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In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

kill his father and marry his mother. He left his home so that this would not happen, but he did not know that his father and moth...

In five pages this paper examines how Oedipus exemplifies the Athenian male ideal. There are no other sources cited....

evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...

with Teiresias (Johnston). It seems odd to some, but the quarrel makes sense if we understand Oedipus as someone who sees things i...

is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...

left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...

In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...

pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

(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...

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...

not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...

that which was rightfully hers. This was a very grave endeavor during these ancient times and serves to illustrate just one small ...

short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...

In seven pages this paper analyzes casting within the context of the plays A Doll's House, Antigone, The Cherry Orchard, Three Tal...

In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, themes, and morality issues that are addressed in Antigone by Sophocles. There...

In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....

enemies, and what to the encroachments of those he loved.... At length he was asked to retreat from that final area where he locat...

for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

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 ...

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...