.... world, our practice is very different. We, unlike the Greeks, adapt many laws and customs of other countries. In America, our philosophy is that is that if something is working for other nations, then maybe we should try it. Pericles’ also says ‘We are rather a pattern to other than imitators ourselves’. We , in America, have mastered the skill of adapting other’s ideas without mimicking them exactly. We may acquire the basic idea of a law, but we change it to fit in with our existing principals. This allows us to take the best of what other countries have, without giving up our own independence. In Ancient Greece, their government ‘favored the many inst .....

.... in that Creon is only proud of him because he is kissing up and says what his father wants to hear. It is blatantly obvious during their conversation where Haimon states; “I am your son father. You are my guide. You make things clear for me, and I obey you. No marriage means more to me than you continuing wisdom.” This statement is basically what Creon expects to hear out of his son. His reply of, ”Good. That is the way to behave: subordinate everything else, my son, to your father’s will.” Creon is used to having people do everything he wants them to do. The second example is the relationship between Antigone and her dead brother Polyneices. She i .....

.... often made it impossible for women to be anything other than housewives and mothers.” i. focuses on two families, the Hoods and the Carvers. Ben Hood, (Kevin Kline), is the aptly-named, self-absorbed patriarch of his family moving through life believing all that matters is what he sees in front of him; his wife, Elena (Joan Allen) is his quietly despairing mate and mother of Paul (Tobey Maguire) and Wendy (Christina Ricci). Jim Carver (Jamey Sheridan) is an enterprising man, who is seldom home long enough to attend to the needs of his wife Jane (Sigourney Weaver) and their two sons Mike (Elijah Wood) and Sandy (Adam Hann-Byrd). These families are li .....

.... She became well known not only for her writings, but for her outspokenness, her distinct way of dress, and her refusal to be ashamed of her culture. Many critics considered her works politically naïve, and the black community was often angered by her representations of blacks, which was not directly associated with the advancement of the race. Richard Wright began his career in the early thirties publishing poetry and short stories in such magazines as Left Front, Anvil, and New Masses. Unlike Hurston, Wright was propelled to international fame while still in the prime of his career. His works were acclaimed by numerous noted individuals; oft .....

.... coordinated system of time. After muchdebate and after the “General Time Convention”, the Railroad Standard Timewent into effect. This exhibit has preserved the electrical clocks, as wellas their spring and weight driven predecessors. The exhibit also indirectlyaddresses the concepts of the industrial revolution. While the exhibit wasinformative, it was not lacking in its downfalls. Organization and researchare two areas in need of refinement. Otherwise, the site is trulyinformative. Upon ascending to the highest floor of the Annex building, the museum visitor is greeted by twenty, authentic clocks, dating from 1880 through 1945, none of which is bound b .....

.... for restoration. The Phoenix burns itself by choice and rises again. Old Phoenix stops on her journey to rest, after doing so she appears to be showered with youth. "Phoenix left the tree, and had to go through a barb wire fence. There she had to creep and crawl, spreading her knees and strecthing her fingers like a baby trying to climb the steps." Wetly relates Phoenix to the bind many times in the story directly and indirectly. She was also described as a "solitary bind." Phoenix's age and color also symbolizes the bind, a golden color ram underneath and the two knobs of her cheek were illuminated by a yellow burning under the dark. Her hair was a .....

.... the “world of light”, he constantly feels attracted to the outside realm. He ends up feeling uncertain between both of his little worlds, and not belonging to either one of them. This struggle between Sinclair’s two worlds is evident when Sinclair is about 10 years old. While playing one day with some fellow schoolmates, Franz Kromer, an older kid, joins them. In an effort to impress the older boy and his schoolmates, Sinclair makes up a story in which he and another unnamed accomplice stole a bag of apples from a fellow neighbor. Although the story is untrue, Kromer threatens Sinclair with exposure if Sinclair does not pay him off. Unable to .....

.... to be a soldier because he had bad vision in his left eye, so instead he became an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. His experiences as an ambulance driver were very traumatic for him, he was injured numerous times and he witnessed many painful images that made coming home and readjusting to life a difficult task. In 1919 Ernest Hemingway returned to his home in Oak Park, Illinois. He was only nineteen yeas old, and returning home seemed very boring compared to his experiences during the war. While he was away he experienced life in a different country and had romantic encounters with older women. Coming home seemed boring to him because he was retu .....