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1.2440 Sophocles' Character of Antigone: Tragic Hero or Egotistical Martyr.
This paper will examine the character Antigone as a "tragic hero". This paper will argue that neither her gender nor her actions are in agreement with the Greek conception of a hero, and that contradictions in here character can be understood in the context of the sexism of ancient times. 5 pgs. 8 f/c. 5b.
Pages: 5
Bibliography: 5 source(s) listed
Filename: 2440 Antigone Tragic Hero.doc
Price: US$44.75
2.1551 Antigone.
At the heart of Sophocles' play Antigone there is an examination of what constitutes a morally right action. Antigone believes that a personal system of ethics, based on the dictates of the gods, takes precedence over the state's standard of what is good or morally right. Her defiance of Creon, the ruler, ends up costing Antigone her life. 2 pgs. 6 f/c. 1b.
Pages: 2
Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed
Filename: 1551 Antigone.doc
Price: US$17.90
3.1934 Order and Chaos in Homer, Sophocles and Aeschylus.
This paper discusses how Homer, Sophocles and Aeschylus were all writing about life, essentially, in which chaos and order are to be found in almost equal measure. Art, adhering as it does itself to some general rules, seems to be, like science and religion, a means of providing the world with some kind of moral order and of keeping chaos at bay. 7 pgs. 10 f/c. 9b.
Pages: 7
Bibliography: 9 source(s) listed
Filename: 1934 Order and Chaos.doc
Price: US$62.65
4.2259 Anaximander's and Anaximenes' Views on the First Principle.
This paper will compare Anaximander's and Anaximenes' views on the first principle and argue if there are any theoretical advantages to either position. 3.5 pgs. 9 f/c. 1b.
Pages: 3.5
Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed
Filename: 2259 First Principle.doc
Price: US$31.32
5.2334 The Incompatibility of Hesiod's and Xenophanes' Views on the Divine.
5 pgs. 4 f/c. 1b.
Pages: 5
Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed
Filename: 2334 Hesiod Xenophanes Divine.doc
Price: US$44.75
6.2379 Pythagoreans.
This paper discusses that the Pythagorean idea of philosophy must first acknowledge the fact that the Pythagorean philosophical approach resembles - from a modern perspective - more of a religion than a mode of philosophical inquiry. 5 pgs. 8 f/c. 1b.
Pages: 5
Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed
Filename: 2379 Pythagoreans.doc
Price: US$44.75
7.2394 Sophocles' Antigone: Character Analyses and the Question of a Tragic Hero.
This paper will argue that it is Creon, and not Antigone, who best embodies the characteristics of the tragic hero. 13 pgs. 20 f/c. 7b.