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position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...
she is essentially immersed in her role. But, as the story develops we begin to wonder if all of these characteristics of being ch...
in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...
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...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
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...
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...
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...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
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 ...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...
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...
grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...
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...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...
In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...
In twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...
of this play, we find Ibsens comments for what he called his "modern-day tragedy," He says, "There are two kinds of moral law, tw...
husband Torvald, belittle their women and define their mates based on their potential as a companion, housekeeper, and the ability...
In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...
In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...
the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...