Euripides

To fully understand Sophocles’ play, the context must be explained. Oedipus the King takes place in mythological ancient Greece. In the city of Thebes, the events of this play happen all in a single day. In front of the Palace of Thebes, the people of this day are experiencing a famine in the land. An oracle tells that this famine is present because the murderer of the old king, Laius, has not been found and subsequently punished. In this age, it is important to note that the people of ancient…

Greek mythology, although an aspect of the ancient world, is still relevant in today’s modern society. Many filmmakers draw upon these stories that chronicle the heroic feats accomplished by the champions of antiquity. Although with drawing inspiration from these ancient tales, one must take modern society into account and this means reshaping the story to suit these needs. The question that arises here is if these modern renditions do the classical stories justice. One such tale that roused…

properly because “she is [only] in charge of her own sphere” (Fantham et. al 71). Unlike Sparta, women could not make important social and financial decisions on behalf of her husband (Fantham et. al. 72). Another tragic Iphigeneia states in a play by Euripides, “We are women, a tribe sympathetic to each other and most reliable in preserving our common interests” (Fantham et. al. 69). Women during this time period were aware of each other’s misery and suffering and struggled with the fact that…

offspring to carry out his legacy? This man goes by the name of Jason. Jason was a selfish man. He placed his own pride and well being above his loved ones. He betrayed his ex-wife, Medea, (whom he was married to for many years) for another woman. In Euripides play, Medea, Jason’s greed and insensitivity toward Medea is the ultimate cause of his downfall; which includes his masculinity and the death of his loved ones. Jason is a selfish man. First, He ruined Medea’s future by causing her to…

architecture. Examples abound throughout the Greek world and many theatres have survived remarkably well. One of the most celebrated is the theatre of Dionysus Eleutherius on the southern slope of Athens’s acropolis where the great plays of Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes were first performed. Overall you can find Greek theater influence throughout…

Chapter 5.3- Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age Pericles’ Plan for Athens: Pericles, a general, politician, and speaker, led Athens for the most part of its Golden Age. His goals were to strengthen Athenian democracy, hold and strengthen the empire, and glorify Athens. Pericles increased public officials who were paid salaries in order to achieve his first goal. During his rule, Pericles introduced direct democracy to Athens. To strengthen the Athenian empire, Athens needed a stronger navy.…

CHAPTER – VIII CONCLUSION In the mid nineteen fifties in British theatre ‘Angry young men’ like Osborne, Amis and others with their theatrical works stirred the English society. They came out as angry young men and described various forms of social alienation and radical political views in their works. In Indian drama Vijay Tendulkar appeared on the scene in the later 1960s with his powerful plays like Kamala, Silence! The Court is in Session, Sakharam Binder, The Vultures, Ghashiram Kotwal,…

Race and class are often combined; which can result in the questioning of someone’s authenticity when they do not act like the stereotype of a particular class. In Percival Everett’s Erasure, the story depicts an African American novelist who is unrecognized for his literary work due to his lack of ability to carry himself in the mannerisms associated with being an African American man. This confined point of view of how a group should convey themselves, places the African American into a crowd…

So reports The Evening Mail in their daily coverage of the Marrs murders. Ashburton’s traumatic recollection demonstrates the power that the murders had on the individual; not only through inspiring “powerful sensations of horror and guilt” (Critchley and James 36), but specifically in their ability to resurrect past experiences of otherwise unfathomable violence. The murders have a similarly evocative effect on Thomas De Quincey. His works are steeped in violence and a preoccupation with…

In the existence of High Tech High and its apparent triumph of redefining student success and achieving it wholeheartedly through the film’s focus on Samantha and Brian, presents a positive portrayal of the potential benefits of such a unique curriculum for competency of “soft skills” rather than rote memorization of content knowledge. This is significant as it implies a direction for K-12 education to reform its focus from that of the educational purpose of social mobility to instead the…