... were grief stricken, not knowing where to turn, they decide to return to their home, Thebes. In Thebes a war between their two brothers for the throne was being fought. Ismene and Antigone return in time to witness their two brothers kill each other, as their father had foretold before his death. Antigone wishes to keep her promise to her dear brother Polynices ... Ismene are told by their father that they have the right to be called men, for they are as strong as men and have endured more hardships then their own brothers. It is clear in this play that Oedipus relies very much on the g...

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... , dear to you, my mother, dear to you, my loving brother, Eteocles" (Antigone, 978-988) Under the worst circumstances-her mother is dead, her father is gone, her two brothers killed themselves, she is openly reviled by a tyrant and about to be executed-Antigone is still unwavering in her dedication to honor her ... brothers and to serve the dead. She rejoices and exults that soon she will be able to embrace her family again and be able to serve the dead. It is as ... ...

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... . This resolves itself into a fear of castration at the hands of the father, or, in certain cases, at the hands of the mother. Although Sigmund Freud is esteemed as the founding father of psychology, his theories are not immune from scrutiny or rejection, and so I humbly take this opportunity to disagree on certain aspects of his proposal. Primarily, I take issue with ... ...

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