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    Great Tragedians

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    Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides Great Tragedians Humanities 250 May 30‚ 2012 The three great tragedy play writes Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides were ahead of their time. The ideals they portrayed in their plays are very relevant in this day and age. Love‚ loss‚ religion‚ politics suffering‚ being victims of fate; these are all things we hear about each time we turn on the news. The messages that were written into each play by each play write would be related to‚ understood and very

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    burial” (Sophocles‚ Antigone). Creon denies the power of the gods‚ and the highest god that is held in Greek Mythology‚ Zeus‚ and puts his power above theirs so that his authority may come before all. Creon’s pride can be compared to that of Jason in Medea by Euripides as they both think their actions are for the good of the citizens and those whom the characters love. This hubris quality led Creon to a reversal in his fate. A reversal of fortune follows the climactic words and actions of Creon

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    Perseus Myth Analysis

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    The story of Perseus‚ Medusa‚ Cetus and Andromeda is one of the first of the founding myths who established the pantheon of the twelve Olympians and the origin of the Danaans. Founding myths usually involve the slaying of some kind of archaic monster‚ perhaps the idol of a previous religion or some symbol. In this case‚ it was Medusa‚ who was brought to Greece from Libya‚ where she was worshipped by the Amazons as Metis‚ a serpent goddess. Cetus was a constellation first seen years before the

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    Desire Under the Elms

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    The article opens up stating how O’Neil takes a difference response with this play as if he was demonstrating Greek theatre. Henry is trying to explain that even though the play does not follow any particular play‚ that it echoes Hippolytus and Medea which both involve incest and infanticide (Henry‚ 2006). This type of behavior was highly intolerable during this time; this is what made the Desire Under the Elm stick out to readers and reviewers. In the article‚ the main point that is brought

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    scientific literature‚ Greece produced an unequalled number of writers and artists. Aeschylus‚ one of three major playwrights was a soldier who wrote nearly 90 plays. Euripides wrote controversial tragedies about realistic characters like the play Medea. The Athenians had always loved poetry and eloquence and during the Age of Pericles‚ he encouraged both and provided poets with rewards. Pericles was a friend to theatre; he built a small theatre‚ but also made improvements and adornments at the great

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    La Llorona

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    The Aztecs‚ who say that the goddess Cihuacoatl took the form of a woman dressed all in white and spent the nights weeping about the impending doom of the native people by the Spanish conquistidors. Later in a story reflecting the Greek story of Medea‚ a woman has children by the conquer Cortez’ and when he is called back to Spain and decides to take her children with him‚ she kills them and then dies herself. She is later seen weeping by the lake and named La Llorona. A number of cultures have

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    Sierra Arzate Ms.Shields Pre-Ap 10 November ‚2016 Antigone In the book Antigone written by Sophocles ; there are abundance of characters that had to make sacrifices to do certain things that they wanted to be able to do or to protect others . The characters in Antigone all have different types of character traits that make them who they are. Throughout the book you comprehend what the characters are like and the effects that they

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    Rape: The Second Assault

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    force‚ duress‚ intimidation‚ or deception as to the nature of the act.” Rape is a crime against women‚ deadly insult against you as a person‚ and the deprivation of sexual self-determination. Rape is a man’s fantasy and a woman’s worst nightmare. (Medea & Thompson‚ 1974‚ p.11) “The word rape is derived from the Latin work raptus‚ which was used to define the act wherein one man damaged the property of another. (Smith‚ 2004‚ p.122) There is said to

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    older people become‚ the greater challenges they are going to face. The contemporary youth culture make old people look like they are always sick‚ old-fashioned‚ slow‚ ugly‚ poor‚ isolated etc. This stereotype is very clearly seen in different Mass Medea making people believe what is far from

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    There is an Italian that Dante recognize and he speaks to him. The Italian tells Dante that he lived in Bologna‚ and now is there to sell his sister. The pit is for the Seducers and the Panders‚ and then Dante saw the Jason of mythology who abandoned Medea. When Virgil and Dante had

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