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or swordfights, etc. Instead, the action here "consists in nothing other than the process of revealing, with cunning delays and ev...

were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...

in which a drunk calls Oedipus a "bastard," thus forcing him to the extreme of looking for the cause of the plague on the city whe...

and queen of Corinth. As a young man, Oedipus heard the prophecy that he would murder his father and marry his mother. Thinking th...

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

when the play opens, he has no knowledge that he has actually done so; he believes he was successful in avoiding the prophesy. Th...

the subtle element of inference. The extent to which Oedipus Rex can be examined from a combination of behavioral perspecti...

to work to include everyone. Now lets consider a scene from Oedipus Rex and how it could be staged, and what that tells us about...

were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

and is not open to the charge of flattery" (Plato). While Socrates then discusses the love of youth, possibly referring to having ...

violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

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

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

(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...

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...

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...

the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...

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

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

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

In five pages this report discusses how Homer, Sophocles, and Hesiod would have conceptualized justice regarding the 911 terrorist...

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

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...

those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...