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very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
deed in this our present trouble, I care not to prolong the span of life, Thus ill-reputed; for the calumny Hits not a single blot...
line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
illustrates that while there is indeed merit to his conjecture, it nonetheless does not reflect the only manner by which human per...
pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...
his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...
The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
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 six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
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 the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...
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 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 essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...
In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...
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...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...
honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...