The comparison of faith between 'Antigone' and 'God sees the truth, but waits'
World Literature 3: The comparison of faith between 'Antigone' and 'God sees the truth, but waits' Candidate Name: Irkab Demha Candidate Number: 000885 005 Naseem International School Total Word Count: 1,137 When considering comparison between the two stories of 'Antigone' and 'God sees the truth but waits~faith makes for a strong comparison. The two stories approach and illustrate faith completely differently from 0,* another. In the course of this assignment, the two stories will be compared on 5'asis of the faith their main characters display throughout the storyline. In both stories, there are two major similarities when considering faith. Both Antigone and Ivan Dmitrich.bQth display a unique attitude towards their faith, and both are tightly bound to their faith. Literary evidence of Ivan's attitude towards his fa ith is observed during his stay at the Siberian jail. One would expect a prisoner's faith to diminish as his stay lingers, but Ivan's faith in god only strengthened during his stay in jail. This goes against expectations, as Ivan slowly becomes at peace \\lith his suffering. Further evidence regarding his solid mentality towards faith is provided in the text when a description of Ivan is given during his lengthy stay in jail. The description states that Ivan prays often, and while that may not sound significant, it indicates to the reader that his
Male Dominance
The Male Dominance of Women in Madame Bovary and Midaq Alley In the twentieth century, the world was beginning to change. New ideas were being expressed, new opportunities were being presented, and the balance of power between males and females was starting to evolve. The role of women began its path of change in the early 1900's, gaining momentum as the century unfolded. Early on, it was a slow process, and men still held most of the power in society. In the novels Madame Bovary, written by Gustave Flaubert, and Midaq Alley, written by Naguib Mahfouz, a common theme is expressed through Emma and Hamida. Both women undergo the stresses of marriage, feel the pressures their societies place on women, and fall prey to the confusing difference between love and lust. In both of these novels, neither of the characters is able to truly escape from her internal struggles because of society's acceptance of men's power over women. In the novel Madame Bovary, marriage plays a very significant role. Emma grew up on a farm and at the age of thirteen, boarded at a convent. There she was exposed to many books and novels that sparked her passion for romantic ideals. She married a man name Charles and soon found herself very opposed to the ideas and roles of marriage. She asked herself, "Why-why-did I every marry?" (Flaubert 50) It is interesting that Emma believes so strongly
The Theme in The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
The Theme in "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost In "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost, there are many themes in the poem. A theme can be described as fundamental, universal and explored in the whole story. Two of the themes out of many are that you must stand up for what you believe is right and that you must make important decisions in life sooner or later. The first theme is that you should stand up for yourself. This is shown when it says, "Then the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim because it was grassy and wanted wear." In these three lines, the character took a risk, standing up for what he or she believed in by taking the path that was not usually taken by people who came to the "Two roads that diverged in a yellow wood." Also, it says, "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." The character, knowing the chance of failure and the small chance of coming back, the character took the road that was not that much traveled by and was rewarded by making a difference. Next it says, "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day!" The character stood up for what he or she believed in and was rewarded by being the first one on the road. Therefore, standing up for you must happen just as the character in the poem did and he or she made a difference.
Flannery OConnors Everything That Rises Must Converge is written during her final phase of life. This short story relates the inner most feelings of Julian, the protagonist, to the world.
The Style of Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge" is written during her final phase of life. This short story relates the inner most feelings of Julian, the protagonist, to the world. O'Connor has the mastery over style of narrating which fundamentally includes ironical situations, objectivity of expressions, as well as phrasal intensity to show how emotions can be shown through words. Five elements of style that she exemplifies are horrific humor, familiar encounters, blindness, violence, and pride. O'Connor's odd sense of horrific humor appears throughout her works, often between her character's disparities of beliefs and the fate awaiting them. In "Everything That Rises Must Converge", Julian finds it amusing to show his mother a lesson. During this lesson, his mother has a stroke, in which at first he is unmindful of, being upset at her ignorance. Once he has realized that she has had a stroke, he becomes overwhelmed with sadness and guilt of his self-deception. In O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", when the cat escapes from the valise and the family gets into a car accident, throwing everyone from their seats. The children joyfully scream, "We've had an ACCIDENT" and in disappointment, June Starr said, "But nobody's killed" (454). Another example in "Good Country People", Joy-Hulga, who thinks she is superior to her family,
Two amazing films Chocolat and Babettes Feast reveal the importance and magical power of food and cooking.
REL 410 Special topics: Faith and Film Monika Viskontaite Essay Assignment March 30, 2012 Chocolat and Babette's Feast Abraham Maslow developed a hierarchy of basic human needs. There are five basic needs which influence our life and the way we behave. It is not a surprise that in a first place he puts Biological and Physiological needs: air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep. (Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, 2010). Two amazing films Chocolat and Babette's Feast reveal the importance and magical power of food and cooking. Not everybody is able to cook in the same way as Vianne Rocher, the unmarried mother of a small daughter or Babette a cook from Paris (main actresses in the films). "Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music." (Julia Child, 2012). I noticed that both women use the same spice for every meal they cook - it is Love. There is a saying that if woman cooks with love, meal has a different and heavenly taste. Vianne Rocher and her daughter, Anouk came to a small French town and brought wind of changes. However, as I understood they were moving from one town to another pretty often and little girl was not happy about it. She was tired of packing,
Dantes Power and Limitations in "The Count of Monte Cristo". Although Edmond Dantes symbolizes God through his death and resurrection, he ironically displays many limitations as a flawed human being, which helps to explain his transformation to a humbl
Dantes' Power and Limitations Human beings with authority and power will have a natural tendency to believe that they are all powerful. Their strong reliance on their power creates a delusion of being godlike which makes their actions justifiable. However, overestimation of power will reveal their human limitations as well. In Count of Monte Cristo, the author, Alexandre Dumas explains this notion through the character of the Edmond Dantes. Although Edmond Dantes symbolizes God through his death and resurrection, he ironically displays many limitations as a flawed human being, which helps to explain his transformation to a humble man. Edmond Dantes represents Christ through his resemblance to Christ's descend to hell and resurrection from hell. During Dantes' experience in Chateau d'If, Dantes described the Chateau d'If as an "abyss" (Dumas 34). The dark description of the word and its association with death implies that the Chateau d'If is a place of emptiness and suffering. To a greater extent, the author Dumas dramatically uses the archetype of fire when describing the Chateau d'If. It seems that with this archetype, the Chateau d'If is considered as a representation of spiritual hell for Dantes. In this hell, Dantes not only experiences physical death but also a spiritual death where his innocence dies away. The crucial point of his spiritual death occurs not inside the
In Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and The Stranger, by Albert Camus, protagonists Raskolnikov and Meursault commit acts of murder based on separate purposes but entirely motivated by their unique characteristics,
Title: The Influences of Traits Candidate #: 001054104 Every murderer and his story are peculiar and obscure in the mind, with a number of components. It is always a mystery as to the workings of their mind and what compels them to commit such vile acts of violence. In the end, their motives and conscience preceding and after the murder is all that matters. Their reasons for murder may be an account of several different factors, such as the environment and society, their characterization and past, or influences from other people. In Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and The Stranger, by Albert Camus, protagonists' Raskolnikov and Meursault commit acts of murder based on separate purposes but entirely motivated by their unique characteristics, and how they affect their mind after the deed's been carried out. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov murders Lizaveta Ivanovna and her sister, Alyona Ivanovna, an old pawnbroker, whom he deems a detested woman and his characterization affects his thoughts after the murder. In the beginning, before the murder, Raskolnikov is indecisive about following through with his plan to kill Alyona and he carries out an "experiment" as practice and to gain a better understanding on where the money and gold are. This characterizes Raskolnikov as anxious and uncertain, and not fully confident in his own plan and execution of it.
The author to her book is a poem written by Anne Bradstreet in the 17th century. The poem revolves around the narrators baby which seems to be a personification for a book or collection of poems she has written.
6/02/11 Ebba Henningsson English English Commentary- The Author to her book "The author to her book" is a poem written by Anne Bradstreet in the 17th century. The poem revolves around the narrator's baby which seems to be a personification for a book or collection of poems she has written. The flaws that the narrator sees in her work of literature are portrayed by a series of metaphors and similes in relation to her baby throughout the poem. The speaker in the poem appears to be the "mother", alternatively the author of the collections of poem or the book, of the baby is a personification of. In the first line "Thou ill form'd offspring of my feeble brain" the speaker refers to themselves stating "my brain" also claiming the "offspring" as their own stating it was from their brain. In the final stanza the speaker asserts that "if for thy father askt,say, thou hadst none: And for thy Mother, she alas is poor", here the speaker refers to the mother in the third person however it is still possible to assume that the mother is in fact the speaker in the poem as she claims that the child had no father and that she is the creator of the offspring. The poem is written in iambic pentameter and consists of only three sentences it is nonetheless relatively long. It moves at a relatively fast speed and all lines apart from line 19-22 rhyme in the form A-A,B-B and so on.
In feminist writing, numerous techniques are employed in order to gain liberation from many stereotypical representations of women in their society. Anne Sexton uses the strategy of rewriting fairy tales, which I find most ingenious.
In feminist writing, numerous techniques are employed in order to gain liberation from many stereotypical representations of women in their society. Anne Sexton uses the strategy of rewriting fairy tales, which I find most ingenious. The is because fairy tales have been what many of us have held close to our hearts, yet Sexton unveils it to be a cold patriarchal invention. In her retelling, Sexton raises the idea that women internalize and perpetuate a patriarchal identity, which comes from her society's expectations, rules and norms. This identity consist of an ideal beauty and aspirations a woman strives to have, which I will explore in this discussion. Through her stark and naked portrayal of women, formed through the unapologetic tone she adopts in narrating the stories, Sexton strips the classic fairy tales of their deceptive allure and unmasks the gender inequality they perpetuate. In doing so, Sexton effectively strikes her message home, on how fairy tales-a representation of the social system-inspire us to develop into uninspired girls. Before I discuss how Sexton reveals the stereotypical representations of women in their society, I would first like to justify my claim on the hidden gender inequality present in fairy tales. Foremost, let me give a quick history of fairy tales. Men wrote fairy tales, in fact, almost all literature. According to Jacqueline law in her
Maiden Voyage Commentary. The extract from Maiden Voyage by Denton Walsh is about his time as a young boy that was spent in China.
The extract from Maiden Voyage by Denton Walsh is about his time as a young boy that was spent in China. This short extract contains many ideas that Denton intends to bring to the reader through his own experiences. This extract gives an insight into Denton's mind when he was a young child. The setting of the poem is set in China, which is far away from Denton's hometown in Sydenham. "I might have been in Sydenham for all I could see-a European villa and a line of poplars, yet outside lay a Chinese city that I was longing to explore." The quote gives a clear sign of what is to come, Denton an adventurous European boy in a Chinese city that he is desperate to explore. The phrase "a line of poplars," describe the European regimentation and orderliness that the boy wants to get away from. The grass in the area was described as "tall rank grass grew in the shadow of a wall. It was dry and sharp as knives." This shows the unwelcoming nature of the area, the phrase "dry and sharp as knives" further pushes the issue that the area is dangerous and unsafe for people that are intending to explore the area. This serves as a warning of the hostile environment that he would face if he was to continue through the grass and continue exploring the area like he originally intended to. The start of the passage clearly indicates that Denton does not feel comfortable about the area that is