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In her soliloquy, shortly before she kills the boys, she asks why should she do something that will hurt not only Jason, but herse...
bound to engage. While mythological women were strong of mind and spirit, they were not allowed to express their inner most being...
watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...
as she was forced to come face to face with her own shortcomings, which ultimately cast upon her the tragic flaw that eventually l...
so as to ensure women pass. The discriminatory nature of this approach to officer training has long fueled the debate over whethe...
in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...
what is bothering her, Phaedra seems to describe the Enlightenment philosophy in her observation: "We understand and recognize wha...
was the wife of King Priam and the mother of Hector, who was killed by Achilles. Her other son; Polydorus was means to be safe as ...
to Artemis... and not otherwise, we could sail away and sack Phrygia" (Euripides "Iphigenia at Aulis" 358). He writes to his wife...
the gods may not necessarily determine all aspects of humanity, that which has been labeled as free will may not be free after all...
119), including how girls play as compared with boys, friendship patterns, extracurricular involvement, cross-gender orientations ...
could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...
wine and pleasure, and rejecting the cold and structured nature of Apollonian society. For them, to be human is to follow ones bas...
she has given up. She is dejected and withdrawn, lying on her bed despondent and weeping. This depiction highlights Medeas femin...
lament: "Of everything that is alive and has a mind, we women are the most wretched creatures. First of all, we have to buy a hus...
touch his heart. Various plot complications ensue and the political and social forces that are forcing her father to this awful d...
In ten pages this paper discusses how Euripides' plays depicted Clytemnestra in this consideration of the shift in women's portray...
skills. The walls of Athens are impregnable, but many people live outside these walls, so he gathers them in. They were not keen t...
This paper contrasts and compares the depiction of Phaedra by Euripides in Hippolytus and Penelope by Homer in 'The Odyssey' in fi...
This 10 page paper examines the way writers have treated women in mythology. The writer examines The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Metamo...
In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...
In ten pages this research paper examines how the Greek perspective of tragedy is featured in Euripides' plays The Women of Troy a...
homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...
in the following: "Oh be it ours to come to Theseus famous realm, a land of joy! Never, never let me see Eurotas swirling tide, ha...
In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...
Thyestes and his brother were rivals for the throne of Mycenae. Atreus was married to Aerope. Thyestes seduced Aerope. He was a...
simply what it is on the outside but cutting into it reveals layers of different contrasts and flavors. The "Foundation" of the Pl...
Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...
In five pages Euripides' play is analyzed in terms of its meaning. There are no other sources cited....
In four pages this paper discusses how events are influenced by character personalities in these works by Edison, Euripides, and W...