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there seems to be an appeal to false authority. The fact that officials in the town deem someone a witch, and that they determine ...

honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...

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

tension in the play, which is by changing historical detail to create greater dramatic tension. The historical Abigail Williams, w...

modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

modeled after his own life and experiences, including his relationship with the tormented Marilyn Monroe; however, Miller has neve...

young boss, Howard Wagner, about easier sales work in town. However, it soon becomes apparent that Willy is to be discarded by h...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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...

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

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...

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...

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 ...

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....

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...

secure the Democratic nomination for president. The answer to the question of just how Kerry managed to do so is quite complex an...

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, there is a third option, w...

may be utilised (McInnis, 2001). Part of these process can be seen as that concept of Habeas Corpus. This was a concept that was u...