YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Comparison Between Antigone and Othello
Essays 301 - 330
is in seeing pompous buffoons made fools of, and lovers brought together. However, Aphra Behns play, though a comedy, also deals...
in the audience, because the audience members can see themselves as part of this chain of cause-and-effect (McManus). Lets very b...
a noble falls, he takes a lot of people with him. Thats true here, where Othellos suspicion results in his destruction, as well as...
he doubts her, believing the words of others, one can see that he is a very insecure man where his love is concerned. In the cas...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
In a paper consisting of five pages these female characters are compared and contrasted in terms of their focus and personal devel...
In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...
brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...
pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...
The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...
honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...
actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
standing up rights and truth. In Henrik Ibsens play "A Dolls House" there are many symbols which represent different aspect...
still powerfully under the control of a patriarchal society. "For Antigone, there could never be any laws that could stand in t...
lie to Antigone because their interests/values lie in their men. While they do not want their men to go to war, they want sex just...
receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...