... loves her as a woman. Haemon assures her that he loves her exactly as she loves him, with all of himself. Ashamed, Antigone implores him to tell her the truth. When he thinks of her, she asks whether he senses that a "great empty space is being hollowed out" inside him and ... something so meaningless as Polynices's burial. "Meaningless!" Antigone repeats contemptuously. Creon makes a final appeal that he will tell her the story he alone knows. Antigone sits. He asks her to remember her childhood?how her brothers would torment her and then, when they were older, they would come home late ...

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

... . In the beginning of the drama, they agree with Creon's selfish ways. They tell him their opinions on how good he is handling the situation. When the first death happens they change their minds. Now they tell him that he is being to hard on his punishment. They agree with a person until something bad happens. They ... orders. In the story Antigone buries her brother. When Creon caught her he wanted to punish her for what she did. His goal was to make her miserable. He wanted to watch her suffer and die of depression. No matter what he said to Antigone she never backed down. Her goal was...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... she found out about his death. This play is just full of excessive and true love. Delpeche3 Othello and Desdemona's story starts out when Roderigo who is in love with Desdemona, hears that she Desdemona and Othello ran away to get married. Iago who can not stand Othello goes running to Barbantio, Desdemona's father. Telling him that Othello the Moor has kidnapped Desdemona and ... put some kind of a witch craft on her to make her want to marry him. Othello and Desdemona go before the senate to defend their love and marriage. Othello speaks, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her,...

• Word Count: 1402
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... many ways, they may be preached, they may be written, or they may be told in a story. In each of Sophocles" Three Theban Plays he teaches a lesson through a story. These lessons are taught and projected to the audience through the plot, characters and theme of the play. The plays teach lessons on loyalty, ... occur in life and therefore not be destiny. Another lesson that is not as clear but is told to us through Oedipus the King, is to accept what is true, especially when one does not wish to do so. We must face reality with a strong, confident attitude and not shy away from it ... they ...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... this person was, and only a few people knew the true identity of the killer. The blind prophet, Tiresias, was led to Oedipus, and he began to tell Oedipus the reality of the situation. The problem was, Tiresias spoke in riddles, making the story very difficult for Oedipus to understand. Oedipus finally gave up trying to understand the riddles, and went about finding the killer in another way ... has a conversation with his wife, Jocasta. Jocasta was Laius" wife, and Oedipus began to inquire about how Laius was murdered. As Jocasta told Oedipus about the way that Laius was killed, he beg...

• Word Count: 1238
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School