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In five pages this paper analyzed the family conflict experienced by father Creon and his son Haemon in Antigone and how it fits w...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
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....
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...
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 paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...
(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...
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...
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...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
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...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
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...
could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...
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...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...
In twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...
The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...
In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...