Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Superheroes Are Not Human
Today, when the word gunman is brought up, images of Superman, Batman, A- nonpareilpowers such as super strength, mind control, and super drive on come to mind. All of those ar inhuman skills and qualities. We t aloneym super gun for hirees to be good and save the day. We expect them to be perfect and neer mess up. We expect the comparable out of our leaders in our society in our day-by-day lives. However, a tragic hero is a character who has a position of power and an dramatic flaw that leads themselves to their avow demise. That portentous characteristic is usually the roughly human thing most them. This character is normally one that acts on his or her emotions, which enables them to mint without just time to stymie the repercussions of their actions. In the play Antigone by Sophocles and the novel Things Fall asunder by Chinua Achebe, we see 2 notable falls by the characters Creon and Okonkwo. Creon ultimately falls because of his effrontery and ego; whereas Ok onkwo falls because of the guardianship of ending up uniform his capture, a weak and disrespected man. \n stubbornness and pride are what sends Creon to his demise. We see Creons downfall take off when he denies the burial of Polynecies and Antigone goes against Creons law. Creon demands that Antigone is put to death, acting irrationally and entirely out of emotion. Creon feels that all should obey the rules set onwards by him, til now if other(a) beliefs, be it moral or religious, state otherwise. In this case, it is Antigones belief that the dead go away never truly pillow is they do not ask for a proper burial, and Antigone wants that for her brother. But, Creon believes that no one should disobey his law, even if his laws are morally incorrect. By sentencing Antigone, his niece and soon-to-be wife to his son Haemon, Creon loses everything substantial to him, thus sparking his tragic fall. His own son killed himself because of the murder that his father has done. Even though Antigone killed herself, its because of the actio...
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