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*What choice do you make when you know the options are wrong in one respect but right in another? In the play Antigone by Sophocles Antigone learns that both of her brothers are dead, Eteocles has been buried, but Creon, the new king banned the burial of Polyneices. Antigone buries her brother anyways and she is caught, Creon locks her away in prison, she kills herself, Out of despair, Haemon and Creon’s wife also commit suicide. Antigone should be regarded as a hero, not a criminal because she

Funerals are an event that everyone has to experience at least once in their lives. For the most part here in the United States funerals are mainly carried out in a similar fashion no matter the religion. But what about funerals in other countries? Do they have the same customs we as Americans do? This paper will take a closer look into the funeral customs of other countries around the world. Let’s look at funerals in Germany. In the event of a death there they summon a doctor to make out the death

shall bury him,” (LN 15-20). King Creon’s decision for not giving Polyneices a proper burial is because he was a traitor. However, that was Antigone’s brother and she felt besides Polyneices actions, he still deserved a burial. Antigone has lost her parents and just has her sister Ismene left so, despite the order handed down by Creon, Antigone feels that it’s still appropriate to give her brother a proper burial. With Creon being King, he ultimately has the power to govern his kingdom and if anyone

Anthropology is the study of humanity. One of the questions the discipline has striven to answer from it's very conception is the question of what it is that ultimately makes us human. Where is that unique distinction that takes us from being just another creature populating the world and the fossil record and pushes us that next step to something more? According to Donald Johanson in his book From Lucy To Language, A human is any of the species Homo sapiens (“wise man”), the only modern living

I am going to discuss the differences of the passing and internment customs of the contemporary American culture with the old Egyptian culture and their primitive methods for entombment. Also, I am going to discuss how the old Egyptians would safeguard the dead bodies (mummies). Furthermore, I am going to discuss how in present day America and in advanced Egypt bodies are covered in the normal structure to imply demise as a transitional experience. The United States has a stacked history of entombment

The rituals pertaining to the ancient Egyptian civilization are both fascinating and the backbone for modern funeral practices today. The funerary culture of the ancient Egyptians show some of the earliest work in regards to the care of the deceased. While very little is known directly from the Egyptians themselves, Ancient Greeks, historians and the myriad of finds thanks to past and present archeology have helped shed light on the culture of embalming and death care practices. The ancient Egyptians

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Many companies today use information as a basis to increase productivity, producing quality products, providing quality services, creating customer confidence, and making timely decisions. As such, information technology has become the prime reason for the success and failure of a company to compete in business. This illustrates the impact of information technology on business operations today. As a result, designing an information system of high quality is important

Armor in the poem Beowulf       Armor mentioned in the poem Beowulf include helmets and chain mail. There are an incredible number of references to these battle-apparel in the poem, making this topic of armor a very relevant one to consider.   “Helmets are the most dramatic and often quoted item of armor found in Beowulf,” says Catherine M. Hills in “Beowulf and Archaeology.” Indeed, examining the poem, one finds copious references to helmets in just the first 400 lines of the

Funerals in Ancient Rome were as they are in most modern cultures, important. Those of nobles and aristocrats were particularly lavish and attended by many. Generally, Roman funerals consisted of the procession, cremation or burial and eulogy. Julius Caesar, dictator during the first century of the Rome, whose actions lead to the fall of the Roman Republic and in turn, the rise of the Roman Empire. Plutarch, a Greek historian, wrote about Caesar and noted that one of his first inclination that the

citizens were promised a formal burial. However, the social status of whoever died would also depend on how the body was disposed and treated which helped establish the difference between the Patricians and Plebs. It was widely believed by the Romans that death established the great segregation of body and soul. The importance of burial plays a great part during the time period of The Ancient Romans as they had a strong emotional attachment to the ceremonial burial of the deceased and considered