Aeschylus

The Greek literature is the most famous and unique literature around the globe. The uniqueness of Greece literature becomes obvious due to the imaginative ideas which nets out a play that gathers moral behaviours and religious aspects, and has all elements of an excellent play. Greeks put their stamps in many parts in literature; however, their obvious stamps were in writing poetry and drama which, in my opinion, haven’t been equaled or surpassed until this day. In the past, Greeks wrote…

peace. Consequently, this tragic event reinforced the importance of change. “Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.” – Aeschylus (“Kennedy”) Kennedy, a Senator, supporter of civil rights and desegregation reiterates the importance and relevance of peace among one another. Both from very different backgrounds they came together to demonstrate equality just a day before…

The problem of removing and distorting information from the public is an area of discussion in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 that can also be connected to the modern growth of technology and the problems that present themselves with digital growth. In both cases, the information presented is corrupted. Whether the corruption is the demolition and burning of books and the creation of ignorance, or that the Internet is slowly decreasing the need for books and replacing them with online materials that…

Fate is the predetermined course of someone's life that cannot be controlled. The fate of one's life limits his or her ability from doing certain things. For example, if a girl is bound to marry a certain person, she is limited in her ability to have a relationship with another man. Fate limits freedom in most cases. In some classical literature from the canon, one can see that fate has specific limits. The first limit is determinism where all events are controlled by some supernatural power…

What is Greek Theatre? Still now Greek Theatre is used to speak to vast audiences all over the world. It is still studied in classrooms and lecture halls everywhere. Dramatic interpretations are ever changing and new translations are continuously being adapted. Greek plays where written 2,500 years ago and there themes are and will always to valid to the society that they are studied in. Most of the information and research we have on Greek Theatre is from the plays themselves. We can also…

In his Civilization and Its Discontent, Freud deciphers the human psyche - its elements and interactions. Furthermore, Freud concocts a framework that explains how these forces are connected to the groundwork for the creation of “civilization.” Freud states, “Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity” (Freud 118). Freud creates a model where the concept of…

Antigone is a tragedy, written by Sophocles. It is the third of the three Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes ends . The play circumscribes various characters but Antigone is the one who is some way or the other connected to all the characters of the play. The most probable theme of the play is secular laws v divine law. Thus the conflict between secular law and divine…

of “femme fatale.” Femme fatale are women portrayed as sinister or whom file the role of the criminal or killer in their stories. In classic greek theater there are many characters who fit this archetype. Two of note are Clytemnestra, depicted in Aeschylus’ play Agamemnon, and Medea in Euripides' play of the same name. Clytemnestra, wife to Agamemnon, is a wife left behind while her husband seeks war against Troy. Taking comfort in the company of a new lover, Aegisthus, see plots her husband's…

peers. He introduced new ideas that no other playwright had attempted, refining the already outlined standards that one must follow when creating a tragedy. Two other playwrights (also known as the other two Greek tragedians) were Euripides and Aeschylus, both of which also had a large impact on Greek society, especially as poets…

can be no single moral interpretation for a story, because ethical systems vary so greatly. Christian deontological ethics, Kantian deontological ethics, and consequentialist ethics all have individual ways of assigning moral value to actions. In Aeschylus’ tragedy Prometheus Bound, Prometheus steals fire from the Gods to save humanity and bring them a better life. Because the wrongness of his theft conflicts with the goodness of its benefits, Prometheus’ actions can have vastly different moral…