Big Macs and Rice Cakes

Some say they'll choke eating what they pick,
Some say don't eat.
From what I've tasted of a pepperoni stick,
I hold with those who are gluttonous ticks.
But if my heart had to croak in a different beat,
I think I know enough pills and procedures
To say that for death the bony birds that tweet
Also lures
And would fatality meet.

True Friendship

What happens to true friendship?

         
       Does it blossom
       like a bamboo orchid in a flower garden?
       Or stand still like a calm pond--
       And then ripple when agitated?
       Does it fade with time like a sunset descending 
       behind a hill?
       Or burn away fast--
       Like a lit fuse?


       Maybe it just vanishes
       Like an object in a magic trick.


       Or does it renew?

Antigone: Character Analysis

                There’s always that person out there who never ever gives up. They are there to make their statement, and be heard. Those who have this sort of self-confidence must have a strong mind and heart that drives them through their struggles. This strong-headed stubbornness can also get them in trouble though, even when they may be fighting for the right reasons. Such a determined person is Antigone of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy “Antigone.”  She is unwavering in her fight for her brother’s burial.

                Antigone was determined from the very beginning, when Creon first spoke the news about her brother. She sets out to ask her sister, Ismene, for help but as her foil Ismene “[has] no strength for it”. Antigone and Ismene are exact opposites.  Antigone’s ready to get down-n-dirty and break the law for her brother, on the other hand Ismene is way too goody-two-shoes and weak to break the law even for her own brother. Antigone retorts and promises she “will go and heap a tomb for [her] dearest brother”.  Attitude beams from Antigone when she mentions how she’ll bury her brother. Almost as if she’s trying to say that Polynices, their brother, is no longer Ismene’s brother because she chooses not to do anything about his burial.

                Her assertiveness to get her way can work as a strength, but also as a weakness. Antigone doesn’t hold anything back while she speaks to the feared king Creon, she hopes that he knows exactly how she feels about him, she hopes that “by nature [she offends him]”. Although Antigone is just trying to do the right thing, she still sometimes goes overboard and comes off as disrespectful and loud-mouthed. Every once in a while she seems to lose control of her mouth, which is especially not a good thing when it comes to losing it while talking to someone in a higher power than herself. Creon thinks that she is the only one who thinks the way she does about her brother’s burial, but Antigone knows that other people besides her think the same thing they just “hold their tongues for him”. Antigone is the type of person who will not only speak for herself, but also speak up for others who won’t speak up for themselves. This is a quality that makes her come off as very dependable.

                She keeps her consistency as a strong-minded person all the way to the end, to her death. Antigone fears “that [she] might serve the dead”, just like anyone would, but she tries to hold it back, and away from others. This might make her seem a little passive, which is the opposite of her usual personality. This could also show how strong she is though, by being able to keep her feelings under control even when knowing such a tragic fate awaits her. Creon seems to be in control when he banishes her to starve to death inside of a cave, but to his surprise she was “[hung] by the neck”. This shows how she is the one who is in control of her life, or in this circumstance, even her death. She wasn’t going to let Creon decide her fate of a slow painful death, she chose to die quick and she made it happen.

                Antigone is one of the strongest people, in every way possible, in the play “Antigone”. She continues to show her determination throughout the story. She has a sincere sense to do the right thing morally at all times, even when it may be legally wrong. Steadfast and untiring, Antigone faces her challenges.