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Greek drama was written in such a way that the characters are the pivotal aspect of the play. The main characters in Sophocles’ epic play, Antigone, are both very strong personalities, which naturally leads to conflict. Antigone and King Creon both have very intense beliefs and roles in this play that oppose each other, and…

Introduction In The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, the main protagonist of the story, Amir, undergoes a transformation. As a young boy in his homeland of Kabul, Afghanistan, he was cowardly and always relied on his servant-friend Hassan to do everything for him. Unfortunately, this lack of courage led to Hassan’s rape and haunted Amir…

Have you ever wondered about what it means to be a ‘True’ Australian? Does it mean to be “Fair Dinked’ or does it mean to be of Australian Blood? Does it mean to live in the bush or desert and wear an Kabuki with Jeans and an old shirt? Hello fellow students. Today I am…

The story ‘Unicorn in the Garden’ has two characters which revolve around the event of sighting a Unicorn in the garden by the husband. The story portraits the husband as a mild characterised person and the wife as mean spirited. At first the husband’s character comes to the reader as somewhat not in touch with…

Ancient Greek society fell over 2000 old ages ago but despite this. its mythology still continues to act upon our western society. Mentions to Greek mythology can be found all through clip and in our western civilization. The influence of Greek mythology can be found in our scientific discipline. humanistic disciplines and literature and our…

Life is precious. Sometimes throughout life we all experience both good and bad. Sometimes life is rough, even brutal. Experiences throughout life can leave one scarred; we may not always live up to what we can be, or are able to achieve. Whether or not life has left you scarred, or you have scarred the…

The book ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is about two opposing households with much hatred for each other. It portions many similarities. every bit good as many differences to the film ‘Gnomeo and Juliet’ directed by Kelly Asbury. In both the movie and the drama. both households have utmost hatred for each other. For…

Odysseus, the hero in The Odyssey, and Aeneas, the hero in The Aeneid, fought in opposing sides in the Trojan war. Odysseus was the king of Ithaca and was arguably the smartest king and warrior in all of Greece, whereas Aeneas was a warrior from Troy whose destiny was to found the Roman race in…

Within the Crucible, there lies a complex narrative affecting the histories and occurrences environing the 1692 Salem enchantress tests in Salem, Massachusetts. Act 1 of the Crucible sets up the flowering of events which lead to hex accusals and increasing superstitious notion among the Puritan community. The Crucible reveals the intriguing and malicious character of…

The play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller focuses on the events leading to the death of Willy Loman. Despite being a father to two men, they were not truly his sons. Once they were legitimate sons, but a significant incident changed everything. The family’s past has been obscured by a web of lies,…