In my opinion, dramatic irony was added because Creon is slightly arrogant character. I predicted that he would be disappointed in him and that he will get what he deserves for being so evil to the people of his country. Another example is when Creon finds out that Antigone disobeyed his law. King Creon got so angry when the Choragus said, “I have been wondering, King: can it be that the gods have done this” (1077). The Choragus provides
He quickly grows a negative view upon humanity. “My soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I not alone, miserably alone?" The monster was able to create this bond initially with humanity, which they couldn’t make it with him. So morally what makes him any less human. This could represent Shelley’s view that man in the religious times, rejects something who’s characteristics do not fit gods standards.
Jane has allowed her passion for Rochester to displace all other considerations and obligations. For Bronte and her readers, replacing the love of God for the love of a man was a terrible offense. Bronte's language indicates disapproval. Jane's saying "in those days" implies that her view at the time of writing is different. "Creature" has its literal meaning of "a being created by God," and "idol" connotes a "false god."
Cyclopes having one large eye on their forehead, may be very strong and intimidating but lack of physical beauty to the gods meant one was worthless. While Hesiod may be proposing an attitude about the negative outcomes of incest in relationships, he also skims over the importance of the necessity of physical looks and perfection. Hesiod was most likely good
I don’t consider your / Pronouncements so important that they can / Just…overrule the unwritten laws of heaven. / You are a man, remember” (Sophocles 12). This seen illustrates, that Creon does think he is god, and has no respect for the real gods. Antigone in so many words is explaining to him that he is wrong, and a person should not be denied burial rights for any reason. Creon does not like her explanation, and explains that “I don’t care if she is my sister’s daughter.
First, when Euthyphro defines piety as “doing as I am doing”, Euthyphro is meaning that holiness is prosecuting religious offenders. Euthyphro feels that in prosecuting his father that he is following the example of the gods, and particularly Zeus, the most just if all gods. Socrates seems to find the first definition unsatisfying, he points out that the gods often quarrel, so what is agreeable to one might not be agreeable to all. Socrates then asks Euthyphro to again define piety. The second argument, Socrates has is that piety and impiety are opposites, and that the gods are always in a state of discord.
This seems almost opposite of what Christianity teaches today. According to predetermination, if Hitler’s soul was predetermined to be saved, none of his horrible actions would have any effect on his fate. This seems ridiculous, and I would have expected Augustine, a true skeptic, to see the holes in this belief. Despite this gaping hole in logic, I find myself agreeing with most of Augustine’s ideas, especially that of obsession and addiction. Often in the modern world, it is obsession and addiction that lead to the most horrible evils.
Leilani Mapuatuli EWRT 1B Professor Cragen February 2, 2011 “My Life had stood -a Loaded Gun-” Analysis In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “My Life had stood-a Loaded Gun”, Dickinson skillfully tells a tragic love story between a mortal man and an immortal woman. The main symbols Dickinson uses to tell this sad tale is the loaded gun, the owner/master, and the mortal’s impending death. She uses the gun to describe the woman’s eternal state, personality, and duty. Then describes the lover as an owner/master because he has essentially captured her heart and is able to use her as protection. Death, or the lack of being able to die, is the most important symbol because it shows one how and why death, in a way, can be a blessing or even a way to escape pain.
Being a woman who thought "the meaning of life is centered in our Redemption by Christ," it would be very surprising if she didn't feel on some level that she was undeserving of her lupus. The Misfit serves as a way for Flannery O'Connor to make statements that she didn't feel she could get away with in real life. The Misfit challenges Christ's resurrection ability saying "He shouldn't have done it. He thrown everything off balance. If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow Him, and if He didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can" (O'Connor).
By persecuting his father is piety. But Socrates discards his definition because it is in fact not a definition but rather an example. It does not give reason on why things are pious. So, Euthyphro rebounds by claiming piety is what is pleasing to the gods. He says that “ The things and the men that are pleasing to the gods are pious, and the things and the men that are displeasing to the gods are impious.” Socrates approves of this definition because it is of a very generalization.