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grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
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...
little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...
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...
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...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...
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...
In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...
the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....
were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...
In four pages this paper examines the characters, chorus, women, and state 'spiritual bankruptcy' theme featured in Sophocles' Oed...
This 5 page paper focuses on the lead characters Antigone and Willy Loman then branches out to ancillary characters to establish h...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...