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and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

when Americans were accusing each other of Pro-Communist beliefs. Many of Millers friends were being attacked as communists and i...

the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...

the Sophoclean template, time should also be compressed and restricted, with the action of the play taking no more than one day. B...

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

was only 90% fine. The actual outcome was a foxed rate of $4.55 to the ?1 (Anonymous, 2001). This mean that although each country ...

In five pages this research paper examines the play's themes and discusses typical productions of Miller's social drama. There ar...

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

In ten pages this report discusses the play's tragic characteristics that exist despite its twentieth century setting and the ways...

In five pages the American Dream and its deceptiveness as depicted in Miller's tragic drama are examined. Three sources are cited...

sons, one in particular, following in his footsteps, not necessarily as a salesman, but as a working class man such as himself. Wi...

In five pages this paper discusses the psychological symbolism that is so much a part of this social drama by Arthur Miler. There...

receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...

some of lifes toughest questions, questions that are still asked by todays family. Those questions include family values, abuse an...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Soyinka's The King's Horseman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King in terms of how thes...

In eight pages this paper discusses how the play's plot and characterization focus on moral values of society. Four sources are l...

In twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...

Ini six pages this paper first examines the playwright's life and effects of the Great Depression on Miller and his writings and t...

pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...

inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

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

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

"Oedipus the King" (The Classics Pages: Antigone). Before Oedipus came onto the scene it seems that Creon may well have had a ch...