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the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...

In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

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 three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...

of their relationships with him. They meet in...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

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...

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

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...

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...

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

In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...

pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...

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

about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

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

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

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...