I chose to this observational activity on an article I found titled “After Death: 8 Burial Alternatives That Are Going Mainstream.” I randomly stumbled upon this article after researching eco-friendly/bio-degradable caskets and “natural” cemeteries. This article discusses eight ways a person’s body can be buried or rather handled after death that are not mainstream (ex. wood casket placed in a cement vault or cremation.) One alternative mentioned is resomation. Anderson-McQueen funeral home in
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marrying another woman and abandoning her. Like most Greek plays‚ the chorus is used to guide the audience’s opinions and feelings. Euripides uses the chorus to influence the audience’s the perception and sympathy of Medea throughout the play. In the play‚ the chorus‚ consisting of a group of Corinthian women‚ originally supports Medea’s desire for revenge‚ but its view changes as the play progresses. At the beginning of the play‚ the chorus supports Medea due to the unequal treatment of women in society
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Coubet’s career took a new turn as his painting‚ After Dinner at Ornans received many positive comments. As a result‚ Courbet went back to Ornans from Paris consciously to paint his sources‚ that was when the Realism trilogy of the Stonebreakers‚ The Burial
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A chorus in a Greek tragedy is fundamental however in modern plays it is no longer a crucial element. The chorus consists of a small group of people‚ usually between twelve and fifteen‚ who account the events of the play‚ and foreshadow its development. They are meant to act as a character but are positioned away from the main action. As a character‚ the chorus has many functions; it interacts with other characters‚ and gives its opinion on the situations without regard to the chance of their opinion
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THE GREEK CHORUS’ SMALL PLACE IN HISTORY The history of the Greek Chorus can be traced back to a relatively small time period; from the original Dithyrambs‚ to Thespis’ small‚ but revolutionizing changes to the system‚ to Aeschylus’ triple entente of tragedies The Oresteia‚ which included the infamous Agamemnon. To truly understand the Greek Chorus‚ and what role it was meant to play when it was created and thereafter altered‚ one has to go back to the beginning of time which in this case happens
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the Chorus in Medea An important element in ancient Greek tragedies is the chorus‚ a near constant presence that typically played little to no role in the events that take place in the plays. In Medea‚ this idea stands true. The Chorus in Medea consists of Corinthian women‚ who mostly just lament the horrific things that are happening throughout the play. Euripides‚ the creator of the tragedy‚ seems to use the Chorus as an outside perspective‚ using them to illustrate his themes. The Chorus seems
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QUOTE The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney. There is a war between brothers over power and the two are clashing over the crown in Thebes. Over a ferocious battle‚ they both perish in the mighty battle‚ Eteocles and Polyneices. After the Battle‚ Creon comes to Thebes and is pronounced the current king. Creon decides to give Eteocles a proper burial since he fault in favor of Thebes‚ but denies Polyneices any type of burial and this is a big shock since
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“Home Burial” 1. Is the husband insensitive and indifferent to his wife’s grief? Has Frost invited us to sympathize with one character more than with the other? Indeed‚ the husband behaves in a very indifferent and insensitive way towards his wife in dealing with their child’s loss. I believe that Frost has invited us to sympathize with both husband and wife but at different levels of understanding because both have different ways to deal with grief. In other words‚ what society expects as
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1) “A Burial At Ornans”. About forty peasant mourners are depicted in this painting by the French painter Gustave Courbet. This work was done between 1849 and1850‚ around the period of the 1848 French revolution where art became oppositional to the idealistic portrayals of society. Courbet communicated a very insightful reasoning that somewhat introduced his style: “Since art is ideal‚ anything that is not art must be what is real”. Courbet was a realist painter ; his principles were based on Realism
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The Chorus influences our response to Medea and her actions in both a positive and negative manner. The Chorus‚ a body of approximately fifteen Corinthian women who associate the audience with the actors‚ is able to persuade and govern us indirectly through sympathy for what has been done to Medea‚ a princess of Colchis and the victim of her husband’s betrayal of love for another woman. The Chorus also lead us to through sympathy for Medea to accept her decision of taking revenge on princess Glauce
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