YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Righteousness in Antigone by Sophocles
Essays 241 - 270
In five pages this report discusses how Homer, Sophocles, and Hesiod would have conceptualized justice regarding the 911 terrorist...
plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...
to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...
upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...
a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...
Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...
others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...
prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
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...
devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...
There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...
has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...
city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...
of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...
has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...
surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...
since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...
Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...
the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...
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...
In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...
the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope. After learning that he was not their true son, Oedipus set out to find his real parents...
the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...
In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...
In five pages this paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...
In five pages this paper examines the uses of the chorus and repeating themes in the classical tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles, ...
this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...