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Essays 451 - 480
men...so that we must obey in these things" (Sophocles, 2002). Antigone makes it clear in her reply t hat she is fully aware that ...
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...
Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...
In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...
In 5 pages this paper examines righteousness and how Antigone is responding to a higher authority by breaking the law in this trag...
in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...
In seven pages this paper examines the conflict of man's struggles in accepting duties and responsibilities to the polis from the ...
In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...
In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...
In five pages this paper examines the cunning Odysseus in this work by Sophocles. There are no other sources cited....
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...
In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...
and is not open to the charge of flattery" (Plato). While Socrates then discusses the love of youth, possibly referring to having ...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
In six pages this paper examines how the individual is controlled by this state in an analysis of Antigone by Sophocles, Narrative...
In a paper that consists of three pages the elements of these plays are examined in terms of similarities and differences in order...
In a research paper consisting of 6 pages, the two works of good and evil are considered within the context of detective fiction. ...
In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...
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 this paper discusses how Creon represents the elements of a tragic figure in this play by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
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 five pages this paper examines the uses of the chorus and repeating themes in the classical tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles, ...
those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...
in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...
pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...
There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...