Antigone: the Feminazi

How are men and women different?

For starters, women are expected to be soft and comforting, while men are expected to be hard and tough. Sometimes men get priviledges and women don't, and other times, women get priviledges that men don't. For instance, in order to have children women have to bear the pain of child birth and the pain of losing their virginity, while men get the benefits of those situations. Women sometimes get the upperhand though, like when they date. The male has to pick up the tab or he appears cheap. Overall the main difference is men are expected to be masculine and women are expected to be feminine.

Whats in the bag???

In my opinion, Fate has no control over what I do with my life. I control what I do when, where, and how. It's other people that I can't control. This where the element of fate comes into play. If I were to get into a car crash that paralyzed me from the waist down, at the fault of someone else, a fate believer could say that it was destined for me to be paralyzed. I just thought of another way where it could have been my fate. The driver of the other vehicle could be have a seizure or something and the situaion wouldn't be in either of our control. After making that statement i have confused myself. I think I believe that fate has some control of my life.

Free Fallin'

The play Oedipus Rex represents freewill as an unequal opponent to fate. In the play no matter what happened to Oedipus or what Oedipus did to avoid his destiny, his fate proved to be inevitable. The characters in the story believe that the gods control everything that happens on earth, and whatecer they have in store for a person is going to happen regardless. In my opinion this is wrong, Laos and Jocaste just had the wrong approach to handling the situation. If Laos and Jocaste had killed Oedipus when he was born, what could fate have done about that? Oedipus would have been dead, Laos wouldn't have been killed by his own son, and Jocaste would never have married her own son.

Blind, Deaf, or Mute?

Blind, deaf or mute? What an easy decision! I definitely wouldn't choose to be blind because there is so much in this world to see. One could make the argument that if someone was blind their whole life that they wouldn't know what they were missing, but I for one would want to know what I was missing. Since being deaf is usually associated with being mute, I would choose to be mute. This way I can hear without being able to talk, as opposed to not being able to hear resulting in me not being able to speak. If I was mute it would definitely cause a domino affect in making my life more efficient. It would cut out all of the time I spend on the phone. Which would allow me to finish all of my household chores and homework in a timely fashion, which in turn, would enable me to get all of the sleep that I need. With all the sleep that I need I will be able to focus more during school and make better grades. So if i had to choose I would be deaf hands down, because it would overall improve my life.

Oedipus Rex

Part I
1.

• Oedipus was always one step ahead of everyone else.
• His poeple look uup to him because in the past he solved a riddle that saved them
• This was the riddle of the sphinx the answer being "man".
• Somehow Oedius represents Mathematics and Medicine
• Oedipus also represents the transaction from savager civilization.

2. Before I start reading the story, i can say that it will be a suprise to everyone will be surprise to everone when it is revealed.
Part II- The Prologue

1. pp.964 line 135, p. 966 line 5
2. The external conflict evoking pathosfor Oedipus and from tbe audience is that Oedipus kill his own father and married his mother.
3. The affect that imagery has on the audience is that the audience feel sorry for the people of the land because of its unhealthy living conditions
4. The motifs present are death, suffering, murder, and sickness.
5. The chorus is asking God to save them and rid them of their enemies.
   

part III- Scene 1

1. pg. line, pg. line
2. The external conflict is that Tiresias accused Oedipus of murdering Laos.
3. Where Tiresias tells Oedipus never to speak to him of the men again, and that Oedipus is the pollution of the country, Oedipus's reaction displays Hubris. Also, when he is talkinf about whatever the murderer is they shall be punished no matter what he's very prideful.
4. When Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the pollutin to the country, because the audience knows this to be true, but Oedipus doesn't.
5. An example of a paradox in the story is that at first Oedipus though it was absurd then when he actually heard the the true story about what happened he realized that he could be the true killer.