John's English 102 Journey

  John Exarhos                  Professor Brady  English 102 2 April  2024 The Betrayals of “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams Betrayal comes in all shapes and sizes whether it's from family friends or loved ones and can affect you in many ways. In the play “ A Streetcar Named Desire” by Williams, everyone in the play experiences some version of betrayal. A Streetcar Named Desire talks about mainly three people who are Blanche, Stanley, and Stella who are all family to each other. But as the story unfolds it does not seem so because the amount of true colors of one another's personalities is revealed causing drama, cheating, and death.  `One particular quote that sticks out of the story is “   " I couldn't go on believing her story and live with Stanley" (Stella, Scene 11). This quote explains to the audience where betrayal takes place when Stella's husband betr...

  John Exarhos Professor Brady English 102 22 February 2024 Pub#1 Antigone Written Law vs Moral Law Written law is a set of rules enacted and enforced by Creon the King of Thebes. Moral law is a set of rules set by ethical principles and values.  In this case, Antigone holds these values towards death. In the play, Antigone, there is a huge rivalry between Creon and Antigone because of their dead brother. Creon and Antigone are fighting because one follows civil law and another follows moral law, and those laws conflict with each other on whether Antigone's brother should be buried. Creon embodies civil law placing law over everything including his nephew. Where Antigone believes in the moral law, which to her means burying and honoring her brother no matter what based on her beliefs and morals. Antigone and Creon believe in different laws which causes lots of conflict throughout the play Antigone and causes many tragic events to occur due to what they believed in or who was...