... lucky townsfolk to be born of a royal house, yet is unlucky to be born in the House that she is born into. As Antigone defies Creon's law, she is cast into a pool of danger between what she believes is right and what the state's law decrees is right. As Antigone is charged with the burying of her brother, an action which the King has declared unlawful, she holds like stone to her undying gratitude for her deceased brother. She holds to this thought because of the fact that she believes that her, who died fighting against the state, must be interred with the same honor as her brother who died defending the state. She believes that this will help lift the curse ...

... the owner and the worker. This is even demonstrated by the literature of our time and that of other era's, such as the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. In this play Wilde display's the class structure with a different and interesting twist. He makes a reflection on the society with his own sense of humor, but however it still leaves a very good opportunity to make a Marxist critique about the way the class structure influences the play. He leaves room for these critiques when he writes about the servants, the nobles, and the middle class. His view on society and class is very evident on the way the servants are portrayed. "‘I don't know ...

... part in bringing his prophecy to life. If he was more cautious throughout the course of his life after finding out his prophecy, he may have avoided it; however, he is often inattentive to the occurrences around him. Several details in the story “Oedipus the King” are a result of fate. For instance, Oedipus is forewarned of his fate. When he went to Delphi as a young man, he was told that he was “doomed to sleep with [his] my mother, doomed to murder [his] my father (1080).” For most of his life he was forewarned of this horrible fate. One could argue that it was this inescapable fate that led him to marry the Queen of Thebes and kill the King, unknowingly ful ...

... abundance of natural cycles which are seen as controlling experience, even perhaps the movement of play itself from order to chaos to restoration of order to division again. Throughout the text, the movements of celestial bodies are used to account for human action and misfortune. Just as the stars in their courses are fixed in the skies, so do the characters view their lives as caught in a pattern they have no power to change. Lear sets the play in motion in banishing Cordelia when he swears "by all the operation of the orbs from whom we exist and cease to be" that his decision "shall not be revoked". How like the scene in Julius Caesar wherein Caesar ...

... under the pressure of the witch trials. Among these characters are John Proctor, who changes his own opinions in a hypocritical way, Reverend Parris, who changes his views on whether or not witches exist, and Abigail Williams, who changes her story several times throughout the book. John Proctor, a local villager, was a firm believer that the rumor of witchcraft in the village was nonsense and was completely indifferent to the idea that witches even existed. Reverend Parris stated that the village was talking of witchcraft and Proctor said, "Then let you come out and call them wrong", clearly expressing that he did not believe them. When hysteria about the w ...

... the hood of her parents car. This would be hard for other cultures to understand because the parents act as if nothing happened. Other cultures would not except their children to do that. Also the style in which dresses would not be clear to other cultures. She dresses like a boy which reflects on her acting like a boy. For someone not knowing the present culture this would have no effect on the story. At one point in this scene tells her parents that they are out of milk. To a person who isn’t familiar with the culture this would seem out of line. She comes off in a rude way which would make her seem like the one at fault to an outsider. The way this ...

... As Gregory sees Tybalt in the distance he says "Say "better." Here comes one of my master's kinsmen." (I, i, l 54, 55), urging Sampson to state that they serve a better man than Abraham and Balthasar. Abraham accuses Sampson of lying and Sampson causes the fight by saying "Draw, if you be men." (I, i, l 68). Benvolio, the peace-maker, arrives, he attempts to stop the fight. Future violence is foreshadowed when Benvolio says "Part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do." (I, i, l60, 61). Benvolio draws his sword to beat down the weapons of the servants. This in turn causes more violence as Tybalt thinks Benvolio was involved in the fighting. ...

... help to show the reader how unimportant Julius Caesar is to the play. Caesar appears, in dreams, and thoughts of multiple people, giving warnings and special messages. Nobody seems to pay attention to him. Anotherexample is illustrated by the way that Brutus seems to dominate his own actions, whatever he is thinking. Also, Antony declares war on Brutus, but not out of love for Caesar, but anger toward the conspirators. As these aspects are explained in further detail one will be sure of the fact that Brutus, without question, clearly dominates the play as a whole. Caesar warns numerous people of ensuing tragedies multiple times, and not once is he listened ...

... his own downfall. Lear's rashness and stubbornness are also portrayed in the opening scene. As Kent tries to advise Lear of his initial mistake, Lear denies the fault and tells Kent "out of my sight", which itself is a contradiction, as Lear does not have any 'sight' to see Kent's view and to understand the true extent of his decision to divide the kingdom. In the same scene, Lear also show the audience his failure to be a father, by using irrelevant judgements to divide land. "Which of you shall say doth love us most?" Lear asks his three daughters. To please Lear, Gonerill and Regan speak words of flattery and Cordelia, so 'true', says "I love you accord ...

... back to Romulan space. We hailed the ship and found out from her captain that he was alone. His name was Shaq, captain of the Check Mate. He claimed to be a Romulan captain in search of Federation asylum. I had never heard of such a thing; in Romulan society, loyalty to the Romulan Empire is more sacred than life itself. In any event, I was certain that we would learn a lot more during the next few days. Star date: 32851.5: Captain Shaq claimed that he was defecting in order to prevent intergalactic war. He told us that the Romulan Empire has plans for an abominable new weapon for use against the Federation and any others who might dare to resist ...