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In twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...
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...
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 ...
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...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...
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...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
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 six pages this paper assesses the spouses featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer in order to determine which displays the most cons...
the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...
In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...