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Essays 121 - 150
honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...
the ultimate good. If God has created finite spirits endowed with free will, it must be expected that this free will is going to...
As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...
be seen as an unavoidable force, which we are destined to fight against, but will ultimately fail. If we look at Sophocles writing...
homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...
and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...
marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...
very opposing forces. There is an evident duality to Herakles. On the one hand, he has a compassionate side that truly wants to ...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...
of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...
inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...
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...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
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...
In this paper, well review some of the connections between God and the leaders of Samuel, and determine how God related to those l...
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...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
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...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
In four pages this poetry explication considers the author's future world vision and anger regarding God....
In four pages this paper presents an autobiography of Saint Augustine and also considers his arguments on the existence of God....