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In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...
In five pages this paper examines a 'trunk theater' rural school production of Medea, the Greek tragedy by Euripides....
forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...
of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...
of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...
This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...
his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...
In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In reaction, the nurse relates that Medea, "the hapless wife, thus scorned...lies fasting, yielding her body to her grief, wasting...
extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...
her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...
In seven pages this paper examines the tragedy by Aeschylus in terms of its shocking thematic featuring of human sacrifice. There...
In twelve pages the tales of Demeter, Cybele and Attis, Adonis and Aphrodite, Endymion and Selene are examined in a consideration ...
time when Cleopatra passed away (127). Cleopatra in fact was one of the last to live from that dynasty. What were the relationshi...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...
audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...
in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...
The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...
specifically tailored their works to suit the tastes of their Athenian audiences, mirroring the "fears, tensions, and potential vi...
events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...
In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...
running into pre-menopause here, why dont you visit your mother for a while." One of Medeas concerns is her own private humiliati...
In twelve pages this paper discusses Mumia Abu Jamal's 1982 trial as a tragedy worthy of a Greek epic. Ten sources are cited in t...
In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...
In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...
In ten pages this research paper examines how the Greek perspective of tragedy is featured in Euripides' plays The Women of Troy a...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
Thyestes and his brother were rivals for the throne of Mycenae. Atreus was married to Aerope. Thyestes seduced Aerope. He was a...
In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...