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

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

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

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

end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

resides in Thebes. Oedipus demands that someone come forward with information. When no one comes, Oedipus puts a curse on whoever ...

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

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

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...

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

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

human being for a short span of time. The cave allegory is quite well known and has been used by many to interpret Platos philosop...

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

little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...

about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...

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. ...

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 ...

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

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...

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