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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...
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...
is apparent in Hamlet in many ways. First, when Polonius asks Hamlet what hes reading, Hamlet says "Words, words, words" (II.ii.19...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
(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...
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...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...
grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...
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 ...
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...
the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
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...
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...
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 ...
In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....
for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...
In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...
and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...
enemies, and what to the encroachments of those he loved.... At length he was asked to retreat from that final area where he locat...
this unusual technique sets up interesting prospects for the reader. The experience of Nurse Ratched, for example, gives one a sen...
line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...