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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Euripides"”.
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Pouring out tears: Andromache in Homer and Euripides
… an in-depth analysis of Andromache in the Iliad, Euripides’ Andromache and Euripides’ Trojan Women. Using theories of character derived from the narratological study of modern fiction, it strives to draw attention to the role of Andromache’s character in each work and the methods of …
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The Crete and Cretans of Euripides: Perceptions and Representations
This thesis focuses on Euripides’ dramatic representations of Crete, famous from myth, geography, art, literature and philosophy. This thesis will attempt to address the following key questions: how is Crete represented in the extant Euripidean plays and fragments? How consistent are such …
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Free falling bird : an encounter with the Trojan women of Euripides.
The focus of this research relates to finding praxis for making theatre within a contemporary feminist framework with specific emphasis on writing for the theatre. It explores ways of opening up the possibility of feminist conversations beginning with the written text and how playwriting may …
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The Socially Deviant (M)other in Euripides' "Medea" and Two Modern Adaptations
… the Grecian, Caribbean, and Irish cultures of Euripides’ <em>Medea </em>(431 BC), Steve Carter’s <em>Pecong </em>(1990), and Marina Carr’s <em>By the Bog of Cats </em>(1998) respectively, all based on the Medea myth, commonly define the social deviant (m)other and condemn her for her …
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Higher Powers: The Metrics of Divine Will and Agency in Euripides' Hippolytos and Herakles
Certain gods in Euripides, Hippolytos and Herakles exhibit a high level of control over mortals. Each play has one primary god whose statements of will, identity, and offense control the actions of other characters. Each play features a distinct god/human dialectic, in which certain actions …
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A production and production book of Euripides' Medea freely adapted by Robbinson Jeffers.
This thesis analyzes the life and works of Euripides and the style and meaning of his play Madea for a production in the Mabee Theatre of the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center at Baylor University. Included in this work is a biography of the playwright. This thesis analyzes the structural elements …
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Ancient Greek Maenads: Comparing Mythological Worshippers of Dionysos to Reality
Euripides' Bacchae is an excellent example of a mythological story with incorporated historical elements. The ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides examines the introduction of a new deity, Dionysos, to the well-established religion of the ancient Greek world. In this world, Dionysos leads and …
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The Moral Characterisation of the Ἰουδαῖοι: A Comparative Study of Opponents to the Divine in the Gospel of John and Euripides' Bacchae
… moral characterisation of divine opponents in Euripides’ Bacchae and the Gospel of John, comparing the characterisation of Pentheus, the divine opponent in Euripides’ Bacchae, with the Ἰουδαῖοι in John, including those characters directly identified as belonging to this group (the Pharisees, …
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L'intertextualité comme procédé dramaturgique dans Hécube et Les Troyennes d'Euripide
… is used as a dramaturgical device in Euripides’ Hecuba and Troades. The intertexts considered here are the Homeric epics and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. After a presentation of the problems raised by the use of the notion of “intertextuality” in the field of ancient Greek literature, and …
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The Trojan women: the development and execution of a costume design concept
… conceptual and actualized costume designs for Euripides' tragedy, The Trojan Women. This production was presented in Burruss Auditorium, Friday, March 27,Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29, 1981.
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Beauty of Form and Concept: The Aesthetics of Late Euripidean Tragedy
Euripides’ late tragedies represent some of the most controversial works in the Greek tragic corpus. This thesis explores their aesthetics – that is, stylistic features of language, characterisation, and concept, together with the impact these might be expected to have on an audience. Each of the …
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A Rich Reward in Tears: Hippolytus and Phaedra in drama, dance, opera and film
… – the body of reception material based on Euripides’ Hippolytus, Seneca’s Phaedra, and/or Racine’s Phèdre. This is the first comprehensive study of these three major source texts as a collective whole, challenging not only the idea of a single original ‘source text’, but also the idea of a …
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Disarming the canon : exploring Tepper’s and Atwood’s retelling of classical (her)story
… (2005) The Penelopiad, adapt classical texts by Euripides and Homer in order to make and strengthen statements about contemporary gender ideologies that may be rooted in and perpetuated by the canonization of classical texts such as those involved in this study. I start by discussing the curious …
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A New Language for Heroes: Odysseus, Ajax, and Sophistic Language in Attic Tragedy
… for the tragic stage by Sophocles and Euripides, with particular emphasis on the presence of marked sophistic modes and values of speech. My thesis begins with an overview of the sophistic movement and a discussion of the philosophical and stylistic tenets of sophism. Based on these, I …
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Orestes and Redemption in Two Different Ages
… The Orestes plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides were contrasted with the similar plays of Hofmannstahl, Jeffers, O'Neill, Giraudoux, Eliot, and Sartre. The Greek tragedians appear to terminate Orestes' retribution for inherited evil and a just crime by an actual, total, restorative …
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Der Troische Krieg in der nachhomerischen Literatur bis zum 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
… und die Tragiker Aischylos, Sophokles und Euripides, den Troischen Krieg als mythische Vergangenheit behandeln. Der spezifische Charakter des jeweiligen Umgangs mit dem Stoff kommt zustande a.) durch die unterschiedlichen Gattungen und ihre Gesetzmäßigkeiten, b.) durch die unterschiedliche …
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Post-Pandemic Theatre: The Transformation of the Literary Form Through the Digital Landscape
… of various Western writers, such as Shakespeare, Euripides, and Strindberg as well as the production considerations of Houston’s own Alley Theatre . Through the use of digital media and multimodal compositions, the digital landscape has enabled the creation of new and innovative aural and visual …
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The house of Atreus in ancient Greece
… first sometime before 413 B.C.; and Electra by Euripides, first presented in 413 B.C. SInce the purpose of the study was to compare ideas and points of view expressed by the three great tragic dramatists of Greece, no attempt was made to justify the plays selected as works of art nor their …
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Medea in Victorian Women's Poetry
During the mid to late Victorian period, Euripides’ tale of Medea was given new life by the suffragette movement. As Victorians began to question women’s rights and capabilities, Medea’s story resurfaced as a cautionary tale showing the damage that occurs when women repress and shape their …
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