Essays on Greek Mythology

Greek and Roman mythology is very interesting and has a great influence on modern society. Many people are fascinated with classics like the tale of Hercules, or the life of Zeus and his countless relationships. The further one gets into it the more they get...

Women are housewives; men are the breadwinners. Even though these ideas are not relevant today, they existed during the time of the play “Antigone.” In ancient Greece, women were seen as property. Men were seen as the head of the house. The roles of men...

Sophocles’ Antigone, written in 441 B.C.E., is over 2000 years old and is still a common element in an average English class reading list. It is a story about a woman who wants to cause no trouble, but will also stop at nothing to honor...

Many people balance the individual, community, and divine differently according to their values. In the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, Creon is the King of Thebes. Creon balances individualism his own way based on his own morals instead of what others may consider as right or...

Nature, a component of life that overlooks the action of every living thing, has both a supportive and reliant side as well as a fierce and relentless character. Throughout the story of Antigone, the motif of nature is effectively used to create an emphasis on...

Fifth century ancient Greece, a time when society was dominated by men and women hidden away in the shadows of men. Publicly, women had no life.  Women were given restricted rules in society under the rule of men, such as listen to their husbands and...

The vampire embodies both man’s desire for eternal life and fear of the unnatural. The vampire is an interesting creature. Vampirism itself is a form of a curse usually passed on through the bite of a vampire though some versions believe that one must drink...