Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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... speech in its context , and at the way its " philosophical " content contributes ( along with his last speech ) to what I see as the play's primary thematic movement , towards a re - definition of Ajax ' problematic heroism . When I say ...
... speech in its context , and at the way its " philosophical " content contributes ( along with his last speech ) to what I see as the play's primary thematic movement , towards a re - definition of Ajax ' problematic heroism . When I say ...
Page 130
... speech , the more we become aware of the implausibility of his ignoring her urgent desire to know his immediate intentions . There is no warrant , however , either for reasoning from this implausibility to deliberate deception or for ...
... speech , the more we become aware of the implausibility of his ignoring her urgent desire to know his immediate intentions . There is no warrant , however , either for reasoning from this implausibility to deliberate deception or for ...
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... speech the Trojan fields too are included among the " nurturers " ( 863 ) . Similarly , Ajax had earlier assumed that the gods were his enemies ; in his final speech he makes several confident prayers.55 The disappearance of shame ...
... speech the Trojan fields too are included among the " nurturers " ( 863 ) . Similarly , Ajax had earlier assumed that the gods were his enemies ; in his final speech he makes several confident prayers.55 The disappearance of shame ...
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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