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- 101: Creon And Achilles
- Both Creon of Sophocles’ Antigone and Achilles of Homer’s The Iliad end up allowing the body of their enemy a proper burial. During the time following the death of Hector, Achilles is in ... to expose his true nature. In the end, there seems to be a quality within each man which lies above the flaws, failures or triumphs. By suggesting such a quality, Sophocles and Homer glorify or debase characters such as Creon and Achilles. Rage, anger and revenge are exhibited by both Achilles and Creon. Achilles shows his rage in Book I of ...
- 102: Antigone
- Antigone, a play written by Sophocles, became a classic due to its timeless subject matter. In this play, the Greek dramatist reflected mainly on civil disobedience. Antigone believes in individual rights over state rights. Creon, however ... However, having too much of it (hubris) can lead to destruction. Admitting that you are wrong is not a bad thing. It can prevent a lot of heartache. Work Cited Sophocles, Antigone. Trans. Robert Fagles. Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 1999. 644-679
- 103: Greek Theater Within Their Vas
- ... 2663) shows an ornately costumed individual being tied to a pole by a black servant. Trendall points out that the vase may "well represent memories of the same production" of Sophocles' Andromeda. Not appreciably clear is the manner in which Trendall reaches this conclusion. To be sure, the figure is likely to be Andromeda, but there is no way of suggesting ... are illustrated in any manner on pottery. Even by the most generous estimates the "illustrations cover only 40 of the 82 plays of Aeschylus, 37 of the 123 plays of Sophocles, and 48 of the 87 plays of Euripides" (Trendall 1971, p.1). Another problem associated with this particular body of research lies in the dating of the vases. Until the ...
- 104: Dionysus
- ... dramatic competitions were conducted. The most important festival, the Greater Dionysia, was held in Athens for five days each spring. It was for this celebration that the Greek dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides wrote their great tragedies. Also, after the 5th century BC, Dionysus was known to the Greeks as Bacchus. Dionysus is the son of Zeus and Semele. He is ... dancing ground of Dionysus with an arrangement for spectators (theatron) was built in Athens, in the early sixth century. It became the great center for drama where plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides were performed. Drama was produced at festivals, honoring Dionysus in his theater under the presidency of his priest, by performers wearing masks and special dress. That is how ...
- 105: Euripides! Master! How Well Yo
- ... Greece in the Fifth Century B.C., I kept my eyes open during our reading for evidences of, if I may comit an anchronism, chauvinism in the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Consoled by the knoledge presented in the text that Aristophanes had accused Euripides of hating women. I didn't look for it in Lysistrata. Nevertheless, that is where ... satirizing those attitudes. At the close of the play, Clytaemnestra challenges her listeners, on-stage and off: "That is what a woman has to say. Can you accept the truth?" Sophocles takes it one step further. His heroine is not a murderess, but a young women driven by deeply held ideals and familial love. I don't know there could be ...
- 106: Ancient Greek Theatre Architec
- ... the traditional celebrations handed down to them to construct stories that confronted fundamental problems of human life. Three great poets worked this remarkable transformation of the ancient wine songs: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. (Brockett 2ed 12-15) In the sixth century BCE, accompanied by singers, dancers, and flute players, the priests made sacrifices in honor of Dionysus, the god of the ... the sight. (Rawl 14) It is undoubted that the skene served as the main focal point and background for all of the scenes. During the overlapping years of Aeschylus and Sophocles, painted scenery was beginning to be employed. Vitruvius description of the first scene painting suggests; that it was an architectural design on a flat surface (Brockett 4ed 37). There were ...
- 107: Oedipus And Antigone
- Oedipus and Antigone Sophocles’ plays Oedipus and Antigone have many parallel themes and conflicts. Certain characters and events are mirrored and go through similar sequences in both plays. One conflict that is prevalent in ... or it. This principle has been evident in the plays of Oedipus and Antigone. They are similar in many respects, having ideas rolled into the plots such as loyalty, by Sophocles. Whether it is the loyalty of the city of Thebes to Oedipus, or the early brown-nosing relationship between Haimon and Creon, the idea of fealty is the same for ...
- 108: The Role Of Fate In Oedipus Th
- ... The Role of Fate in "Oedipus the King" Is Oedipus a victim of the gods, their prophecies, and destiny, or his own fatal flaws? I am under the impression that Sophocles wrote the play to underscore the uselessness of trying to avoid one's fate. He implies that we need to turn to the gods because we cannot see the whole ... people see at the right time to try to test Oedipus. Just as the famous line said by Puck, "What fools these mortals be." This is also what I think Sophocles is trying to show us in this play; mortals are fools and cannot be trusted without some kind of divine direction.
- 109: Similarities Between Creon And
- ... supposed to learn from the mistakes made in tragedies. The citizens should have learned what not to be like as a citizen or person. In a Greek trilogy written by Sophocles there are two ma in characters, Antigone and Creon. They are both strong willed and stubborn people. Both being unwilling to change, they both seal each others fate. Creon is ... make neither of them willing to listen to the other. Many of their traits are identical, but their opinion s are so different that they can't stand each other. Sophocles did an excellent job in portraying the two vast extremes of the spectrum, passion and reason. This story hopefully proves to people that neither extreme passion nor extreme reason, but ...
- 110: Oedipus-concepts Of Sight
- The concept of sight is one of the major motifs throughout Sophocles play Oedipus the King. The play revolves primarily around series of events caused by many people s insight or lack there of. Oedipus does not see that he is caught ... he has been stripped of his political power, has blinded himself, and has exited as a broken man. All these different uses of the concept of sight are found in Sophocles play Oedipus the King. Oedipus is noble in taking full responsibility for his troubled past, even though his troubles have been caused by Laius and Jocasta s blind way of ...
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