Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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... role model for Neoptolemus . To be sure , his values and their presumed continuation in his son are an essential moving force in the play , but they move Neoptolemus , and us , in an uncertain direction , as it is not clear what ...
... role model for Neoptolemus . To be sure , his values and their presumed continuation in his son are an essential moving force in the play , but they move Neoptolemus , and us , in an uncertain direction , as it is not clear what ...
Page 153
... role of Neoptolemus and under - valuation of Philoctetes ' tragic dilemma . In a general way , the " intertextual " influence of epic and the earlier Philoctetes plays by the two other tragedians also counteracts the " center of ...
... role of Neoptolemus and under - valuation of Philoctetes ' tragic dilemma . In a general way , the " intertextual " influence of epic and the earlier Philoctetes plays by the two other tragedians also counteracts the " center of ...
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... role for Iphigenia that includes pathetic innocence , discovery , resistance , and finally a change of mind with its indications of a certain degree of freedom . The pretext of marriage with Achilles ( Cypria , Iphigenia in Tauris 24-5 ...
... role for Iphigenia that includes pathetic innocence , discovery , resistance , and finally a change of mind with its indications of a certain degree of freedom . The pretext of marriage with Achilles ( Cypria , Iphigenia in Tauris 24-5 ...
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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