Haemon, Creon's son and Antigone's betrothed, states how the people of Thebes feel. “On every side I hear voices of pity for this poor girl doomed to the cruelest death…for an honorable action-burying a brother who was killed in battle…has she not rather earned a crown of gold” (Sophocles 145). This quote proves that the town supports Antigone, and is inspired by her bravery. One may conclude that although many claim to support the crown, they secretly side with a brave and honorable girl. Finally, Antigone chooses to sacrifice herself to give her brother respect.
How does the writer present her thoughts and feelings about WW1? In the extract the writer presents her thoughts and feelings by using contrast. She starts off with all of the good points about the men going to war, by being very hyperbole about it all, and then the contrast comes in to present her feelings of anti-war and protest, displaying the reality of what the war is doing to our country. For example ‘How important, how joyously important they were.’ This line displays how, now the men have gone off to war, the women have to take place of the men’s jobs and therefore are needed all of a sudden, and how great it is to feel part of society. In the contrasting paragraph, she presents how she is anti-war, by saying ‘stop all this!’ this use of short a sentence emphases her thoughts about war, and how in fact it is ruining society.
Historians may debate the level of destruction that union soldiers imposed on the civilian populace during the march, but Sherman’s desire to “rip the heart out of the Confederate war effort” succeeded. General William Tecumseh Sherman understood the effectiveness of bringing home the war to the people of the south. He understood how to make an impact on the southern desire to continue the fight. Sherman’s march affected the southern psyche and damaged the will to fight, while destroying valuable supplies and material. In late 1864 the American Civil War was still grinding on.
This symbolizes the audacious soldier who fought and got injured in the battle for his country. Next, the sergeant says “Which smoked with bloody execution” (I:2). He is referring to Macbeth here where his sword is bloody and he is brave by killing the enemy. After Shakespeare briefly uses the symbol of blood with honor, it quickly changes to a theme of treason. It starts off with Lady Macbeth asking the spirits “Of direst cruelty!
McPherson said that "…many Civil War soldiers felt a profound and passionate commitment to the ideological purposes for which they fought." Almost near the end of the Civil War, Americans began to look for answers on why did the soldiers fought for. It is hard to separate individual causes of the war because the years preparing the way to the war were described by raising warfare over a set of economic and political disputes between the Northern and Southern states. Because the result of the war made dramatic changes to the southern way of living, it is simple to think that the main cause of the war was disagreement over slavery. Actually, disagreement between the North and South over states' rights and taxes was a more important cause of the Civil War than were differing views about slavery.
The existing franchise laws excluded soldiers from voting due to their lack of a long term residence. And due to the courage shown by the men during the war politicians knew this would have to change and if they changed the law they must include women as they worked very hard in the war to. Politicians knew that women worked very hard during the war and they grew in admiration for them this helped decision to grant women the vote as ultimately it was the MPs who could actually change the law. The resignation of Prime Minister Asquith also helped as the new PM, Lloyd George, was in favour of given the women the franchise. Under Lloyd George the coalition government removed the divisions among parties and encouraged co-operation which made MPs feel that if they did vote yes not all women would vote for the same party through gratitude and so many agreed to vote yes for women’s
The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was a turning point of the Civil War because of geography, casualties, and morale overall. One reason the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of the Civil War is how the South got discouraged. According to Document A, after 1863 the year of the battle, the Confederates didn’t travel North anymore. The onslaught and carnage of Gettysburg deterred them and made them lose their poise. They no longer thought they were able to go into the North to fight.
They agree to fight three brothers from Alba Longa, the Curiatti. The three brothers are shown in the left hand corner taking swords from their father, eager to die for the honor of their great home. In the right hand corner and not wholly depicted in the original myth are the weeping wives of the brothers, who are saddened by their fate of harm, at least, and at worst death. There is allusion that one of the wives is a sister actually betrothed to one of the Curatti, entangling the state and family in a way that seems irreconcilable. The idea of conflict of the role of the father is apparent in many interpretations of The Oath of the Horatii.
The Woman Who Raised a Nation In the book Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, Cokie Roberts gives voice to the unsung female heroes who helped shape the foundation of the United States. The women she wrote about faced enormous challenges yet believed in the possibility of a radical concept called democracy. They gave a great deal of themselves during the building of this nation, perhaps none more so than George Washington’s wife Martha. One of Martha’s many contributions to the birth of this nation was the support she gave to military troops in order to boost morale. Early on in her marriage to George, Martha got down in the trenches and joined him at army camp which started “a pattern that was to last throughout the war” (Roberts 87).
The Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in America that was fought by the conflict among our own people. The Civil War was fought mostly between the people for many different reasons, but it was the result of years of disagreements. The Civil War was caused separation between the north and south States. Slavery shall be abolished in order to reunite our country, United States of America. According to the article of abolition of slavery, “The two regions fought a civil war from 1861 to 1865 that exploited the distinctions between the northern states and the southern states.” This shows why the Civil War was being fought.