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deed in this our present trouble, I care not to prolong the span of life, Thus ill-reputed; for the calumny Hits not a single blot...

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...

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...

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

"Oedipus the King" (The Classics Pages: Antigone). Before Oedipus came onto the scene it seems that Creon may well have had a ch...

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...

tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...

pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

In five pages Sophocles' Oedipus is examined in terms of the relationship between the fates and the protagonist in a consideration...

logical for him to wonder. Oedipus was in fact rescued and brought up by the king. Because he does in reality end up killing a ma...

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

This paper examines the classical works represented by Sophocles' Theban plays and Aeschylus's The Oresteia in 5 pages. Three sou...

he appears sincere and supportive, such as when Richard asks what one has said of him, and Buckingham replies "Nothing that I resp...

honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...

modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...

receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

be seen as an unavoidable force, which we are destined to fight against, but will ultimately fail. If we look at Sophocles writing...

the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...

not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...

left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...