... feel obligated to bury her brother Polynices, whilst Jim's nature leads to his involvement in the Great War. Both Antigone and Jim die as a result of their actions. Although Antigone is driven to act by her own seemingly senseless ...

... you to think...er...that is... When Creon replies to the Guard, he should be impatient and abrupt and I would direct the Guard to step back so that he is almost hidden behind the column, to show how frightened he is. His ...

... Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The eruption was unexpected even though there had been small shudders. I had no water as our water supplies had dried up. It was thought that the hot summer had caused the water sauces to ...

... it is finally articulated clearly in the final lines. According to the chorus, justice requires that the ruler of a polis has absolute power, and that his citizens follow his decrees. Early on, the chorus says, "to use any legal ...

... through. Indeed, their family has been cursed for generations and two simultaneous deaths just hit them, their brothers have died in a war against each other. This implies that Antigone's life is full of misery and provokes in the reader ...

... had become, and because of it he would live in fear and anger. Okonkwo's dialogue with other characters in the book is more of a boss type of relationship. In his village he is known for his hard nose ...

... to build colonies in the eastern and western parts of the known world. The mass colonisation is one of the main methods of interaction between Greeks and Egyptians; but why did they choose to expand their already established boundaries? ...

... the social temptation of using a man as a protagonist. Looking deeper into the stories, however, one can see that in even more contradiction with society, the female characters go against men. Both Antigone and Nora step into the spotlight ...

... sense of rage and a such a need for the extreme types of revenge that Medea turns to we can all sympathise with her at least to a small degree. - It is her willingness to sacrifice things dearest to ...

... shadow. All his motives behind every action were somehow related to his obsession to take a different path than his father (When Unoka died he had taken no title at all and he was heavily in debt. Any wonder then ...

... The motif of impulsiveness is displayed in Nereus' decision-making process, as well as the motif of rich versus poor. Anouilh's themes of the unhappy human condition and the desire for human affection are shown through Ismene's uneasiness about her marriage, ...

... the role of expressing each playwright's answer. Ultimately, the death of the protagonist at the end of the play is the answer: Do not defy the gods' law. Sophocles' play asks several questions regarding the superiority of man's law to ...

... revenge upon Jason in Euripides' tragedy The Medea. When Jason leaves Medea to marry the King of Corinth's daughter, Medea grieves deeply for she loves Jason very much. When she first falls in love with him, she must kill ...

... (line 238) "First, I want to tell you where I stand". The Watchman's language is more direct and does not attempt to soften the news which Creon is about to receive. Sophocles includes this difference in language between characters to ...

... to be made, whether to sail or to lend or to marry. Cities ask about crops and herds and health even decisions about whether to go to war or not were asked of an oracle. Responses were given in various ...

... contains a tragedy and a hero (Antigone), dramatist decided on the use of masks in which to symbolise the idea of camouflage, and it is then easier to understand who is who in the play. Antigone is the daughter of ...

... couple; Monsieur and Madame d'Hubières, stop at the cottage so Madame d'Hubières can kiss the 'pretty' children. She takes a great liking to the youngest Tuvache boy, Charlot and soon becomes a daily visitor bringing 'treats' and talking to his ...

... and 50 where she says: "Why should I hurt them, to make their father suffer, when I shall suffer twice as much myself?" (Euripides, 431 BC, p49). Later she decides that she must kill her sons even if it would ...

... his introduction to the play that 'to appreciate the balance of this play we must take care not to pre-judge Jason'. This is an essential point to make, as Jason has all the elements of a typical villain - he ...

... of plot and the less-than-heroic nature of his protagonists. Aristophanes, a comic dramatist, constantly mocked Euripides' tendency towards word-play and paradox. Euripides' role as a dramatic innovator, however, is unquestionable: the simplicity of his dialogue and its closeness to natural ...

... chopping it up and boiling it in a cauldron and using magic, the goat, now in the form of a lamb, hopped out. She told them to do it to their father but Medea purposefully didn't use any magic and ...

... scar he had got as a child. * Penelope then went downstairs to see this person, she was confused that if it was her husband should she go up to him and kiss his head and hands. * When she ...

... from the island so no-one else would suffer the same as the scouts did. Odysseus was religious, believing in the power of the Greek Gods to control destiny and fate. This helps him set a good example for his men to ...

... he should build a raft with his own hands and set out and sail with no help from men nor God. When he reaches a certain city that are owned by the Gods they shall make him a boat give ...

... not understand it. It was the poetry of the new religion, something felt in the marrow. The hymn about brothers who sat in darkness and in fear seemed to answer a vague and persistent question that haunted his young soul-the ...