Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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... children ( announced at 791-6 ) and her earlier stated intention to make corpses of three of her enemies ( i.e. Creon ... child motif " ( including Aegeus ' affliction ) move Medea to her new plan . The strategy of the text keeps loss of ...
... children ( announced at 791-6 ) and her earlier stated intention to make corpses of three of her enemies ( i.e. Creon ... child motif " ( including Aegeus ' affliction ) move Medea to her new plan . The strategy of the text keeps loss of ...
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... children ( 329 ) , and it is Medea's appeal to pity for her children ( " for you too are a father , " 344-5 ) that ... child - motif , see section 1.7 above . 24 Even if Neoptolemus is greedy for glory , he is still pointedly greedy ...
... children ( 329 ) , and it is Medea's appeal to pity for her children ( " for you too are a father , " 344-5 ) that ... child - motif , see section 1.7 above . 24 Even if Neoptolemus is greedy for glory , he is still pointedly greedy ...
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... child ( cf. 1541-4 ) . To the frightened girl exposure seemed the only choice . But does the original fact of bearing Apollo's child account for all of Creusa's mixed feelings in the situation leading up to the monody ? Two observations ...
... child ( cf. 1541-4 ) . To the frightened girl exposure seemed the only choice . But does the original fact of bearing Apollo's child account for all of Creusa's mixed feelings in the situation leading up to the monody ? Two observations ...
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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