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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...
as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...
In 5 pages, this paper considers how the tragedy of Oedipus differs from the comedy Lysistrata. There are 3 additional sources in...
Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...
"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...
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...
out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...
-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...
thing. CLEONICE (wearily) And is it thick too? LYSISTRATA...
finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
This 5 page paper gives an overview of how Oedipus was a victim of fate in Oedipus the King. This paper includes how Oedipus was a...
as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...
Kings plea for assistance in his crusade, Oedipus demands to know why, and is shocked to hear the words, "You are the murderer, yo...
In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...
In four pages this research paper contrasts and compares the portrayal of women and their roles in ancient Greek society as repres...
This paper examines how women in Ancient Greek society were portrayed in a comparative analysis of the plays Lysistrata by Aristop...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
clothes and wigs and necklaces, imported gowns and fancy lingerie!" (Aristophanes query=1). That women have been forced to prove ...
In five pages Lysistrata as featured in the famous ancient Greek play is the focus of this character analysis. Three sources are ...
illustrate what the modern urban woman is, and then turn to discussing the two stories, arguing that today, the modern urban woman...
possessed through their control of sex with their men. The entire idea of controlling the men was essentially the idea of Lysistra...
their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that co...
also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...
In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...
This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...
This paper contrasts and compares various female characters throughout the history of literature which includes Lysistrata, Jane E...
Women, the impact of these unequal gender scales on women are examined and depicted very differently, for in one, the women are ac...