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watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...
they were interested in seeing this story play out once again, and that they found meaning in it. It seems logical to assume that ...
expert, Henry Higgins, makes a wager with a friend that he can masquerade a lower-class girl, Eliza, as a member of the upper clas...
condemned; the Apostle said that my husband would be my debtor, and I have power over his body. Three of my husbands were good an...
In five pages this paper argues that this comedy by Aristophanes is an example of feminism with its strong and intelligent female ...
Women, the impact of these unequal gender scales on women are examined and depicted very differently, for in one, the women are ac...
terms to refer to exaggeration and understatement within the realm of comedy. As far as I can determine, both Moliere and Aristoph...
In twelve pages this paper considers how Aristophanes criticized the politics, morality, and society of his time through the use o...
In four pages this paper discusses how events are influenced by character personalities in these works by Edison, Euripides, and W...
In five pages Jason's characterization as represented by Euripides in his play is examined. There are no other sources listed....
In five pages this paper discusses the timeless appeal of these two works with similar themes. There is no bibliography included....
In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...
drama when Medea finds that she has been betrayed she cries to the heavens and says, "Come, Flame of the sky! Pierce through my he...
Medeas chorus is intent upon pointing out the downfall of one of mythologys most important literary motifs: power and the tragic h...
until finally, the creation goddesses intervene and create a primitive alter-ego for him that would keep his own in check. Only w...
dynamics of the power relationship between them is more complicated than a simple balance between active and passive: at the start...
by wedding the daughter of Creon, the "lord of this land" (Euripides). As this speech indicates, Euripides begins the thematic c...
the gods may not necessarily determine all aspects of humanity, that which has been labeled as free will may not be free after all...
she has given up. She is dejected and withdrawn, lying on her bed despondent and weeping. This depiction highlights Medeas femin...
to her on the basis of her sex. To further complicate her situation, she was an exile from her primitive Colchis homeland, forced...
more day and this is granted. Jason lamely agues that his abandonment of her and their children is for the best. After formulating...
lament: "Of everything that is alive and has a mind, we women are the most wretched creatures. First of all, we have to buy a hus...
and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...
way to a jousting tournament rematch with the mysterious Green Knight, Sir Gawain is the houseguest of the absent Lord Bercilak, a...
what they want, remains universal and could easily fit into a contemporary drama or comedy. Lysistrata tells her fellows that "We ...