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were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...

you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...

In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....

In five pages the function and purpose served by Miranda's character in The Tempest by William Shakespeare are analyzed....

In six pages this paper considers any similarities between William Shakespeare and the character Prospero in an analysis of The Te...

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

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

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

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 compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...

throughout much of the story. His underhanded lies and involvement leads Claudio to believe that Hero is not faithful, and all but...

he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...

(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...

Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...

European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

decreed a heros burial for Eteocles, but that no one, on pain of death, can offer funeral rites for Polynices and that his body sh...

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

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

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...

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

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

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