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

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

"Oedipus the King" (The Classics Pages: Antigone). Before Oedipus came onto the scene it seems that Creon may well have had a ch...

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....

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. ...

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...

little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...

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

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...

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

a man. She is fighting to ensure that he has a proper burial and she has no thoughts for herself. Ismene simply wants to be a good...

is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...

end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

resides in Thebes. Oedipus demands that someone come forward with information. When no one comes, Oedipus puts a curse on whoever ...

of "six rooms and a pile of clapboard, a sad comedown from the sixth floor splendor of Central Park North" (Gottfried 12). They li...

young men. One of the great ironies of the play is that Willy has sold the boys a perverted version of the American Dream. He has ...

This essay pertain to fools and clowns in Shakespeare's plays. The writer describes the role of the actor's performance on creatin...

This essay briefly summarizes the plot of MIller's play "Death of a Salesman" and then analyzes the Willy Loman's character. Three...

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...

In five pages this research paper examines the play's themes and discusses typical productions of Miller's social drama. There ar...

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

In five pages this paper discusses the psychological symbolism that is so much a part of this social drama by Arthur Miler. There...

In ten pages this report discusses the play's tragic characteristics that exist despite its twentieth century setting and the ways...

In five pages the American Dream and its deceptiveness as depicted in Miller's tragic drama are examined. Three sources are cited...

sons, one in particular, following in his footsteps, not necessarily as a salesman, but as a working class man such as himself. Wi...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Soyinka's The King's Horseman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King in terms of how thes...