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(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...
pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...
the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...
In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...
In 5 pages this paper examines righteousness and how Antigone is responding to a higher authority by breaking the law in this trag...
In three pages this paper presents a character analysis of Creon in Antigone by Sophocles and discusses his roles to Zeus and to t...
In five pages this paper defines the catharsis concept and then discusses how audiences identify with the tragic catharsis that oc...
In five pages the role greed plays in the literary works No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, Candide by Voltaire, and Antigone by Sophocl...
In six pages this paper examines how the individual is controlled by this state in an analysis of Antigone by Sophocles, Narrative...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...
In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...
This paper consists of seven pages and examines the heroism of the novel in a consideration of protagonist Randle McMurphy with a ...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at heroism. Odysseus is put forth as an example of both modern and classical ideals of ...
The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...
his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
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 five pages this paper analyzed the family conflict experienced by father Creon and his son Haemon in Antigone and how it fits w...
In five pages this paper argues that Antigone is the first feminist work. There are no other sources listed....
In five pages the play's final scene and how its philosophical and theological issues reflect the society of ancient Greece. Ther...
In three pages this essay examines the patriotism of Creon who thinks he has the support of the gods in this analysis of Antigone....
not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...
classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...
In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...
will ultimately cause her her life. Antigone pleads and does whatever she can possibly think of to get an honorable burial for ...