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    the play‚ Antigone‚ both Creon and Antigone suffer from tragic flaws which eventually lead to their downfall. Creon and Antigone cannot control their excessive pride so they eventually pay for their hubris. Antigone’s tragic flaw is her uncompromising‚ unyielding passion for burying Polynieces. Her Hubris gets the best of her‚ as does Creon’s‚ and is due to be bured alive. Antigone’s arrogance and excessive pride eventually led to her downfall‚ but her arrogance towards Creon eventually led to her

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    Achilles played a large role in the battle between the Greeks and the Trojans. In the beginning of the book‚ Achilles’ prize possession was taken from Agamemnon. For much time‚ he was being childish‚ lamenting over his stolen lovely haired women. When the Greeks were in a battle with the Trojans‚ he was still too upset to come and fight with the Greeks. Agamemnon really wanted him to come‚ so he bribed him with towns‚ rivers‚ and more respect‚ but he still refused. Later on in the story‚ Achilles’ friend

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    Throughout history there has been no greater war than the Trojan War. With great heroes such as Achilles and Odysseus leading Spartan`s‚ the city of troy had no chances of winning against king Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon . The Trojan War began after the abduction the Trojan Prince‚ Paris‚ took the queen of Sparta‚ Helena‚ away from King Menelaus. The Trojan War impacted Ancient Greece because it gave them a sense of hope and strength. The very beginning started when the king of the gods‚ Zeus

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    left heel when immersing him in the river Styx‚ and forgot to immerse his heel as well. Agamemnon- Agamemnon was a king of Mycenae. He is the husband of Clytemnestra and brother to Menelaus.

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    There are many themes of forgetting and remembering in the Odyssey of Homer. When you have a great love for someone or something it shall never be forgotten. Both Penelope and Odysseus show the importance of memory throughout The Odyssey of homer over and over again. The theme of memory and forgetting does not show only love between Penelope and Odysseus but also an important principle in the upkeep of the correct social interactions. Penelope tells the singer Phemios that she does not want to

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    can be used to describe characters through out literature. The classic mythological hero may be described as having the tragic Greek heroic personality. The tragic Greek heroic personality contains characteristics such as excellence (arête)‚ pride (hubris)‚ blind recklessness (ate)‚ and disastrous retribution (nemesis). Though most mythological heroes contain these qualities‚ Sophocles developed his own heroic personality. The sophoclean tragic hero is "one whose rigid and courageous loyalty to particular

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    Homer’s Iliad‚ he exemplifies how the rage and pride of others lead to death and tragedy. Achilles‚ for example‚ his rage lead to the death of many Greek and Trojans. When Agamemnon took Achilles’ war prize‚ Briseis‚ Achilles’ pride wouldn’t allow him to re-enter the battle until the Achaeans‚ especially Agamemnon‚ realized that Agamemnon was wrong and that they needed Achilles‚ this would restore Achilles honor (1‚ 427-431). Hector pride lead him to his own death. He knew the Achilles would kill him

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    poem‚ the Iliad. This work is generally credited to the Ancient Greek poet named Homer. Both the film and the poem have the same ending plots‚ such as the blockade of Troy by the Greeks‚ the disagreement between the warrior Achilles and the king Agamemnon and these actions started when the prince of Troy Paris who took the wife king Menelaus of Sparta with him. However there are many main differences related to these plots. These differences include some very major characters dying in the Iliad and

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    Oedipus right away accuses him of being the killer. Character flaws such as impatience‚ can be the downfall of any leader. Oedipus’ arrogance is a double-edged sword‚ which propels the story forward and goes in hand in hand with his detrimental hubris. On many occasions he is told to stop wondering. Tiresias‚ the blind prophet who can see much clearer than our fateful King‚ tells Oedipus‚ "Please let me go home. It’s for the best." The Corinthian messenger also warns him of such atrocities

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    In Sophocles ’ Antigone‚ it is evident that the author incorporated the concepts used in classical tragedies in relation to the downfall of the heroine‚ Antigone. These factors being; hamartia‚ hubris‚ and fate clearly demonstrate how Antigone providing a proper burial for Polynices put her against Creon and her provocation against his power. Throughout the play there are various instances where Antigone displays such factors and ultimately they contribute‚ to a great extent‚ her demise.

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