Help Please

I am sort of stumped as to what are tragic flaws within the character Antigone. The only one that I can think of is pride. Does anybody have any insight? 

The Spider and His Maze

As I sat outside on my grass due to the perfectly blowing breeze there was outside and the illness that had grown from cleaning all day, I pulled out my laptop and googled around. After about twenty minutes or so I saw a little speck crawling onto my keys. It was a black shiny spider and instead of instantly freaking out and shooing it off of my laptop,  I observed this lesson-to-be while leaving this tiny morsel alone. ( It wasn't everyday a spider would come out of nowhere, and I felt as though I should give this one a chance rather than squishing it. ) Quickly it worked it's way through the board, trying to find his way out with only the direction of the sides of the keys. ( They would appear as walls to it.) Like a maze the spider tried to find his way out by only following the guidance that was right in front of it. I finally gave a light blow, and the spider flew into the air, landing right back on the ground, but instead now in a different place than where he started.

 So many people in  life are just like the little spider I saw today. Lack of originality or  being true to yourself will end you up in a mess just as the spider. He was caught in one track, a one road direction. This happens with so many people when influenced by others. You put blinders on and look broad minded at life; leaving no room for questioning, or individuality. There are walls set that you can not make it over when you just fit into the crowd, and your mentality is no longer yours, but influenced but other people. To prevent this from happening, all it does is take that one person to push someone out of that maze, just as the spider was whooshed out with the blow. Instead of living life for just yourself, help other people that may be caught in that maze. I was just one of those people in my own type of maze, or obstacle in life, and it took someone so special to me to lift me up and dust me off once again. My eyes are open now, and I've learned so much from how someone else interprets my life. She helped me live life again, and I owe the world to her for the countless acts of love she has shown me. Be that individual that encourages others, and make a difference in people's lives.

What Comes First

 A couple weeks back when watching  the movie  "The Great Debate," my history teacher pointed out a very important quote. A character in the movie would always tell his son : Do what you have to do in order to do what you want to do. I really thought over this quote and it's completely true. In every aspect in life, you have to get through what you would rather not do to get to the fun things you want to do.  This teaches not only discipline but also humbleness. It takes A LOT when you have to do a task that you don't want to do. But in the end, it will all be worth it when you get to do what you want. Even if you have to go through hell and back, I think you have to stick through with whatever is necessary to earn or deserve the right to even have what you want or do what you want. It also teaches responsibility because without going through with the things you need to, it won't teach you how life truly is. Life is all about getting through the struggles and strict times to get to the times that are what you would rather prefer.

Creon's connection with Parliament

It's so strange and interesting that during this year I've came across so many similarities with my subjects. While reading ," Antigone," I found a very significant quote that Creon had stated. He said " And I feel this: that a man is of no use to his city if he's to govern it by wisdom though by a tongue silenced by some fear. And if a man places anything above his city in friendship, that man I think is worthy of disdain.  Always did, always will. " My translation from this would be that his opinion of a good leader is a individual that stands for the right of the people and works for the good of the people. His country, state, provincial, or community should be first priority on the "important" list. The difference with Antigone is her family comes first before anything. ( The event of her brother's death and how she wants to serve him respect. ) But Creon's whole idea of the best for the country relates back to what I was studying in History just a few days ago. I took notes on government and the idea of Parliament in England as well as other countries completely fits in with his idea. From the 1300s-1600s, parliament gained much power because they had favor for the people and worked for the people. Creon's mentality is one of a Parliament group and I found it amazing how it all circled each other and connected. Somehow or another History and English always connect or works together. These two subjects always intertwine and it makes it a lot easier to understand both because soon everything easily connects and makes sense. 

True Friends

Today was such a spectacular day for me. Of  course not due to the fresh referral I gained as well as my brother, but because it was another day of understanding and beauty within life.  It all started when my chemistry teacher chose to address a situation from the previous day publicly and chose to do it in a harsh way. My temperature was rising as I grinded my teeth to keep from lashing out on her, but finally stood up for myself. I calming handled the situation, while she continued to snap at me and raise her decibels higher and higher until she was screaming at me.  I attempted to even raise my hand to speak but she would not accept anything I was trying to say. Finally she believed I had " disrespected her enough," and sent me out. Right then my brother stood up and requested he would be sent to. I looked around at my classmates and they looked disgusted; just completely drained of any ounce of respect that they once had for her. Meanwhile when I was in the office talking over my side of the story to administration, my class was fighting the battle for me. A couple people in particular, Katelyn, Annie, and Danielle, further argued out how they believed it was an unfair thing for the teacher to do. A debate was basically taking place after what the teacher had just started.. 32 against 1. After the bell rang I went back to see what had happened within the class. Sooner than I could walk a few steps they all shouted ," Danielle!" and attacked me with hugs. That moment will be one that I will never forget in my life. There was so much love and passion that people put out to defend me and stand in the gap between who truly was right and wrong. I felt so strong and  proud that I didn't let a referral come in the way of me attempting to get my voice across, and then others finishing where I left off.  The love is overflowing in my class and I gained a new sense of confidence of who is really there for me. The overwhelming strength our class as a whole today worked towards what truly is the just thing and where there was something wrong. Just as I did, they made sure their ideas and opinions were heard; which there is nothing wrong with that. I love my chemistry class!

Little Encouragement

When watching " My So Called Life," today, I realized a lot about myself  and just about others. Angela seems to just be a breathing person, and not even knowing who she truly is. I think in order to find who you are, everyone from some point or another tries different roles or molds in attempt to finding truth. The price you pay for individuality is so much more rather than just going along with what the crowds or what other people are doing. When seeing Angela, I pictured the commercial today that is sponsored by live above the influence. It is about a young man who lets people cloth and toy with his outward appearance to categorize him within a certain group or clique. At the end a whirlwind of people are jumbling around him until he finally holds out his hands  and puts an end to the chaos. The message is so powerful and relates back to a teens life. I realized today I do the far out things I do ( like experiment with haircuts and dyes or wearing something that is very different from people ) not for attention or to be noticed or to have a certain label, but for the simple fact that's its just me. When I die I want to be remembered as the young lady that grew up to be a woman that dared to be unique or went beyond whatever is considered "safe" in society both inside and out. On random my title just popped in my head a couple days ago, and I now see its significants. Dare to be... that perfect in every way person that you are meant to be and don't hold back. Life is too short to worry about what you need to be or think you need to be. Dare to be.. YOU.

Too young for that?

~"Where to start?!" is how I feel about this one special word. Love can be such a beautiful essence, but at the same time could bring great pain and suffering. When it comes down to it, there are so many different interpretations of what love, love really is, but I think you just have to experience it for yourself. My first true and sincere love was so unexpected and towards someone of complete opposite ways  as me. He's the shy type, keeps to himself, and rarely even used to talked to me. But once I got to know the true person he was, I really had a liking towards him. Many people will jump into love too soon and try to rush things, but I think it just grows in a sense. Like a plant it starts small, but over time and effort it just continues to grow and grow. Since the nine months that we've been talking, there has been so many tough times and obstacles we have had to get through. The dictionary  states that love is," an intense feeling of deep affection." I agree with it, but I also disagree. I think love goes beyond just a feeling or just a word. True love develops not by physical characteristics alone or feelings you experience, but from the hardships you overcome with that individual. You begin to accept any flaws or shortcomings, and look at their positive qualities. And to me it's not just something to say when you think you should because you're with someone, it comes from the heart. The little things cause love to grow day by day. It's not only because I love the cute dimple on the left side of his cheek or the tight embrace when we say good-bye, but the person he is on the inside and the man he is becoming. Many people argue that we are just too young to fall in love at this age or how our emotions get too caught up in our actions and how we think we feel, but once you've been through both positive and negative situations with an individual and continue to keep that relationship alive, I think that should show for something.~

Independent

 Right before dozing off, I really questioned a thought that ran through my head. Is there really such thing as independent person or organism? If you think about it and even in plato's theory of society, everyone has a specific job and due to their own jobs, as a whole they function as one properly. So according to plato, if people rely on others abilities is anyone considered independent? And when they say that animals are independent, are they or do they depend on other organisms to get jobs done as well? Something to comment on... want to hear some insight or thoughts......

My Blog Entry

This weekend when visiting my grandmas house I came across a familiar word.  While I was watching t.v. a commercial for Red Lobsters was playing and as they described the prawns and crusted lobster sure enough they used the word "decadent". My grandma looked at me like I had gone mentally insane as I busted out laughing, but just handed me a paper as I asked her so I could write down what I had heard. I just thought it was so funny how Mr. Thompson had just mentioned the fact that we would hear our vocabulary words  throughout our daily lives, and sure enough one popped up. Its amazing how even though we just learned the words and they are only twenty out of the whole dictionary, one could come up so soon.