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Medea and Antigone as Representatives of Fifth Century BCE Women

that which was rightfully hers. This was a very grave endeavor during these ancient times and serves to illustrate just one small ...

A Comparison of A Man For All Seasons and Antigone

enemies, and what to the encroachments of those he loved.... At length he was asked to retreat from that final area where he locat...

Children's Dramatic Roles

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

Casting in 7 Plays

In seven pages this paper analyzes casting within the context of the plays A Doll's House, Antigone, The Cherry Orchard, Three Tal...

Antigone and Medea

men. It is their rules and their decisions that determine how women should act and what role they can play in society. Antigones ...

Greek Women and Women Today: A Discussion

Modern Women in such a conversation: "Even many women today are perhaps happy to allow men to take charge, make the money, and pla...

Oedipus and Antigone

her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...

Sophocles, Shakespeare and Actions That Speak Louder than Words

is apparent in Hamlet in many ways. First, when Polonius asks Hamlet what hes reading, Hamlet says "Words, words, words" (II.ii.19...

Women in Ancient Literature and Now

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the two stories Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers and the relationships between the women in...

Theme of Revenge in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, 'The Inferno' by Dante, Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles, 'The Odyssey' by Homer

short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...

Feminist Views in 'A Doll's House'

laboratory tests!"(Ibsen, 71). This constant tearing down of Nora, it can be assumed serves several purposes for Torvald. Firstly,...

Sacrifice According to Herman Melville, Henrik Ibsen, and Shirley Jackson

one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...

Freudian Psychology and Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

those who do not stop to examine their existence. For example, Americans do not often think of their historical past save as somet...

Society and Women's Place According to Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Henrik Ibsen

part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...

Literary Characters and Conflict

seething, boiling and discontent as the odd angled buildings and broken windows. It can be the quiet solitude of a rustic church, ...

Heartless Women in the Works of Henrik Ibsen and Charles Dickens

quite clear that Edith has just cause to feel alienated from her husband and her marriage from its inception. In the first half of...

Characters by Henrik Ibsen and Fydor Dostoevsky and Self Deception

but she doesnt seem to realize it. One of the very first scenes between them the reader realizes that he is going to be a dominee...

Contemporary European Drama Classification

In five pages this paper examines the social dramas of August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen in a consideration of modernism classifi...

Poets or Writers, Realists or Romantics, Similarities or Differences?

In five pages the labeling of creative artists and its contradictions are considered in a comparative and contrasting analysis of ...

The Tradition of Heroes in Literature

This paper discusses the elements necessary to creating a heroic character in literature. The author examines heroic protagonists...

Religion and Morality Views of Freud, Nietzsche, Ibsen, and Dostoyevsky

In eight pages the perspectives of Nietzsche and Freud regarding morality and religion are examined as they are portrayed in Enemy...

Literature and Analysis of Character, Theme, Symbols, and Setting

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

Child Fantasy and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In six pages this paper examines how the play of children is metaphorically depicted in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Three sou...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Realism

In 5 pages this paper assesses the realism of the premise of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and its conclusion. There are 4 sourc...

Rights for Women in the 19th Century Play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

In 9 pages the feminist manifesto characteristics of this social drama by Henrik Ibsen are analyzed. There are 3 sources cited in...

The Idea of Marriage Expressed in Three Plays.

This 5 page paper discusses the portrayal of marriage in three plays: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen; The Marriage of Olype by Aug...

Literature and Perceptions On Why The Genders Do No Not Get Along

In five pages this research paper presents the argument that the belief males and females do not get along is nothing more than a ...

Masculinity in Works by T.S. Eliot and Henrik Ibsen

This paper compares how masculinity is portrayed in 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot and in A Doll's House by H...