Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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Page 118
... rhetorical undoing by asserting that it is an indignity for them to stay.19 Athena pushes her advantage with new arguments , namely that they will ( 1 ) be sorry if they pass up her offer ( 851-7 ) , ( 2 ) have no claim against her if ...
... rhetorical undoing by asserting that it is an indignity for them to stay.19 Athena pushes her advantage with new arguments , namely that they will ( 1 ) be sorry if they pass up her offer ( 851-7 ) , ( 2 ) have no claim against her if ...
Page 129
... rhetorical adequacy of Ajax ' response to Tecmessa's appeal . Tecmessa is a typical dissuader . She wants Ajax to live , but she casts her appeal in the familiar terms of the " heroic temper " model : Ajax should listen , pity , soften ...
... rhetorical adequacy of Ajax ' response to Tecmessa's appeal . Tecmessa is a typical dissuader . She wants Ajax to live , but she casts her appeal in the familiar terms of the " heroic temper " model : Ajax should listen , pity , soften ...
Page 139
... rhetorical question " why this sudden concern ? " and his observation that Theseus has already suggested that suicide may be cowardly ( 1248 , 1250 ) seem to me to be at cross - purposes : " sudden insight " in tragedy is always ...
... rhetorical question " why this sudden concern ? " and his observation that Theseus has already suggested that suicide may be cowardly ( 1248 , 1250 ) seem to me to be at cross - purposes : " sudden insight " in tragedy is always ...
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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