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The importance of structure in "The Agamemnon" is a classic Greek tragedy written by Aeschylus.
... child-my palace pearl? Bloody my hands in that virgin flood? A fathers hands at the alter side? Oh which is worse? But how ... says "But even losing suits a mighty man." this means that a mighty man wining would be the usual thing, but losing would still suit ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
A Hero's First Death, an essay on Homer's The Odyssey
... a man whom the Phaiakians sing about, a near immortal, a great hero, is presenting himself for the first time. It conjures an image of a father ... Athena" (5.456-457). This is the moment where Odysseus loses his body, Athena takes it over, she possesses it. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
The Harmartia of Heroes Sophocles Oedipus Rex
... lacking in a fatherly influence. This is especially true of Okonkwo, for fear of weakness is his tragic flaw. His father fails him, ... tragic flaw. Creon does not adapt, and is punished by losing his family and being wracked with unimaginable guilt. Creon ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
The Artist-Scientist: Orpheus and Daedalus. Compare and contrast two Greek myths. Make sure to link to Joseph Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces.
... a regular Joe, Dædalus would not have lost his son. Although, it is the fault of Icarus for not taking the advice of his father ... queen, Persephine. Orpheus put into song his grief and pain of losing Eurydice and asked Hades to return her to him. Hades could ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Oedipus
... Oedipus shows himself to be just, merciful, successful, religious, a prince, a father to his country. Oedipus' pride is evident in his first ... that Laius was slain where three roads meet. Oedipus loses all patience and without the slightest shred of evidence ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Antigone
... if a father is a drug abuser, the children will learn from him, and use drugs also. Another example is if the father is ... cause them to lose their jobs and friends. Another situation which illustrates this new idea is if the father has experienced many ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
The oresteia
... the actual decision, Agamemnon decides to act as a king instead of as a father: But when necessity's yoke was put on ... of Menelaus and Argos aside? He realizes that it is a lose-lose situation: "What of these things goes without disaster?" ( Agamemnon , 211). ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Of Custom, and that We Should Noteasily Change a Law Received.
... a dog or a cat; and such wise fathers there are in the world, who look upon it as a notable mark of a martial spirit, when they hear a ... farthings, as it were for double pistoles; when winning or losing against my wife and daughter, 'tis indifferent to me, as ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Realism in "The Iliad": quotes taken from penguin classics/ Mark Hammond translation.
... a father, especially to his favorite son. The emotions Priam shows when he loses Hektor are very believable and one might expect any father to react in a ... also is a very realistic character. Priam is the King of Troy, but first and foremost he is a father, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Comparison/Contrast "Oedipus-Rex" and the "Metamorphosis": A comparison between Kafka's and Sophocle's use of dramatic irony and tragedy.
... In Oedipus-Rex, although the main character goes through a horrible shame, killing his father and marrying his mother, he find out about ... this man who was dehumanized by his work and family, loses his job, produces disgust to his family, and later dies ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature