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of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

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 ...

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...

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

play is Everyman, who obviously stands for everyone in the audience. This is play designed to teach a lesson, and the lesson is si...

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

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

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

is further demonstrated when Vivie tries to talk to her mother about her life and how her "way of life" may not suit her mother. V...

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

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...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...

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...

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...

the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...

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...

In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...

of them all. The allegory of "Everyman", which may also be defined as a parable or a metaphor, is based on what it is that "Everym...

plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...

As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...

In five pages this essay discusses how Victorian morality is portrayed in Oscar Wilde's witty and sophisticated play. There are n...

The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...

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

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...