Members
 Member's Area
Subjects
American History
Arts and Television
Biographies
Book Reports
Creative Writing
Economics
Education
English Papers
Geography
Health and Medicine
Legal Issues
Miscellaneous
Music and Musicians
Poetry and Poets
Politics
Religion
Science and Environment
Social Issues
Technology
World History
|
|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 45,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 91 - 100 of 258 matching essays
- 91: Views From The Bridge
- ... is to live During the period of the 1955's Arthur Miller wrote A View from the Bridge, and then in before this during the time of the Greek Gods Sophocles wrote the play Oedipus the King. Both of these were plays had many situations and similarities that happened to the main characters. Even though these stories took place in different ... Oedipus' eyes, and he did not like what he saw. While his mother hanged there he said, "You shall not see me nor my shame not see my present crime"(Sophocles 73). After this was said he poked his eyes to make him physically blind now, and he was not metaphorically blinded anymore. Both Tiresias and Oedipus were foils of each ... by these characters. In our society today people go through the same problems with their families. Works Cited Miller, Arthur. A View from the Bridge. New York: Penguin Books. 1970. Sophocles. Oedipus the King. Translations. Paul Roche. World Masterpiece. Ed.Eileen Thompson, et al. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1991. 429-473
- 92: Creon As The Tragic Hero In An
- Sophocles Antigone is, without a doubt, one of the greatest tragedies ever written. There are many questions that somebody could ask about this work, but this one intrigues me the most ... of the tragic hero of any work. Creon s flaw was that he was stubborn. I could not reason what Antigone s tragic flaw could be. I believe that if Sophocles wanted Antigone to be the tragic heroine, he would have stated it more clearly in the story. I am convinced that she was simply a victim of Creon s stubbornness, therefore leading her away from the role of the tragic heroine. I would simply consider her as a type of puppet character that Sophocles ingenuously used to emphasize Creon s flaw. Creon s defect brings misery to his life, for that his stubbornness indirectly kills Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. This, of course, fits ...
- 93: Greek Tragedies
- ... of imitation, but adds that it has a serious purpose to the narrative. The purpose that aims each of the five plays that we read in class. The Athenians considered Sophocles their most successful playwrighters and his works continued to be valued highly throughout the Greek world even long after his death. Some idea of how the ancient heroic legends expanded ... during centuries of retelling, and how they were molded in the hands of the tragic poets, can be forgotten from comparison of the plays based on the same events by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides. In the rendition of Oedipus he kills Laius, and marries his mother, who is called Epicasta, thus becoming the king of Thebes. In time the Gods revealed ... painting. Ultimately they are combined in the great tragic plays of the Greeks, which include Julius Caesar and Hamlet, and there is also a sort of development from Aeschylus through Sophocles. Nietzsche is a theoretical man, fundamentally anti-Dionysian, whose "illusion" is "that thought, guided by the thread of causation, might plumb the farthest abysses of being and even correct ...
- 94: The Absence Of Truth Leads To
- ... the revelation of the truth brings further turmoil to the involved parties. In King Lear, William Shakespeare conveys the concept that the absence of truth causes a state of disorder. Sophocles further elucidates the chaotic nature of a false sense of reality in Oedipus Rex. Deceptive actions lead to future turmoil. An atmosphere of disorder is also created by the inability ... I should, / Avenging this country and the god as well, / And not as though it were for some distant friend, / But for my own sake, to be rid of evil." (Sophocles, 138-141). Oedipus desires the best future for his kingdom and is willing to fight to eliminate the problem causing the disruption in order. Upon the will of the gods ... to the truth. The inability to see obvious truth causes further disorder. In contrast to the disorder created by blindness towards truth, attempts to change destiny directly cause disorder. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the need to accept fated events is conveyed. Oedipus pledges to seek out and abide by the truth. He does not like what he learns and tries ...
- 95: The Tragic Character In Oedipu
- ... in which a noble principle character is brought to ruin essentially as a consequence of some extreme quality that is both greatness and his downfall. In the Oedipus Plays of Sophocles by Paul Roche, describes Oedious as a prorper king, powerful person, and very respectful human being for a good tragic hero. "Children, children! Scions of the ancient Cadmean line! What is this meaning of his thronging around my feet this holds out of oil boughs all wreathed in woe?" (sophocles.pg.23) this quote by Oedipus, shows that he is a proper king. A proper king must be a person who is respected by people and plays in an important ... of killing the old king named Laius by issuing a policy statement to help find the killer in the first episode in the book. "So, Oedipus, you most respected king" (sophocles.pg.24) This tells us that Oedipus is a respectful perosn to his people, this was said by one of his people. he is a king who treats elderly ...
- 96: The Similarities Between Creon and Antigone
- ... 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 ...
- 97: Oedipus Rex 3
- ... only controls people s lives, but their own free will! His plans to disrupt his destiny played right into those of fate s. A great example in the book where Sophocles illustrates his belief that know one is able to out run their true path in life. Now, the prophecies begin to be fulfilled. En route to a faraway city where ... change his predetermined path and paid with his soul. He now wanders the earth and stays with his daughter Antigone, for he is sightless. Fate is a powerful thing, and Sophocles illustrates this in his tales of Oedipus. Fate is the inevitable truth that all men must face. Free will is the destructive nature that leads us into our own fates ...
- 98: Oedipus - King Of Riddles
- ... Of Greek Myths (Garden City:Doubleday & Company Inc. , 1962), 158. Bibliography D'aulaire's Partin , Edgar and Ingri. Daulaire's Book Of Greek Myths. Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. , 1962. Sophocles. Oedipus The King in The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles. (Trans. P. Roche.) New York: Mentor Books , 1986.
- 99: God V. Man In Antigone
- ... where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise. (158) Throughout Sophocles drama, Antigone, there are many themes that can be traced. One of the most predominant themes is god versus man, which appears not only in Antigone, but also in many of the classic Greek tragedies written in Sophocles time. This quotation above serves as the moral for this tragedy, which includes an illustration of the theme as it was applied to the play. In the drama, Antigone, the ...
- 100: Mixed Messages In Greek Theatr
- ... 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 ...
Search results 91 - 100 of 258 matching essays
|
|
