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Aeschylus 'Prometheus Bound' / Responsibility For Actions
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A 5 page paper analyzing whether the title character in Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound was in any way responsible for his predicament. The paper asserts that indeed he was, because he deliberately subverted the status quo and had to accept the consequences. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Promhs.wps
Aeschylus' 'Oresteia' / Agamemnon
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A 5 page paper that discusses Cassandra's rendering of the play within the play, which describes the plot and the the story through the imagery of her words. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Agam.wps
Aeschylus' 'Oresteia' / Metaphors
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of metaphor, specifically bird metaphors, that are utilized to represent the tragedy of the young in the first play of the Oresteia. Bibliography lists no additional sources.
Filename: Oresteia.doc
Aeschylus' 'Prometheus Bound' / The Heart vs. The Mind
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A 4 page essay on the underlying struggle between heart and mind in Greek mythology. The writer makes comparisons between this theme's existence in 'Prometheus Bound' and in the play 'Hippolytus.' It is noted that Prometheus and Phaedre are both prisoners and that it is their own human condition that causes them to suffer such emotional anguish and turmoil. Points are supported with quotes. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: Prometh.wps
Aeschylus' 'The Eumenides'
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A 5 page paper discussing how during the Peloponnesion War, Athens failed to fulfill the hopes expressed for it in Aeschylus' 'The Eumenides.' Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Aeschyls.wps
Aristotle's Concept of ‘Organic Unity' in 'Poetics,' As it Appears in the Plots of 'Oedipus the King' & 'Agamemnon'
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A 5 page paper which examines Aristotle's concept of ‘organic unity,' as defined in his work, Poetics, and by analyzing the plot functions of the characters Tiresias in the play, Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, and Cassandra in the play, Agamemnon, by Aeschylus. Specifically compared and contrasted are how these characters do or do not perform organic functions within their respective plots. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGagaoed.wps
Greek Tragedies
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A 5 page paper in which the writer examines repeating themes in the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles,and Euripides. The Greek chorus is viewed as multifaceted levening agent. Bibliography lists 0 sources.
Filename: BBgrktrag.wps
Human Sacrifice in Aeschylus' 'Agamemnon'
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A 7 page paper looking at this rather surprising theme in Aeschylus' tragedy. The paper suggests that in the conflict between Agamemnon and Clytemnestra over the sacrifice of their daughter, Aeschylus captured a significant moment in Greek religious history -- the point when the value of human life began to supersede the rights of the gods. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBagamem.wps
Oresteia, The Odyssey, & The Aeneid / Public vs. Private Life
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A 4 page paper examining the nature of public life versus private life in these three classical works. The write concludes that Homer and Virgil are more concerned with the community and state, and less with the individual; Aeschylus alone champions the individual's separate existence. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Publicp.wps
Prometheus and Oedipus: the Greek Tragic Hero
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An 8 page paper contrasting the protagonists of Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound and Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. The paper points out that both heroes fight the status quo and lose with their honor intact, but Prometheus chooses his battle deliberately and Oedipus is thrust into his by fate. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: KBpromet.wps
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