Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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... night ) or kill herself . Finally , she chooses exile with Oedipus . All of this occurs in 40 lines ( 1643-82 ) . If this part of the play is genuine , I would see in this sequence not bluster exposed but a result of the compression of ...
... night ) or kill herself . Finally , she chooses exile with Oedipus . All of this occurs in 40 lines ( 1643-82 ) . If this part of the play is genuine , I would see in this sequence not bluster exposed but a result of the compression of ...
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... night raid on the temple ( 94-122 ) .45 By a slight extension , Orestes becomes easy to push around ; for example , his “ firm " resolution to commit suicide is diverted by Pylades in Orestes ( 1069-1100 ) . Compare the ease with which ...
... night raid on the temple ( 94-122 ) .45 By a slight extension , Orestes becomes easy to push around ; for example , his “ firm " resolution to commit suicide is diverted by Pylades in Orestes ( 1069-1100 ) . Compare the ease with which ...
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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