Essays 151 - 180
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
that which was rightfully hers. This was a very grave endeavor during these ancient times and serves to illustrate just one small ...
many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
lie to Antigone because their interests/values lie in their men. While they do not want their men to go to war, they want sex just...
receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...
standing up rights and truth. In Henrik Ibsens play "A Dolls House" there are many symbols which represent different aspect...
still powerfully under the control of a patriarchal society. "For Antigone, there could never be any laws that could stand in t...
actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...
honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
In a paper consisting of five pages these female characters are compared and contrasted in terms of their focus and personal devel...
In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing paths of enlightenment each of these characters took regarding their own heroism...
In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...
not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...
In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
In five pages the play's final scene and how its philosophical and theological issues reflect the society of ancient Greece. Ther...
In five pages this paper discusses how Creon represents the elements of a tragic figure in this play by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...
her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...
classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...