Essays 61 - 90
(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...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of the two stories Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers and the relationships between the women in...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
men. It is their rules and their decisions that determine how women should act and what role they can play in society. Antigones ...
In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...
In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....
own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...
In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, themes, and morality issues that are addressed in Antigone by Sophocles. There...
In nine and a half pages this paper considers how social values are reflected in the ancient literary works Phaedo, Euthyphro, Cri...
In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...
In seven pages this paper analyzes casting within the context of the plays A Doll's House, Antigone, The Cherry Orchard, Three Tal...
However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...
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...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...
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...
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...
In five pages this paper analyzed the family conflict experienced by father Creon and his son Haemon in Antigone and how it fits w...
In five pages this paper argues that Antigone is the first feminist work. There are no other sources listed....
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...