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In 8 pages this paper compares how fear and power are thematically portrayed in these 5th century Greek plays. There are 5 source...
typical mythological female was not; her defiance, passion, reason and intestinal fortitude combined together with her ability to ...
shown for "wives and women in general" (Vasillopulos 435). Christopher Vasillopulos observed in his literary criticism of Medea, ...
by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...
Medeas chorus is intent upon pointing out the downfall of one of mythologys most important literary motifs: power and the tragic h...
as "little skylark twittering." Her husband calls her "little featherbrain," "little scatterbrain," "squirrel sulking", and "song ...
The common theme of keeping secrets links these two characters in this five page paper. There are no other bibliographic sources ...
In five pages this paper examines this strong and unconventional female character. There are no other sources listed....
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
and changes his mind. He will not sacrifice his only daughter because of Menelaus unfaithful wife. (The impetus behind the Trojan ...
This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...
sentenced his children to the same alien status in Greek society. Everyone speaks of the cold-blooded Medea who slaughtered her c...
when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). Her husband...
of the men involved. The men want things in absolutes, black and white; the women can tolerate ambiguity. In Noras case, things ar...
with his manly independence, to know he owed me anything!" (Ibsen Act I). When Torvald finds out about her deception and the sca...
This essay offers analysis of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and Hansberry "A Raisin in the Sun" according to the principles of Gordon ...
in this case. The setting of the plays could also be associated with the setting that relates to money. In both plays one of the...
suicide. When Judge Brack discerns Heddas role in Lovborgs suicide, he threatens blackmail and Hedda, too, commits suicide. Why ...
yet to come in society at large. In Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House, the protagonist is a woman who has in...
will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...
and his life. He does not allow, or expect her to be anything more. He berates her like a child for spending money and for eating ...
her shell, showing her intelligence and her need to be independent and the fact that her husband will not accept and appreciate wh...
colorless and so the arrival of Hilda is compared to the arrival of a "radiant apparition" (Herford, 1909, p. 283). Hilda, says He...
Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...
overlook the intimate clues that illustrate the wife killed him. The women, who have accompanied the men, slowly put the pieces to...
leaves, but in Hedda, both Eilert and Hedda die. In his introduction to The Feast at Solhoug, which came in for its share of cri...
him to commit suicide. Judge Brack discerns Heddas duplicity in Lovborgs downfall and insinuates that he will hold this over her. ...
normal and average. Nora is a woman who is seen as nothing more than a simple creature. Her husband often refers to her in cond...
that she has thoughts and ideas that are not necessarily normal for a simple woman. She has a fire, and that fire is the element o...
However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...