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…more room for backdrops and sets as was demanded by the plays of Sophocles. The terrace and supporting walls were also redone to accommodate the steeper slope and they remained as such for the remainder of the theatre's life. The long hall was constructed…

…354) He is known for his extensive translations of the Greek classics, especially Greek plays by Euripides and Sophocles. (Bryfanski, Carnek, Nebdelson 354) A few works of his translations remain. Nonetheless, I like him. His excellent poetry and other…

…to family always comes first and foremost. I can relate to this literary work because my family was is a similar situation years ago, and that's why I hold this epic in such high regards. The Greek tragedy Antigone, written by Sophocles, also revolves around…

…of The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles, there is a lesson of allowing life to take its course instead of steering it to your own advantage or trying to prevent it from coming true as Oedipus and parents have attempted to do so. The Gods have predicted what shall happen…

…William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex are two classic pieces of literature that are worth studying. This essay will discuss how free will and destiny function in the two plays. First, the plays will be introduced and analyzed…

…is restricted to bearing young, raising children, and housework. In Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Antigone, and Medea, the dominant female characters impacted upon men with authority and political power. It is an inescapable fate that one of these characters…

…. In this tragedy, Sophocles illustrates how man becomes both victim and co-conspirator against himself by perpetuating his illusion with arrogance and self-denial. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus must fight against the predestined fate that the gods have in store for him…

…and its positives and negatives, but the poet continues to speak of the great human misery. The persona brings out the fact that there was human misery in the world before. The persona goes into a flashback in "Sophocles long ago/ Heard it on the Aegean…

…Rex we can see the timeless comparison of fate vs free will. Written by Sophocles around 450 B.C there is no better example to show that the idea of fate overpowering free will has existed for thousands of years and is not a new idea. The cosmic order…

…beings, something that cannot be wholly 'bad.' This something must be in Grimm's Fairy-Tales, in Shakespeare's plays, and in the dramas by Aeschylus and Sophocles" (170). May rationalizes the violence in literature as a way for people to be brought, "face…