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actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...

lie to Antigone because their interests/values lie in their men. While they do not want their men to go to war, they want sex just...

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...

classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...

her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...

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...

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...

declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...

pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...

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 ...

(La Machine Infernale), Oedipus is a man of great looks with an ego to match, but of what could best be described as limited intel...

more many people are punished for not heeding the word of God. There are numerous people and numerous situations presented in G...

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...

of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

he was the victim of an unspeakable crime: it was prophesied that Laius would die by his sons hand, and so when Oedipus was born, ...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...

seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...