Essays 241 - 270
In five pages this paper argues that Antigone is the first feminist work. There are no other sources listed....
In three pages this essay examines the patriotism of Creon who thinks he has the support of the gods in this analysis of Antigone....
In three pages this paper presents a character analysis of Creon in Antigone by Sophocles and discusses his roles to Zeus and to t...
In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...
In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
This five pages this paper examines how authority was challenged by Socrates, Antigone, and Jesus Christ and how each suffered tra...
In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...
In five pages this paper examines how love and relationships are depicted in such ancient Greek literary works as Lysistrata, Anti...
line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...
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...
little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...
her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...
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...
Modern Women in such a conversation: "Even many women today are perhaps happy to allow men to take charge, make the money, and pla...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....
enemies, and what to the encroachments of those he loved.... At length he was asked to retreat from that final area where he locat...
In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, themes, and morality issues that are addressed in Antigone by Sophocles. There...
In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...
for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...
own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...
men. It is their rules and their decisions that determine how women should act and what role they can play in society. Antigones ...
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 ...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
that which was rightfully hers. This was a very grave endeavor during these ancient times and serves to illustrate just one small ...
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...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...