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In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...
In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...
In four pages this paper examines the play's good vs. evil conflict in a consideration of how divine power is dominated by demonic...
In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...
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...
This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...
In five pages this paper examines the cunning Odysseus in this work by Sophocles. There are no other sources cited....
one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...
In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...
The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...
In five pages the Theban plays of Sophocles are examined in a consideration of responsibility, fate, and their power. One other s...
plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...
In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...
devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...
you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...
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...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...
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 three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
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...
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...