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Essays 61 - 79
The scene opens with Menelaus and the Attendant coming on stage. The Attendant sees Agamemnon approaching and says to Menelaus, "M...
"Id plan and work revenge with her" (line 102). With the gods approval, Electra and Orestes set out to avenge their fathers murde...
story of Agamemnon we are presented with a man who sacrifices his daughter, at the request or command, of the gods, in order that ...
by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...
Medeas chorus is intent upon pointing out the downfall of one of mythologys most important literary motifs: power and the tragic h...
Women, the impact of these unequal gender scales on women are examined and depicted very differently, for in one, the women are ac...
and changes his mind. He will not sacrifice his only daughter because of Menelaus unfaithful wife. (The impetus behind the Trojan ...
shown for "wives and women in general" (Vasillopulos 435). Christopher Vasillopulos observed in his literary criticism of Medea, ...
typical mythological female was not; her defiance, passion, reason and intestinal fortitude combined together with her ability to ...
In five pages The Bacchae play is examined in terms of its representation, performance, and staging. There are no other sources l...
In seven pages this paper considers how the classical Greek dramatist critiqued heroism in a contrast of antiheroes Pentheus, Mede...
In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...
In five pages this paper discusses the timeless appeal of these two works with similar themes. There is no bibliography included....
In five pages this research paper analyzes the chorus and its continued deity reverence despite its expressed revenge against its ...
about Jasons desertion is the fact that Medea compromised her own existence as a means by which to save his life and is reciprocat...
In 8 pages this paper compares how fear and power are thematically portrayed in these 5th century Greek plays. There are 5 source...
before establishing their own enclave in the Cithaeron wilderness. Young King Pentheus vows to keep his empire intact and dedicat...
the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...
his rule to all those who regarded him as an interloper. He sought the assistance of his most trusted advisor, his brother-in-law...