... end of his life, wrote the Bacchae while he was living in exile in Mecedonia. The city in question is Thebes but there is a sense of a dying Athens. There is evidence of cult-worship that was on the rise in Athens at the end of the war. This play is about the resistance to divine ... says that he has seen three groups of women. The first was lead by Autoneo, the second by Agave, Pentheus mother, and the third by Ino. They lay on the ground asleep. Agave then woke and called to the others to awake also. All of the women then sprang erect and awake. They undid their hair ... ends with Di...

• Word Count: 3013
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... insists that he is lying. Creon continues and says that Oedipus was too cowardly to imprison him, so he let him join the Argive army. As soon as Polynices reached Argos, the attempts on Oedipus's life began. The assassins confessed the identities of their employees. Creon needs Antigone to understand what goes ... pockets. Antigone winces but accepts. She recites her letter, and the Guard mutters it back to her as he writes. She hesitates upon admitting that she does not even know what she is dying for and then asks the Guard to scratch it and the entire letter out. No one must ... rema...

• Word Count: 4678
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

... to read, he says that there is nothing that he needs to learn from a "house nigger-. We now learn that Thomas is a free man as well as his father. As he continues to ride Thomas, the old man interjects. Tripp tells Pap to stay out of it. Non-confrontational Thomas, says that he will move ... them to file out and collect their wages. Tripp begins to start trouble asking the others if they were just going to lay down and accept this. The men collect their checks as he continues to question their pride and image. He parallels this with enslavement and soon they are all ripping their checks...

• Word Count: 10902
• Approx Pages: 44
• Grade Level: High School