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pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...
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...
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...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
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...
Modern Women in such a conversation: "Even many women today are perhaps happy to allow men to take charge, make the money, and pla...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...
heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...
her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
is apparent in Hamlet in many ways. First, when Polonius asks Hamlet what hes reading, Hamlet says "Words, words, words" (II.ii.19...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of the two stories Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers and the relationships between the women in...
violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...
line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
In nine pages this paper examines how Victorian theater actress Helena Faucit, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, and Shakespear...
In five pages these texts are contrasted and compared as they portray the pressures of contemporary American culture on young wome...
and these women. As far as Ophelias true experience with Hamlet is concerned, the audience "can only speculate about the exact n...
In six pages this comparative analysis of the heroines featured in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Othello compares ...
have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...
whatever virtue she may still retain intact. Ophelia is naturally shocked and confused by Hamlets peculiar behavior and struggles...
romance ideas, and the subtle but pervasive message that they are second to males in this society. Many girls fit this example as ...
Through his insightful approach, Shakespeare attempts to push forward the strength and spirituality of women. Indeed, he recogniz...
the throne of Denmark. This is why Hamlet frequently verbally attacks his mother. Gertrudes role was expected to be that of wife...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
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...