What are the differences between men and women?
After reading Antigone, the question arose are there differences between men and women? The obvious answer is "yes" there is a difference between men and women, but besides the apparent physical differences, there is no real difference between men and women. Men are perceived as more aggressive, while women are more emotional, but fear of certain titles is what makes men and women alike. Men do not show their emotions in fear of being called feminine, while women on the other hand hide their aggression and act more passive in fear of being called masculine. Society as a whole has a general fear of being labeled something that they are not. This mutual fear is what makes men and women very similar, if you strip down the physical and emotional barriers you find two people that are one in the same
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
What's in the bag?
How much control do we really have in our lives? Do we as people make all the decisions that determine our destiny, or is there a divine power that has a predetermined plan for us. I believe that both fate and free will play an important role how in our lives turn out. When in the cafeteria at lunch there are many choices: french fries, pizza, chicken sandwich, salad, cookies, or the regular lunch that day. I choose a salad instead of the other stuff, I wasn't destined to choose a salad. When making everyday decisions free will is the force behind these decisions. But on the other hand what if you run into someone you haven't seen in a while. Is it fate that you met again and reformed old bonds? I think things like this are out of our control and it is "fate" that brings people together in akward situations. Fate and free will both have an equal role in helping to pave the way for how we live our lives, neither outweighing the other. Both are legitimate factors in deciding where our next destination may be on the road of life.
Free Fallin'
"He cannot ever show that Laios'death fulfilled the oracle: for Apollo said my child was doomed to kill him; and my child--poor baby!--it was my child that died first."
Iocaste p.982, lines 324-327
In the play "Oedipus Rex," by Sophocles, the relationship between fate and free will is one that can be debated upon. Did Oedipus conciously kill his father eventhough, he claims to have no recollection of his father death? Or was Oedipus destined to kill his father and marry his mother?
What are fate and free will? Fate is that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny. Free will on the other hand is a free and independent choice; voluntary decision. In the case of "Oedipus Rex," fate is the driving force behind Oedipus' actions. Oedipus was destined to kill his father as told by Apollo's oracle. The Oracle prophocized that a that the child of Laios and Iocaste, Oedipus, would kill his father Laios. Also the fact that Oedipus had no knowledge of killing his father or how his father really was shows the free will played no part in the events that occured after Oedipus' birth. Fate was the determining factor that drove Oedipus to unknowingly murder his father and subsequently taking Laios' throne and marrying Iocaste(Laios' wife and Oedipus' mother). The relatinship between fate and free will in "Oedipus Rex" is one where one, fate is the only force that drove Oepidus to act the way he did, and not free will.
Iocaste p.982, lines 324-327
In the play "Oedipus Rex," by Sophocles, the relationship between fate and free will is one that can be debated upon. Did Oedipus conciously kill his father eventhough, he claims to have no recollection of his father death? Or was Oedipus destined to kill his father and marry his mother?
What are fate and free will? Fate is that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny. Free will on the other hand is a free and independent choice; voluntary decision. In the case of "Oedipus Rex," fate is the driving force behind Oedipus' actions. Oedipus was destined to kill his father as told by Apollo's oracle. The Oracle prophocized that a that the child of Laios and Iocaste, Oedipus, would kill his father Laios. Also the fact that Oedipus had no knowledge of killing his father or how his father really was shows the free will played no part in the events that occured after Oedipus' birth. Fate was the determining factor that drove Oedipus to unknowingly murder his father and subsequently taking Laios' throne and marrying Iocaste(Laios' wife and Oedipus' mother). The relatinship between fate and free will in "Oedipus Rex" is one where one, fate is the only force that drove Oepidus to act the way he did, and not free will.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
MLK-Letter From Birmingham Jail
What is the point of reading "Letter From Birmingham Jail"?
The point of reading, "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is to put into perspective for those who were not around to witness, just how profound Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was. This letter, written on the margins of old newpapers, in the fading light of a Birmingham jail, tells the struggle and injustices that Dr. King, along with many other african americans faced in the times preceding his unlawful incarceration. In my mind the point of reading this is to instill hope in people even if circumstances appear grim, and if you believe passionately in something, you shouldn't let anything stand in your way. This letter helps people to realize that Dr. King was unique in that he poured his heart and soul into his beliefs, and was successful in making people see things through the eyes of an ethnic group that had endured so much hatred for no reason. There will never be another Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but there will be other extremely passionate people who can emulate Dr. King's perserverence even when times seem to be at there worst.
The point of reading, "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is to put into perspective for those who were not around to witness, just how profound Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was. This letter, written on the margins of old newpapers, in the fading light of a Birmingham jail, tells the struggle and injustices that Dr. King, along with many other african americans faced in the times preceding his unlawful incarceration. In my mind the point of reading this is to instill hope in people even if circumstances appear grim, and if you believe passionately in something, you shouldn't let anything stand in your way. This letter helps people to realize that Dr. King was unique in that he poured his heart and soul into his beliefs, and was successful in making people see things through the eyes of an ethnic group that had endured so much hatred for no reason. There will never be another Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but there will be other extremely passionate people who can emulate Dr. King's perserverence even when times seem to be at there worst.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Oedipus
PART II:
1.) p. 962, line 63- "Sick as you are, not one is as sick as I."
p. 964, line 134- "Then once more I must bring what is dark to light."
2.) The external conflict that is evoking pathos for Oedipus and from the audience is the fact that the audience is aware that Oedipus is in fact the person who killed King Laios, and the reason for the towns distress.
3.) The imagery makes the audience feel pity for those who suffer in the town from the unknown plague.
4.) Some motifs are: death, plague, dispare
5.) The chorus (Strophe and Antistrophe) is singing about asking God for help to end the plague the town is going through and to ask for forgiveness.
Part III:
1.) p. 968, lines 68-70- "A lord clairvoyant to the lord Apollo, As we all know, is the skilled Teiresias. One might learn much about this from him."
p.968, lines 84-89- "Teiresias: seer: student of msteries, Of all tht's taught and all that no man tell, Secrets fo Heaven and secrets of the earth: Blind though you are, youknow the city lies Sick with plague; and from this plague, my lord, We find that you alone can guard or save us.
p. 969, lines 101-103- "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When There's no helping truth! I knew this well, But did not act on it: else I should not have come.
p. 969, lines 120-121- "You call me unfeeling. If you could only see The nature of your own feelings...
2.) The external conflict that is going on in Scene 1 is Oedipus is trying to draw out the name of the King Laios' killer from the reluctant Seer, Teiresias. But, the audience as well as Teiresias are aware that the man how killed King Laios, was King Oedipus.
3.) " Let him not keep silent. He shall have his reward from me."
" I pray that that man's life be consumed in evil and wretchedness."
4.) "Having the power that he held before me, Having his bed, degetting children the Upon his wife, as he would have, had he lived--Their son would have been my children's brother, If Laios had had luck in fatherhood!"
5.) "But I say that you, with both your eyes are blind."
6.) The chorus is talking about the killer of King Laios coming to Thebes and bringing a horrible plague to the village.
1.) p. 962, line 63- "Sick as you are, not one is as sick as I."
p. 964, line 134- "Then once more I must bring what is dark to light."
2.) The external conflict that is evoking pathos for Oedipus and from the audience is the fact that the audience is aware that Oedipus is in fact the person who killed King Laios, and the reason for the towns distress.
3.) The imagery makes the audience feel pity for those who suffer in the town from the unknown plague.
4.) Some motifs are: death, plague, dispare
5.) The chorus (Strophe and Antistrophe) is singing about asking God for help to end the plague the town is going through and to ask for forgiveness.
Part III:
1.) p. 968, lines 68-70- "A lord clairvoyant to the lord Apollo, As we all know, is the skilled Teiresias. One might learn much about this from him."
p.968, lines 84-89- "Teiresias: seer: student of msteries, Of all tht's taught and all that no man tell, Secrets fo Heaven and secrets of the earth: Blind though you are, youknow the city lies Sick with plague; and from this plague, my lord, We find that you alone can guard or save us.
p. 969, lines 101-103- "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When There's no helping truth! I knew this well, But did not act on it: else I should not have come.
p. 969, lines 120-121- "You call me unfeeling. If you could only see The nature of your own feelings...
2.) The external conflict that is going on in Scene 1 is Oedipus is trying to draw out the name of the King Laios' killer from the reluctant Seer, Teiresias. But, the audience as well as Teiresias are aware that the man how killed King Laios, was King Oedipus.
3.) " Let him not keep silent. He shall have his reward from me."
" I pray that that man's life be consumed in evil and wretchedness."
4.) "Having the power that he held before me, Having his bed, degetting children the Upon his wife, as he would have, had he lived--Their son would have been my children's brother, If Laios had had luck in fatherhood!"
5.) "But I say that you, with both your eyes are blind."
6.) The chorus is talking about the killer of King Laios coming to Thebes and bringing a horrible plague to the village.
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