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of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

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

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

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...

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...

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 ...

In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...

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

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

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...

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 twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...

In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

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...

This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

logical for him to wonder. Oedipus was in fact rescued and brought up by the king. Because he does in reality end up killing a ma...

In five pages Sophocles' Oedipus is examined in terms of the relationship between the fates and the protagonist in a consideration...

his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...

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

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

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

traits he possesses that is less than admirable, one thing is clear. He exhibits loyalty and trustworthiness. He respects the gods...

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...

as Homer based his story on fiction which would occur in the context of history and mythology. While the tale has been critically ...