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Essays 541 - 570
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...
Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...
In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...
In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...
In 5 pages this paper examines righteousness and how Antigone is responding to a higher authority by breaking the law in this trag...
In seven pages this paper examines the conflict of man's struggles in accepting duties and responsibilities to the polis from the ...
in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...
In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...
In five pages the role greed plays in the literary works No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, Candide by Voltaire, and Antigone by Sophocl...
In five pages this paper examines the uses of the chorus and repeating themes in the classical tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles, ...
In six pages this paper examines how the individual is controlled by this state in an analysis of Antigone by Sophocles, Narrative...
In three pages this paper presents a character analysis of Creon in Antigone by Sophocles and discusses his roles to Zeus and to t...
In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...
In five pages this paper defines the catharsis concept and then discusses how audiences identify with the tragic catharsis that oc...
In five pages this paper discusses how Creon represents the elements of a tragic figure in this play by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...
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...
of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...
(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...
pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...
the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...
has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...
In five pages this paper examines the cunning Odysseus in this work by Sophocles. There are no other sources cited....
In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...