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pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

(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...

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...

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

men...so that we must obey in these things" (Sophocles, 2002). Antigone makes it clear in her reply t hat she is fully aware that ...

many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

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...

and is not open to the charge of flattery" (Plato). While Socrates then discusses the love of youth, possibly referring to having ...

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

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 examines the uses of the chorus and repeating themes in the classical tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles, ...

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...

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 the role greed plays in the literary works No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, Candide by Voltaire, and Antigone by Sophocl...

In six pages this paper examines how the individual is controlled by this state in an analysis of Antigone by Sophocles, Narrative...

those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...

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, ...

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...

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...