Change of Mind in Greek Tragedy

accept Achilles action actually Adrastus Aeschylus Agamemnon Ajax already Apollo appear argument asks attempt audience avoid becomes begins believe calls change of mind chapter character chorus clear Compare consider course Creon Creusa criticism death deception decision described discussion earlier effect Electra especially Euripides example express face fact father feel finally follows force further gives Greek Greek tragedy Heracles hero heroic Hippolytus human important intentions interest interpretation intrigue Ion's Iphigenia issue kind Knox later leave lines marriage meaning Medea Menelaus mentioned metaphor moral motivation move nature Neoptolemus occur Odysseus Oedipus opening Orestes passage perhaps Philoctetes play plot position possible present question reason reference reflection remains represent require response reversal rhetorical says scene secret seems sense situation Sophocles speak speech stage suggest suicide Theseus Tiresias traditional tragedy turn wants wish