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In a paper consisting of five pages the differing paths of enlightenment each of these characters took regarding their own heroism...
(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...
wife of Agamemnon who has been off fighting the Trojan War for ten years. The goddess Artemis had left the fleet organized by Aga...
is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...
you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...
In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....
decreed a heros burial for Eteocles, but that no one, on pain of death, can offer funeral rites for Polynices and that his body sh...
In six pages contemporary linguistics are examined in a terminology overview that includes register versus dialect, descriptive ve...
leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...
Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...
the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...
will ultimately cause her her life. Antigone pleads and does whatever she can possibly think of to get an honorable burial for ...
focus on her self-respect: "I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it d...
In eight pages an imaginary symposium discusses the dichotomies of the individual versus society, passion versus reason and featur...
two major forces, the forces of practical and intellectual, may also be interpreted as the forces of reality and aspiration or of ...
salary is vastly different, $48,468 for the civilian and $26,967 for the military sergeant but the total package tells another st...
a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...
on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...
more motivated, the younger individuals in this particular group tend to be more motivated (p. 3). The reason, apparently, is beca...
all. However, Hamlet does not see it this way and becomes very angry with his mother for marrying Claudius. Because of this, Ham...
that which was rightfully hers. This was a very grave endeavor during these ancient times and serves to illustrate just one small ...
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...
men. It is their rules and their decisions that determine how women should act and what role they can play in society. Antigones ...
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 ...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
In nine and a half pages this paper considers how social values are reflected in the ancient literary works Phaedo, Euthyphro, Cri...