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Sophocles' Antigone and August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

Business World, Morality, and Gender in Sophocles' Antigone

In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...

Classical Literature Identity Questions

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

Authority in Homer and Sophocles

in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...

Homer's 'The Iliad' Summarized

mother, a goddess, to make pleas to Zeus to ensure that Agamemnon will fail in all battles as long as Achilles is not fighting wit...

Classical Greek Poet Homer

The Odyssey. In his History, Herodotus (484-425 B.C.) came up with dates for the singer (400 years before my time-and no more than...

'Epic Hero' Characteristics of Odysseus

In five pages this essay discusses how Odysseus qualifies as an 'epic hero' because of the suffering and hardship he endured throu...

Comparing Achilles and Odysseus

Odysseus was renowned for both his brain and his brawn. He was also had bravery, and competence at his skills. Odysseus was an a...

Achilles' Shield in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In five pages the importance and symbolism of the shield of Achilles is considered in this examination of Homer's epic....

Homer's Epic Style

return home. They are in morning, for they have lost a son. They pray to the gods for his return, but feel that he is dead. They e...

Journeys in Dante's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'Odyssey'

and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...

Depiction of Women in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Hippolytus by Euripides

This paper contrasts and compares the depiction of Phaedra by Euripides in Hippolytus and Penelope by Homer in 'The Odyssey' in fi...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Women

In five pages Circe, the Sirens, Nausikaa, Helen, Calypson, Athena, and Penelope are examined in this discussion of how women's ro...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Women's Role

IN three pages this paper discusses how Homer depicted women in the epic 'The Odyssey' with Penelope being the primary focus of an...

Homer and William Shakespeare's Portrayal of Women

In three pges this paper contrasts and compares the characterizations of Penelope in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Desdemona in Othel...

Righteousness in Antigone by Sophocles

In 5 pages this paper examines righteousness and how Antigone is responding to a higher authority by breaking the law in this trag...

Creon as an Idealist and Statesman in Antigone by Sophocles

In three pages this paper presents a character analysis of Creon in Antigone by Sophocles and discusses his roles to Zeus and to t...

Audience Identification and Tragic Catharsis in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper defines the catharsis concept and then discusses how audiences identify with the tragic catharsis that oc...

Heroism in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

State and Individual Control

In six pages this paper examines how the individual is controlled by this state in an analysis of Antigone by Sophocles, Narrative...

Literary Depictions of Greed

In five pages the role greed plays in the literary works No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, Candide by Voltaire, and Antigone by Sophocl...

Antigone and the Old Testament

In 1178 Maimonides completed Mishneh Torah, what he had hoped would be a compete authoritative code of Jewish law (both Oral and W...

Theban Plays of Sophocles and Themes of Morality and Fate

In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...

Book of Job, Sophocles, Plato, and Aristophanes on Justice

In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...

Structure and Themes of Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, themes, and morality issues that are addressed in Antigone by Sophocles. There...

Strong Women in the Works of Henrik Ibsen and Sophocles

for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...

Principle Theme of Antigone by Sophocles

men...so that we must obey in these things" (Sophocles, 2002). Antigone makes it clear in her reply t hat she is fully aware that ...

Literature, Poetry, and Self Reliance

many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

Societal Struggles of Women

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

Human Nature, Morality, Punishment, Guilt, Crime, Justice, and Law in Literature

(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...