SUMMARY of the myth you are referencing Hippolytus refuses to pay homage to Aphrodite‚ so Aphrodite makes his mother fall in love with him. Because of this‚ she kills herself. Her father gets upset‚ and puts a curse on Hippolytus which causes him to die. Artemis (who Hippolytus faithfully followed) vowed that young girls‚ before their marriage‚ would cut off their hair in dedication to Hippolytus DESCRIPTION (how does the example you selected relate to or express
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Golden Gate Theatre in London. Kane herself directed the debut production. The play features intense scenes of violence and brutality. The play also takes place in a setting designed to be dark‚ depressing‚ and hopeless. The play’s protagonist‚ Hippolytus‚ is unapologetically repulsive and sexually depraved. Kane however‚ attempts to paint him as a tragic hero by making him completely honest despite
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Phaedra‚ the stepmother of Hippolytus‚ demonstrated her poor qualities when she had him banished because she was in love with him and could not carry on with him near her. Phaedra’s cruelness is also revealed when she conspired with Oenone to "accuse him first of that which he might charge you with today" (p. 385)‚ implicating Hippolytus instead so that she would not be punished for her incestuous misconduct. Phaedra also demonstrated jealousy when she learned that Hippolytus was in love with another
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announces new comers. In Hippolytus the chorus is not as active as Sophoclean tragedy. They inform the audience of the death of his wife. But under no circumstances could they speak of the criminal passion of Phaedra for Hippolytus. That would have been the height of impropriety. That is why Phaedra has to lay bare her heart to the Nurse. It is Artemis who informed Theseus of what actually happened. What mortals fail to do‚ Dues ex machine can. The choruses in Hippolytus therefore do not serve any
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who feared no other foe.” (pg.25) This is kind of when the downfall starts. Since Oenone believes that Theseus is dead‚ she convinces Phaedra to confess her love to Hippolytus (Theseus’ son) “With Theseus’ death‚ those bonds exist no more Which made your passion something to abhor” (pg.27). Phaedra goes and confesses her love to Hippolytus the only problem with her doing that is Theseus is not really dead‚ “The King‚ whom all thought dead‚ will soon be here; Theseus has landed” (pg.58)
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a tragic suicide‚ is the result of her overtly emotional responses to circumstances and interpersonal interactions. On the other hand is the tragedy of Hippolytus‚ who too eventually dies‚ but for a different set of reasons. (Berlin‚ 1981) Phaedra‚ the wife of the temperamental Athenian King Theseus‚ falls in love with her step-son Hippolytus. Though this relationship would not have constituted as incest in a biological sense‚ it is nevertheless problematic on several counts. First‚ it violates
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bared his first son Hippolytus. The amazon army did not hesitate to launch and an attack and killed Antigone in the battlefield. After the death of his first wife Theseus remarried with Phaedra‚ the sister of Ariadne. Phaedra‚ a woman that was going to have a tragic fate‚ gave Theseus two sons Demophone and Acamas. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson. When Hippolytus rejected her offer she committed suicide from her despair. However she left a note behind saying that Hippolytus had raped and dishonored
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feelings for her stepson Hippolytus. He on the other hand is filled with much grief and anxiety as well from the secret that he holds knowing that his stepmother Phaedra has deep feelings of love for him. It seems very heavy on both of their hearts to hold on to a secret such as this. Phaedra is clearly very much in love with Hippolytus and she lets this consume her mind body and soul. She goes as far as telling her husband‚ Theseus the King‚ that she was raped by Hippolytus. Phaedra is out of control
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4 October 2013 The Rise and Fall of The Great Athenian Hero: Theseus Theseus is often seen as the greatest hero in Athens‚ but is his story that much different than any other hero? The Greek myth “Theseus” is a perfect example of Joseph Campbell’s idea of the Hero’s Journey‚ also known as Monomyth. Monomyth is the idea that all stories follow a basic pattern‚ written in twelve stages. The three stages that best demonstrate this idea in Theseus are: Crossing the Threshold; Tests‚ Allies‚
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To what extent do Euripides and Sophocles portray women as the cause of tragedy in Medea‚ Hippolytus‚ Oedipus The King and Antigone? Women in the plays of both Euripides and Sophocles is a subject of much debate‚ indeed it seems as though people’s view on these female characters may well have changed over time for nearly two and a half thousand years have passed since the plays themselves were written. And no doubt people’s views‚ particularly with regards to women‚ have changed. One could say
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