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Ramblings on Antigone
Howdy pals! I’m finally getting around to blogging about Antigone, which is surprising for me because I enjoyed it much more than Gorgias. I found this play fairly easy and enjoyable to read! Not gonna lie, I am a huge Shakespeare nerd (WHY was Othello taken off the reading list omg no) and I found […] Continue reading →
Antigone and Other Nonsensical Thoughts
First of all, I’d like to say congratulations to everyone who has written and handed in their first Arts One paper. Yesterday night marked the first paper that I will write for University and to me, I think it marks the beginning of my University career. When I first read Antigone, I was surprised […] Continue reading →
Antigone: How to ruin your life.
Hello friends, today I blog about a whimsically lighthearted play, Sophocles’ Antigone. (heavy sarcasm intended). I must start off saying that this book was actually a very inviting read, and I found that it made its point whilst allowing for … Continue reading → Continue reading →
am i reading shakespeare or sophocles
actually though, i was told in the past that greek tragedies are very interesting and it ends out the same way as shakespeare tragedies do: EVERYBODY DIES but i feel like in antigone, there was some sort of moral to … Continue reading → Continue reading →
I just vomited a little….
Hey people, So it is 6:30 pm on Sunday the 29th and I have officially submitted my first Arts One Essay….I did it…. Good luck to you all! Continue reading →
Auntie gah knee
Hello Arts One Friends, It’s time for another Seamus Fera blog. WOOT WOOT HOLLA #iamubc So tonight at 8:23 pm I will be discussing the beautiful Sophoclean play Antigone. Hopefully I will be be able to make this funny, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Plato and Genesis
I forgot we would be given our essay topics on Genesis/Kant/Plato so as I read Gorgias, I was thinking of possible topics. An interesting thing I thought about—and since we do have essay topics now, so I’m thinking of bringing … Continue reading → Continue reading →
I believe you but you don’t know what you’re saying? — Gorgias by Plato
I am confused by a very simple point in Plato’s Gorgias. If Gorgias claims that what oratory is is simply being able to persuade a person or crowd without knowledge that he is knowledgable in something he actually isn’t, then what does … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Hi
Hi Arts one! I’m Olivia, 18 and I’m from Ladner, BC a tiny town that nobody knows about made up of farms and elderly people. I went to Gabrielle-Roy in Surrey for my first year of high school and spent … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Defining Gorgias
This blog post is mainly for my thoughts on Gorgias, but we”ll get to that later. Firstly, I can’t lie and tell you that I haven’t taken a peek at some other blog posts already, but I’ve noticed that quite … Continue reading → Continue reading →