YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Penance Rather Than Death in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
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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...
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...
pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...
In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...
In four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...
In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...
In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...
This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
In twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...
The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...
A 10 page analysis of the tragic hero as he manifests in these two classic plays. Twists of events affect these heroes differentl...
This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
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...
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 ...
and process evidence with the intent of catching the perpetrator. While not all sudden unexpected death is of a criminal nature, ...
This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...
This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...
In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...