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I am thankful that this isn't my car.

I am thankful for my brother. He makes me laugh at the most unexpected times; usually times that I shouldn't be laughing.

I'm thankful for my dog, Jake. We always seem to share the same emotions at the same times.

I'm thankful for this coat! I can curl up into a ball and hide from the world. I mostly like it because it keeps me warm and lots of my past coats didn't do that?

I am thankful for pumpkin bagels. Seriously, go to Panera Bread and try them.

I am thankful for coffee and all caffienated beverages, for that matter. Sometimes they help me feel like I got more than 3 hours of sleep.

I am thankful for trees and nature in general. I can often find solace in these places, even when my life contains everything but peace.

I am thankful for the beautiful city of Seattle. The constant rain and cloud-cover just make sunsets like these even better.

I am thankful for potatoes and all the ways we can eat them.

I am thankful for my grandma. She has been through so much and helped me through so much and given so much to me and my family. I love you.

The Hun

To touch and hold, out, he briefly reaches,  

He touches softly the ear with his hand,  

The defense of the creature he breaches,

From warm ears to snout, his kind touches spanned.

Slowly time passes, ensuring their trust,

Relinquishing power, unable to see,

Peacefully, the deer sighs into the dust,

Defenseless, with not a desire to flee,

The small dagger, the man carefully draws,

To the neck of the small fawn he places,

Yet more demise, the instrument will cause,  

The pulse of the creature’s neck he traces.

From the fawn’s limp neck, the red slowly drips.

And through the creature’s nose, the last breath slips.

The Theban Bros

We, the Chorus, are elders of Thebes, serving to represent our society’s values. What is it that we, society, value? As time ceaselessly passes, sentiments and values seem to as well. The audience can depend on our opinions to be correct; however, do be aware that they vary line to line.  No, we do not refute ourselves, oh imprudent audience, we simply learn more as time passes and adjust our opinions accordingly. Our task is not simple; not only must we guide our ever endearing audience through the action and context of the play, but also guide them to the greater meaning of this astounding work by the remarkable Sophocles. Oh, divine audience, your endurance is especially appreciated.

Oh, senseless Antigone, does she surely believe she should do anything other than praise the laws of our great city? “When [one] honors the laws of the land, and that justice which he hath sworn by the gods to uphold, proudly stands his city: no city hath he who, for his rashness, dwells with sin. Never may he share my hearth, never think my thoughts, who doth these things!” Indeed, hHer naivety is nothing short of appalling; believing she is acting as the gods would like. If the gods did not favor Creon, how is it he would rise to this position of power? To obey Creon and his city is to obey the gods. He can do no wrong. Oh, senseless Antigone, she shall “pass to Hades, as no other of mortal kind [has] passed.” It is her pride that has brought this upon her, “[her] self-willed temper hath wrought [her] ruin.”

Yes, Antigone deserves the worst of punishments.

However…

Creon! Oh, he cannot let Antigone die! The terrifying prophecy of Tiresias, does it not worry him? Perhaps the king should free Antigone from her chamber and yield his actions after all, “for swift harms from the gods cut short the folly of men.” Oh, Dionysus, please protect our city.

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Antigone is dead? Haemon, as well? The queen has also killed herself? What tragedy! Oh, great Creon, finally brought to the ground with tears; it is his pride that caused this! The gods have finally given him what he deserves. “This is the law… That seeing the stricken heart… Of pride brought down,… We learn when we are old.”