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Essays 121 - 150
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...
Modern Women in such a conversation: "Even many women today are perhaps happy to allow men to take charge, make the money, and pla...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
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...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...
little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...
violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
is apparent in Hamlet in many ways. First, when Polonius asks Hamlet what hes reading, Hamlet says "Words, words, words" (II.ii.19...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
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...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
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 ...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...
his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers 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...
classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...
honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
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...