... perfection. I found that the characters Antigone and Creon were both drawn by the need for perfection in the same vein as the Athenians during the Golden Age of Greece. Creon, the prideful king of Thebes, in "Antigone", had it in his heart and mind to create the perfect polis. ... and Creon perform extreme actions in order to reach the perfection that they yearn for. Actions of extreme were similarly expressed in Athens during the Golden Age. There is much evidence that the Athenians strove for perfection in their city. Examples of this deep desire are found in their artwork. ... for a s...

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Can wisdom lead you to a happier life? In the Greek society the answer was yes. Wisdom was a highly regarded attribute in the "Golden Age" of Greek society. The Greeks believed that without wisdom one would not be able to achieve a very high level of happiness. Many Greek authors and historians expressed their personal ... through historical accounts one can see Greek ethics and beliefs through daily life and certain circumstances. Greece and especially Athens had reached a very high intellectual and artistic learning in this "golden age", which spawned many great philosophers such as Socrat...

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... : swoll"n with cunning of a self-conceit, his waxen wings did mount above his reach, And melting heavens conspired his overthrow; For falling to devilish exercise And glutted now with learning's golden gifts, He surfeits upon cursed necromancy. Nothing so sweet as magic is to him, Which he prefers before his chiefest bliss (Fau. Prologue. 20-27). This picture and the issue ... ...

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... that he's blind. Oedipus cries out to the people and he recognizes that the oracle is true; he goes on to punish himself by poking his eyes with his mother's golden broaches. Oedipus" catharsis maximizes the audience's expected feeling of fear and pity for the tragic hero. We can feel fear of Oedipus since he is so emotionally shattered; we do ... ...

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... the murderer of his father and the son of his wife. Filled with grief, Jocasta committed suicide. When he found his dead wife, Oedipus gauged his eyes out with the golden brooch pins, because he did not want to see anything else that was bad happen. However, in the end Oedipus was not sorry for the thing he had done, but ... ...

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... , she hung. He [Oedipus] too has seen her - with a moaning cry looses the hanging trap, and on the ground has laid her. Then -oh, sight most terrible-He snatched the golden brooches from the Queen lifted them and struck. Deep to the very founds of light. Oedipus's grief over the completion of the prophecy and the suicide of Jocosta is so ... ...

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... and complete action, having the proper magnitude ; it is presented in dramatic, not narrative form, and achieves, through the representation of pitiable and fearful incidents, the catharsis of such incidents" (Golden 11). Using the criteria established by Aristotle in Poetics, "Antigone" by Sophocles displays the qualities of a tragedy. The principle character engages in an immense moral struggle (ending in death). Catharsis ... ...

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... at Oedipus for being persistent in finding out the truth.Oedipus' temper was later seen, yet again, when he took his own eyesight "...the King ripped from her gown the golden brooches that were her ornament, and raised them, and plunged them into his own eyeballs..." (p.69) as he had taken his father's life "...I struck him in my rage...swinging my ... ...

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... with her banishment due to the amazing things that she had done for Jason. Medea had risked her life in order to save Jason's. She helped him to recover the Golden Fleece and return to Thebes. Upon Medea's banishment, Medea argued repetitively with Creon. She pleaded with him to allow her to stay, claiming that she would have nowhere to go ... ...

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... the Athenian army under Pericles. Sophocles is also founded a cult for the god Asclepius, which is linked to the opening of the first public hospital. B. History Sophocles" life spanned the Golden Age of Athens. The city-state was at it's cultural and political high. All male citizens were required to participate in local politics while all citizens lived by and loved ... ...

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... . Numerous scriptures warn against treating others badly. Mathew 5: 44 reads " but I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Luke 6: 31 gives the well-known golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Luke 6:29 also covers one of Christianity's difficult teachings, "If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the ... ...

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... ship, the Argonaut, passes by her homeland of Colchis. Smitten with desire for him, she uses her powers as a sorceress to help him achieve fame and fortune by capturing the Golden Fleece. She is so overcome with passion that she sacrifices everything that she has ever known (her family, her soil) to betroth Jason and return with him to his house ... ...

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... Sophocles of Ancient Greece, which is still one of the most valuable tragedies of both modern and ancient times. The sixth to fourth centuries Before Christ are well known as a Golden or Classical Era of Ancient Greece. Greek society had cultural "turnarounds" in the areas of science, literature, art and philosophy. New ideas and new looks were emerging in the society ... ...

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... be able to look him in the eye again. Finally, Oedipus lives up to his fate, thus both the audience and Oedipus know the circumstances. He blinds himself with Jocasta's golden brooches and the blindness versus sight theme emerges again. The chorus describe, "Eyes that should see no longer his shame, his guilt, no longer see those they should never have ... ...

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... of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. The falling action begins with Iocaste's death because she could not handle the truth that she married her own son. Oedipus then took her golden broach and gouged his eyes because he could no longer bear to see his shame. The resolution of the drama was the exile of Oedipus. The foreshadowing is the prophecy ... ...

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... of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. The falling action begins with Iocaste's death because she could not handle the truth that she married her own son. Oedipus then took her golden broach and gouged his eyes because he could no longer bear to see his shame. The resolution of the drama was the exile of Oedipus. The foreshadowing is the prophecy ... ...

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... of King Laios and Queen Iocaste. The falling action begins with Iocaste's death because she could not handle the truth that she married her own son. Oedipus then took her golden broach and gouged his eyes because he could no longer bear to see his shame. The resolution of the drama was the exile of Oedipus. The foreshadowing is the prophecy ... ...

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... situations during childhood. Medea is a woman who sacrificed greatly to be with Jason; the man she fell in love with and later married. She not only helped him obtain the Golden Fleece from her own country, but fled with him to his homeland to build a new life. Medea bore two children with Jason and looked to having a future with him. "But ... ...

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... Teresias sets the tone for justifying his unfortunate events and his destiny (Howard 7). Yet, in the end, Oedipus causes his own blindness as a punishment by piercing his eyes with Jocasta's golden brooches. Ironically, his blindness finds him in a place with better sight. His ignorance of his destiny has disappeared. He has discovered himself (Cameron 39). Oedipus understands and acknowledges the events ... ...

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... resolution. Here, the intent of the playwright-Aristophanes-is to create an exciting (and quite sassy) build-up that leads to a even more saucy battle of wits. The results are golden. Once again, we can use the trial metaphor. It is something like the defense and prosecution presenting their cases, followed by the closing arguments and then the verdict. In the ... ...

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