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Cliffs Notes First Tragedy Bce
532 wordsWars and the effects on ancient Greek theatre Before the year 479 BCE, most of the innovations from the Greeks were art in its most common form and in the mathematics and sciences. Examples of this are Pythagoras in 525; he developed a them about right triangles. It wasnt until aproxiamtely 458 Bce that the first tragedy was created. Drama had existed before this, but in other forms. What we consider drama first began simply as a chorus of singers, usually singing in dactylic hexameter (verse in...
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Classic Hero Theseus Mary Renault Tells Story
791 wordsReview of Mary Renault's The King Must Die Mary Renault tells a wonderfully dashing tale of the classic Hero Theseus, who was said to have lived shortly before the time of the Trojan War. Although the book is very appealing to me the author did not follow the classic legends in several aspects. This can be a good technique and does bring newness to the story, however some departures changed the very fabric of the tale. In Renault's story many details are added that give the tale much more flavor...
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William Shakespeare Trojan War
1,032 wordsWilliam Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. During the span of his life he worked mainly as an actor and principal playwright for the Lord Chamberlain's Men. His company went on to build the famous Globe Theater and were later named the King's Men, by James I. As a writer he wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets and two narrative poems. Shakespeare is not to be discredited as an author, but the simple fact of the matter does remain. Although William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playw...
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Martin Luther King Jr Middle Ages
821 wordsWhat is the first thing that comes to mind when the word bravery is said? For most people a war hero or a superhero comes into their minds. Probably every language has a word for bravery, but there is only one true meaning. The word bravery is "showing a brave spirit or courage" (Random, p. 164) when hard times are thrust upon or happen to them. Bravery is not only what people do, but how they do it. The concept is also "showiness, splendor, and magnificence" (Random, p. 164). Bravery may be sho...
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Wife And Children Absolute Power
1,006 words... ing, and he actively ignores many warnings that he shouldnt continue to pursue the murderer. Tieresias warns him, Jocasta warns him, and the old shepherd warns him, but he brashly ignores them all. It is not that he is a bad man; his motive is both self-less and selfish. He wants to save his city, but he also wants glory and vindication. He believes that he, one man, can be everything. Sophocles is pointing out that this isnt true. No king, no matter how hard he tries, can be a perfect ruler...
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Boccaccio Decameron Tenth Boccaccio Decameron Tenth Day Tenth Wife
1,080 wordsThroughout many great works of literature there are numerous characters whose acts are either moral or immoral. In the works Euripides "Medea", Shakespeare's "Othello" and Boccaccio's Decameron, "Tenth Day, Tenth Story", the main characters all carry out actions which in today's day and age would be immoral and inexcusable. Medea takes on the most immoral act, in Euripides great tragic work. The morale of today varies greatly with that of the time periods in which these works were written. Gualt...
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Chorus Of Corinthian Women Othello And Medea Time
1,053 words... nge, Othello's true being comes out one more time. This is shown when he states, before killing Desdemona, "Yet I'll not shed her blood, nor scar that whether skin of hers than snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster). This statement shows that deep inside of him he wishes to do her no harm, it is only Iago's twisted plan that is pushing him to kill her. After learning of her faithfulness though, Othello kills himself because of the wrong he has done. This act was not necessarily viewed as ...
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Oxford Oxford University Red Figure
1,124 words... Based on a continuum of stylistic development, this kylix dates between 510 - 500 BC. In an early red-figure vase dated to 520 BC, a scene depicts Heracles in battle. The hero lunges toward an unseen opponent, his arm outstretched. The artist has painted patterned drapery, as Heracles' clothing appears to be drawn on him rather than over him. His hair and beard are not textured, but rather a solid color layered by shading. A thin curved line is drawn to convey a mustache. His lion skin is va...
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Plan To Kill Cold Blooded
1,125 wordsThe story of Medea is about a woman of extreme behavior and extreme emotion. His passionate love for Jason is immeasurable to the point that she sacrificed all; even committing unspeakable acts on his behalf. And when her husband married the daughter of Creon (a betrayal that killed her), the passionate love was transformed into rage. Her once formerly devoted faithful and dedicated heart has turned violent and unbalanced set on nothing but his destruction. The Greeks were always interested in v...
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Patriarchal Society Greek Society
984 wordsThe play Medea by Euripides challenges the dominant views of femininity in the patriarchal society of the Greeks. While pursuing her ambition Medea disregards many of the feminine stereotypes/ characteristics of the patriarchal Greek society. She questions the inequality of women in a patriarchal society, contradicts Jasons chauvinist beliefs, challenges the stereotype that women are weak and passive and completely disregards the feminine role of motherhood. Feminism is the belief that women and...
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Acute Tragic Hero
1,923 wordsIt seems that the nearly all critics of Medea are unanimous in one prominent feature of the play alone, and that is in their immense abhorrence for Jason. Kit says In him (Jason) it is impossible to find anything that is not mean´ , while Lucas says Jason is utterly selfish, and utterly unconscious of his selfishness. It is hard to find anything kind about Jason as on face value he is such an obvious villain. But all these comments on the Medea centre round a study of Medea herself, while ...
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Greek Tragedies Ancient Greece
739 wordsOne of ancient Greece s tragic plays in entitled The Bacchae, written by Euripides. Many larger and deeper philosophical views are expressed in the play. The plot contains many speeches, and one might think at certain points that they would be the moral. The actual moral, however, is almost impossible to define. Euripides uses a style of writing that is heavy with surreal details that are not present in other Greek tragedies. On page 21, lines 506 - 7, the comment How do you live? What are you d...
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Mystic Life Force Wine Women And Song Dionysus
706 wordsThe god, Dionysus Dionysus Bacchae The god, Dionysus, fills an integral role in Grecian Myth. According to Euripides Bacchae, Dionysus represents the anomalistic and mystic life force that connects humanity to its innate earthy roots roots that are illogical, chaotic, and instinctual. In this paper I will be discussing this aforementioned mystic life force and its existence in ancient Greece's supremely logical society. Being as completely logical as the ancient Greeks tended to be, they needed ...
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Sophocles And Euripides Aeschylus Sophocles
296 wordsPlaywrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Euripides Essay, Research Playwrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Euripides The starting point when discussing comedy and tragedy would be to define the main terms. Comedy is the dramatic genre that focuses on human weakness through humor. Comedy celebrates the regeneration of life through love and reconciliation. Tragedy is the dramatic genre initiated by ancient Greek playwrights such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Tragedy focuses on suffering and...
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Play Was Staged Prize In Grand Dionesia Aristophanes
856 wordsTheatre History Oral Report Aristophanes (448? - 385 BC), Athenian playwright, considered one of the greatest writers of comedy in literary history. His plays have been produced through the centuries and have remained popular because of their wit, comic invention, and poetic language. Aristophanes is believed to have been born in Athens, Greece, in the deme, or township, of Cydathenaeum. Presumably, he was well educated and may have had property on the island of Aegina. He had three sons-Philips...
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Jason Medea Promise Nurse
389 wordsThrough the play Medea, Euripides shows us the importance of keeping a promise given. At the beginning of the story, we see the play? s two opposing views of promise keeping represented by the Nurse and the Tutor. As she stands outside of Medea? s house and laments the way Jason has slighted Medea by taking another wife, the Nurse speaks of the? eternal promise? Jason and Medea made to each other on their wedding day (17 - 21). The Nurse wishes Jason were dead for the way he has abandoned his wi...
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Moment Of Freedom Words
624 wordsMuch of what has been written on slavery in Euripides has to do with the captive women taken in the Trojan War. But even ordinary household slaves like Medea's Nurse may betray characteristics of the free which the free themselves do not possess (N. T. Croally, Euripidean Polemic, Cambridge, 1994: 102 - 3) and in this way cast some light on the status of their masters and what the slave / free definition means in the play and in a wider context. In the Nurses opening speech the slaves voice is h...
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Greeks Honored Medea Jason
360 wordsThe Greeks Honored Medea Medea The Greeks Honored the god Dionysus throughout the year. In the month of march they had a festival in which great writers such as Euripides had plays performed. Among these plays is Medea. Medea was married to Jason and would have two children with him. They moved to Cornith and lived under the rule of Creon. After living in Cornith for 10 years Jason turned around and married Glauce, the daughter of Creon. Medea did not take well to that idea and was ready to seek...
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Jason Medea Promise Wife
388 wordsThrough the play Medea, Euripides shows us the importance of keeping a promise given. At the beginning of the story, we see the play? s two opposing views of promise keeping represented by the Nurse and the Tutor. As she stands outside of Medea? s house and laments the way Jason has slighted Medea by taking another wife, the Nurse speaks of the? eternal promise? Jason and Medea made to each other on their wedding day (17 - 21). The Nurse wishes Jason were dead for the way he has abandoned his wi...
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Pentheus Rejects Divine Powers Dionysus
1,045 wordsIn The Bacchae, Euripides portrays the character of Pentheus as an ignorant, stubborn, and arrogant ruler. These character flaws accompanied with his foolish decisions set the stage for his tragic downfall. Pentheus blatant disregard to all warnings and incidents, which prove that Dionysus is truly a god, lead him to his own death. In the end, his mistakes are unforgiving and his punishment is just. Throughout the play, the audience cannot help but feel merciless towards Pentheus. In his opening...
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