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

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

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...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 ...

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...

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...

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

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...

In twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...

In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...