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Tragic Heroines in Ancient Greek Drama
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Map -- ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DISCUSSED TRAGEDIES -- INTRODUCTION -- Pervasive Themes -- Themes Relating to the Characters -- Aristotle's Theory of Character -- The Eleven H...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
, 2021
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6417733 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Map -- ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DISCUSSED TRAGEDIES -- INTRODUCTION -- Pervasive Themes -- Themes Relating to the Characters -- Aristotle's Theory of Character -- The Eleven Heroines -- Translations -- CHAPTER 1 CLYTEMNESTRA -- CLYTEMNESTRA IN AESCHYLUS' AGAMEMNON -- The Ascendancy of Clytemnestra: Before Meeting Cassandra -- CLYTEMNESTRA IN LIBATION BEARERS AND EUMENIDES -- CLYTEMNESTRA IN SOPHOCLES' ELECTRA -- CLYTEMNESTRA IN EURIPIDES' ELECTRA -- CLYTEMNESTRA IN EURIPIDES' IPHIGENIA AT AULIS -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 2 ELECTRA -- Introduction -- ELECTRA IN AESCHYLUS' LIBATION BEARERS -- ELECTRA IN SOPHOCLES' ELECTRA -- Confrontation with the Chorus -- Confrontation with Chrysothemis -- Confrontation with Clytemnestra -- Reunion with Orestes -- Electra and the Act of Revenge -- ELECTRA IN EURIPIDES' ELECTRA -- Electra's State of Mind and Motives -- Orestes' Return, the Recognition Scene-and Planning a Matricide -- Volatile and Unrealistic or a Strategic Planner? -- The Mother-Daughter Relationship and Confrontation with Clytemnestra -- The Ending -- ELECTRA IN EURIPIDES' ORESTES -- Love, Hatred, and Bloodthirst -- Revenge and Gender -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 3 IPHIGENIA -- IPHIGENIA IN IPHIGENIA AMONG THE TAURIANS -- Introduction -- Iphigenia's Entrance -- Address to her Heart -- Iphigenia with Orestes and Pylades -- Iphigenia's Initiatives -- The Recognition -- IPHIGENIA IN IPHIGENIA AT AULIS -- Introduction -- Iphigenia -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 4 ANTIGONE -- Introduction -- ANTIGONE IN SOPHOCLES' ANTIGONE -- Antigone's Intransigence -- Antigone's Single- Mindedness -- Antigone's Loyalties -- Antigone's Impulsiveness -- Antigone and Ismene -- Antigone and Creon. Is Antigone Manly? -- Antigone's Punishment -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 5 HELEN -- Introduction -- HELEN IN EURIPIDES' TROJAN WOMEN -- Helen's Vilification Before Her Entrance: Poseidon, Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra and Menelaus -- Helen's Entrance -- Helen's Speech in Her Formal Debate With Hecuba -- Hecuba's Rebuttal -- Conclusion -- HELEN IN EURIPIDES' HELEN -- Menelaus -- Recognition -- Helen's Ruse -- Conclusion -- HELEN IN EURIPIDES' ORESTES -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 6 HECUBA -- Introduction -- HECUBA IN TROJAN WOMEN -- HECUBA IN HECUBA -- Hecuba and Odysseus -- Hecuba with Agamemnon and Polymestor -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 7 ALCESTIS -- Introduction -- Views of Alcestis -- Alcestis Revived -- Alcestis Most Present in her Absence -- Alcestis' Return -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 8 DEIANEIRA -- Introduction -- Fear, Loneliness, and Inaction -- Overthinking and Confusion -- Naïveté to Clear-Sightedness -- The Truth About the "Philtre" is Revealed -- Learning the Truth too Late -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 9 MEDEA -- Introduction -- How Medea's Background is Reflected in Her Characterization -- Medea's Interactions With Other Characters-Sincerity and Insincerity -- Masculinizing Medea -- Medea's Royal Status-Medea with Aegeus -- Medea's Open Admissions -- Deception -- Medea's Revenge: Medea and Her Children -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 10 CREUSA -- Introduction -- The Rebellious Victim -- The Mother Motif -- Happy Ending? -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CHAPTER 11 PHAEDRA -- Introduction -- Phaedra and Her Critics -- Phaedra and the Nurse: Dialogue -- The Disclosure of Phaedra's Love to Hippolytus -- Hippolytus -- Conclusion -- DISCUSSION TOPICS -- CONCLUSION -- Heroines in Tragedy -- Comparison Between the Heroines. Heroines' Characterization -- The Messages of Tragedy -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (329 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781350104006 |
