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intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...
consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...
of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...
the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...
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...
(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...
Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...
In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...
biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...
on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...
her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...
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...
his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...
is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...
could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...
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...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
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 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...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...