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(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...

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

the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...

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...

However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...

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...

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

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

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

violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...

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...

that the CIA covertly engineered a coup in Iran that overthrew a democratically elected president and instituted a dictatorial rul...

and a pragmatic one. From its inception, the Constitutional Convention was more concerned with economics than ideals. The majori...

the fundamental purpose for doing so. While Sumner places governmental involvement with the quest for equality at the bottom of t...

past, which is now gone, and his son is the future (the founding of Rome), and he is the transitionary figure destined to bring th...

Furthermore, included is an interesting photograph of Kennedy from his college days, which is very striking when one realizes that...

drive toward free speech and political freedom" (Rath, 1994, p. 530). The unrest became increasingly obvious with no chance to "q...

it honorably. This is, as mentioned, a very common perspective from generations of Americans who lived the war. But, there are al...

In five pages the Black Enterprise Magazine founder Earl G. Graves is celebrated in terms of his life, legacy, and profound busine...

Lenin saw in Russias expanding working class - the proletariat - the seeds of revolution" (Anonymous The Road to Revolution, 1997;...

In five pages this paper discusses the impact of the Civil War in terms of the reasons why the South was defeated and also examine...

terrified of the retribution that followed delinquent taxation, the Roman period was one that reflected a considerably negative le...

the faith had a salient influence on him throughout his adult life....

In perhaps one of the most dramatic shows of foreign support of human rights, in 1980 President Jimmy Carter cancelled the America...

offered and in general the settlement houses just helped the children (and some adults as well) learn about their new homeland and...

such a car (Caryl, 1996). The projects first director, Ferdinand Porsche, was a "nuts-and-bolts" man who was able to help turn Hit...

it seemed only fitting that his efforts to take over Sarguntum from the Romans, once a Carthaginian stronghold, began the Second P...

Roughshod President). Growing up as he did in the backwoods country, Jacksons education was sketchy at best (Andrew Jackson). Ho...

as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...