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then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

be seen as an unavoidable force, which we are destined to fight against, but will ultimately fail. If we look at Sophocles writing...

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...

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

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

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

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

"Oedipus the King" (The Classics Pages: Antigone). Before Oedipus came onto the scene it seems that Creon may well have had a ch...

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

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

inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

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

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

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...

man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

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

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...

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 paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...