In Sophocles’ play‚ Antigone‚ Antigone’s brother‚ Polyneices dies a traitor to the theban people and the king‚ Creon‚ decrees that no one is to bury the traitor despite the necessity of a proper burial for passing onto the afterlife. Believing that Creon is unjust‚ Antigone buries her brother. When her death is sentenced‚ Haemon‚ the king’s son‚ goes to talk his father out of killing her and the conversation quickly turns into an argument. In an attempt to effectively persuade each other‚ Haemon
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6) A. Clytemnestra / Vengeful B. “She proclaimed…’Here likes my husband dead‚ struck down justly by my hand‚’...It was his blood that stained her dress and face and she was glad.” (Hamilton 356) C. Ten years had passed since the start of the Trojan war‚ but Agamemnon’s murder of his daughter had not been forgotten. Ever since the fateful day when the king of Mycenae had his own child slain to appease Artemis‚ his wife had waited to take her vengeance. She had taken a lover and all the people of the
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Alexander the Great Throughout history there have been many famous leaders. Many people are recognized such as Pompey‚ Julius Cesear‚ Peter the Great and many others. The one guy that sticks out in history to me is Alexander the Great. When you hear his name‚ you automatically know who he is. Alexander the Great was well known but most people don’t know all of the great things he actually did. Alexander was known as a great king‚ a phenomenal warrior‚ a conqueror‚ and very unpredictable.
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cut into a face of a cliff. To reach the temple‚ you have climb a flight of stairs‚ and pass a terrace filled with statues of Ra in his many forms. Another famous monument is Ramesseum. Ramesseum is a memorial temple for Ramesses II located in Theban Necropolis‚ which is in Upper Egypt. At least half of this structure is in ruins‚ but is still admired by millions. On the outside of Ramesseum there are statues of Osiris‚ the God of Afterlife. Deeper into the monument large collapsed heads lay
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The scholar Vellacott writes on Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex that “if [Oedipus] was to avoid heinous pollutions‚ he must make for himself two unreadable rules; never to kill an older man; and never to marry an older woman.” This is a highly unfair assessment of Oedipus’ character‚ and expects too much of any human. Oedipus’ innocence is shown in the fact that he was ignorant of his true origins‚ he was only human‚ and he was subject to fate. According to Polybus and Merope‚ Oedipus was their son. One
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Emmanuel Roberts English 112 Spring 2010 Research Paper Antigone Introduction Greek playwright Sophocles wrote the last play in the Theban Trilogy‚ Antigone‚ around 442n B.C. The Theban Trilogy consists of Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the king); Oedipus at Colonus‚ and Antigone‚ but the play considered the last of the three was‚ ironically‚ written first. Only seven of Sophocles’ one hundred twenty three tragedies have survived to the modern era with the trilogy surviving the ages intact
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outcome for Oedipus? Is Oedipus to be considered as a father/son/brother or simply as the king of Thebes? Might Oedipus be more than one man? This question asks you to consider the play’s central inconsistency as potentially one of its themes. The Thebans have heard that Laius was killed by more than one man; in fact‚ Oedipus alone committed the murder. Think
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Leonidas was the king of Sparta from 490 BC to 480BC after his death at the battle of Thermopylae. His leadership in this battle was considered his main contribution to the Persian wars and his legacy from this battle is considered one of the greatest battles in antiquity. His Spartan military tactics lead to a strong force against a very large Persian army but could not stop the Persian army and his defence and heroism at Thermopylae unfortunately did not become a deciding factor in the Persian
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Stories and characters from Mythology have had a huge influence on our culture‚ especially the heroes. We admire the courage‚ kindness‚ and smarts these heroes portray in their lives; how they put others before themselves and fight to the very end. These are all the characteristics that best represent a hero. In her collection of stories entitled Mythology‚ Edith Hamilton tells the story of three of the most famous heroes from mythology: Hercules‚ Perseus‚ and Theseus. All of these heroes have many
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In one of The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles‚ Oedipus has volunteered to find out who killed the previous king‚ King Laius. If he succeeds in finding the “stranger” who committed the crime Oedipus will be able to lift the curse of the plague off the people of ancient Thebes. However‚ in a turn of events Oedipus not only finds out he is the “stranger” who murdered King Laius but also the tragedy surrounding his birth. This discovery leads to an ethical dilemma of “Is the truth always worth finding
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