YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Essays 241 - 270
others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...
we see an older man who doesnt sleep well at night any more; his long walks and an old clip of Fred and Ginger dressed in their fi...
In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...
in his critical assessment of Where Do We Go From Here, "If you stand with the poor, if you experience their homes and their house...
In three pages King and Marx are contrasted and compared with the writer ultimately concluding that Martin Luther King's notions o...
will; summation of all applicable elements will likely lead one to conclude that determinism played a significant and essential ro...
to love their oppressors in an affectionate sense. Love in this connection means understanding good will as expressed in the Greek...
law is no law at all" (King, 2001). Dr. King also refers to the Bible and how Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Book of Daniel...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
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...
very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
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...
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 ...
the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...
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 ...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
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...
This paper examines the classical works represented by Sophocles' Theban plays and Aeschylus's The Oresteia in 5 pages. Three sou...
receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...
then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...
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 six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
In four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...