Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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... accepting a change of plans when he announces that he will leave Oedipus ( now bereft of his daughters ) to realize the cost of his obstinacy in time ( 848-55 ) . Creon merely seems to be accepting a temporary defeat . But since he has ...
... accepting a change of plans when he announces that he will leave Oedipus ( now bereft of his daughters ) to realize the cost of his obstinacy in time ( 848-55 ) . Creon merely seems to be accepting a temporary defeat . But since he has ...
Page 75
... acceptance of his marriage plans ( 1230-6 ) . There is so little development of the position of reluctance that we are hardly tempted to call these scenes changes of mind . At an earlier stage of the action , they might well become such ...
... acceptance of his marriage plans ( 1230-6 ) . There is so little development of the position of reluctance that we are hardly tempted to call these scenes changes of mind . At an earlier stage of the action , they might well become such ...
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John Gibert. he could win his bride's acceptance for Medea's plea that her children be allowed to remain in Corinth ( 944-5 ) , but Glauke in fact goes into a pout at the sight of the children and is only brought out of it by the very ...
John Gibert. he could win his bride's acceptance for Medea's plea that her children be allowed to remain in Corinth ( 944-5 ) , but Glauke in fact goes into a pout at the sight of the children and is only brought out of it by the very ...
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Achilles action Admetus Aeschylus Agamemnon Ajax Alcestis Antigone Apollo argument Aristotelian Aristotle Athenian Athens audience avoid believe Blundell Burnett change of mind chapter character characterization chorus Clytemnestra conflict context Creon Creusa criticism death deception decision Deianeira Dionysus discussion divine dramatic earlier Electra Erinyes Euripidean Euripides example fact father finally focus Funke further Greek tragedy Hecuba Helen Heracles heroic temper Hippolytus intentions interpretation intrigue Ion's Iphigenia in Aulis issue Knox later Lesky lines marriage meaning Medea Menelaus metaphor monody moral motif motivation move Neoptolemus occur Odysseus Oedipus Orestes passage patterns persuasion Phaedra Philoctetes play play's plot possible prologue psychological question reluctance remains response reveal reversal rhetorical sacrifice says scene secret seems situation Sophoclean Hero Sophocles speak speech stage stasimon suggest suicide Taplin technique Tecmessa thematic theme Theseus Tiresias tradition tragic words Xuthus Yunis Zeus γὰρ δὲ καὶ κακῶν τὸ