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    Antigone vs. Medea

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    World literature Antigone vs. Medea Whether it be Medea who kills her sons‚ Antigone who buries her brother‚ both female characters hold a common goal of seeking either revenge or avenge as well as rebel against authority in the name of her beliefs. However‚ the female roles in both plays are associated with death. Furthermore‚ their twisted family history also seem to contribute to the result of each tragedy. Both main characters are characterized as bold‚ stubborn‚ outspoken

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    Medea vs. Antigone

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    Medea vs. Antigone The two Greek plays‚ Medea and Antigone both exhibit opening scenes that serve numerous purposes. Such as establishing loyalties‚ undermining assumptions on the part of the audience‚ foreshadowing the rest of the play‚ and outlining all of the issues. Medea and Antigone share many similarities in their openings. Both plays begin with providing the audience with the history and the consequences of certain situations that the characters were involved in. It also brings

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    Medea and Antigone are two stories of passion drove women. Together the women of these stories break the law of man and go against the laws of gods both characters are controlled by their emotion. Medea and Antigone are both strong‚ sometimes- manipulative‚ Medea more than Antigone. The themes of both stories; in my mind‚ are women‚ passion‚ and spiritual beliefs. They also are drove by the actions of men in their lives. Both are very morally different and their actions are on completely different

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    When the men of the two plays make derogatory marks in reference to both Antigone and Medea‚ it is shown that the males in Hellenic culture assured their place of dominance over others by belittling the people thought to be below them. In Sophocles’ play‚ Creon sentences Antigone to her death after performing an unlawful burial. His son‚ Haemon‚ reasons with his father to change his mind and free Antigone in order to avoid offending those citizens who side with her: Creon: Play not the spaniel‚ thou

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    In Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripdes’ Medea‚ the minor female characters Ismene and the Chorus determine the protagonists’ actions and fate. Ismene serves as the compassionate but rational and prudent counterpart to Antigone’s headstrong style of decision-making with no regard for consequence. In the beginning of the play‚ Antigone starts off on the wrong foot. She defies the order set by Creon to not bury Polynices‚ her brother. She starts to perform the burial rituals on Polynices and resolves

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    Cody Chalmers Analysis and Criticism Don Hooper 2/13/12 A Midsummer Night’s Dream vs. Medea “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Medea” are both good plays‚ but “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” appeals to a wider audience. There is a reason that it is the most produced play in the world. It appeals to a wide audience because of its Comedic moments and due to the fact that there are many ways to produce Shakespeare so no to performances are the same. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has lots of options

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    medea

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    Medea Perhaps the most fascinating and complex character in Greek drama‚ is the of Medea. She is the ultimate combination of heroine‚ villain and victim‚ all displayed in a single play. Medea was married to a Greek named Jason‚ whom she followed from her foreign land‚ to Greece. Her love for Jason was deep‚ and when he elected to leave her to marry the daughter of Creon‚ Medea was furious (Euripides lines 1-24). In retaliation for his strayed affections‚ Medea sent Jason’s bride a poison dress.

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    Medea: Passion vs. Reason

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    Medea: Passion vs. Reason “The passions are like fire‚ useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one‚ through their excess‚” stated Christian Nestell Bovee a famous mid-19th century author. “Logic‚ like whiskey‚ loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities‚” stated Lord Dunsany a famous Anglo-Irish writer during the 1900s. These quotes demonstrate a strong theme in the Greek play Medea written by Euripides. In the play Medea‚ the protagonist Medea learns that her husband

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    Ethics Vs. Antigone

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     Schreiber  World Literature  15 November 2014  Ethics vs ​ Morals​ : Which is Better to Have  Morals and ethics seem like the same thing‚ however‚ they are not. If you examine the  two closely‚ ​ morals​  are shown to be what a person believes about what is right and wrong. Ethics  are what a society value in a person. The Greek tragedy‚ ​ Antigone​ ‚ shows us that ​ morals​  are more  helpful in a person. In the play‚ by following morals‚ Antigone was able to be content with  Antigone’s decision to bury Antigone’s brother

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    Antigone vs. Socrates

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    Antigone vs. Socrates In the plays Antigone and the Crito the two lead characters‚ Antigone and Socrates‚ showed completely different ideas regarding their responsibilities to the State. Antigone believes in divine law and does what she thinks that the Gods would want her to do. Socrates‚ on the other hand‚ believes that he owes it to the State to follow their laws whether he thinks they are right or not. In Antigone‚ her brother Polynices‚ turned against his own city by attacking his own

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