and all rights to govern, whereas the Federal Constitution created a strong, central government. Americans strived to be an independent country and be free from Britain, but also wanted to avoid tyrannical governments which were all reasons for the Revolutionary War. After examining the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, the Constitution better represents the reasons that the Revolutionary War was fought by unifying the states, avoiding a monarchy, and also simply solving any major crisis that rose.
“I slunk after them, disbelieving. It could not be Irawaddy.” (95) Everyone, including Rukmani, couldn’t believe that she was capable of violence. This scene shows that even the most innocent person can’t keep all of their sufferings inside and at some point they will have to let it all out. Furthermore, Markandaya shows the reader that by being in misery, a person can make a decision that could hurt themselves and others as well. For instance, Raja was tempted to steal a calfskin in order to help out his family; consequently, he was killed.
He basically was informing the father that if his daughter does the same as his last wife then she would be killed as well. I cannot determine if the killing that took place in “Porphyria’s Lover”, was the right or wrong thing to do, but I know it was the wrong thing to do in “My Last Duchess”, because the woman did not know of his unhappiness. In “Porphyria’s Lover”, it seemed right, because she was promised to a man that she did not love; she would have been unhappy throughout the rest of her life. On the other hand it seemed wrong, because it was like if he couldn’t have her then no one else could. Porphyria told her lover that she would love him forever, and he made sure of that.
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” In O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” there are a couple of themes that can be pointed out. The gist of the story is how the actions of a grandmother get her and her family killed. From the events in the story I garnered that violence cause’s change. Violence is never a good thing, but in this story it serves a purpose, in terms of the grandmother. It gets her to see how hateful her prejudice is towards others; not until her family is killed is she able to make a connection with someone else and accept GOD’s grace.