Phaedra's Individuality in Tartuffe Essay

The relationship between Theseus and Hippolyta represents ideal, mature love, and contrasts with the other lovers’ relationships with in the play. Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazon, is engaged to Theseus, Athenian duke. Occasionally, they disagree about certain issues, but due to their mature personalities, they are able to confront and resolve their problems. They understand the terms of their relationship, and they know where they stand. Hippolyta is the former leader of the Amazons- a tribe of fierce warrior women whose only connection with men came when it was time to kill or time breed. She is therefore unmoved by Theseus “wooing” her. Their relationship matures throughout the course of the play. At the end of Act 4, as the sun rises,

Firstly, in the outset of the play, Aphrodite’s speech is necessary for both plot development and characterisation. Her contempt towards Hippolytus and her dark intentions are at first revealed to

In addition to father-son relationships providing for sons, father-son relationships also provide for the fathers. Odysseus failing to father Telemachus causes Odysseus to lack self- control, responsibility, and modesty. For example, Odysseus’ hubristic nature causes him to unnecessarily raid the island of the Cicones. From this example, it is clear that Odysseus lacks self-control and modesty due to the lack of fathering of Telemachus. While in the Land of the Dead, Odysseus replies to Achilles’ joy upon hearing of his son’s successes, “So I said and off he went, the ghost of the great runner, Aecus’ grandson loping with long strides across the fields of asphodel, triumphant in all I had told him of his son, his gallant, glorious son” (267). This quote was Achilles’s exultant reaction to his son, Neoptolemus, being a valiant fighter in battle. As from this quote, it is apparent that sons not only provide to fathers a sense of responsibility but also instill great pride in their father’s hearts. Yet another instance where sons

The loss of his wife is also very important, because twenty years of staying loyal to a husband which Penelope has not seen or heard from in a long time is not fair. A young Telemachus cautiously replied, “I’ll try, my friend, to give you a frank answer. Mother has always told me I’m his son, it’s true, but I am not so certain. Who, on his own, has ever really known who gave him life?” (1. 248-251).

    I also believed he learned that not just his father's actions cause problems but his own when his son says “when I am gripped with sadness,

“What’s the secret wish of your crazy, wild heart? / Whom must Love compel with Her wily ruses / back into the glittering net of your arms? / Sappho, who hurts you?” (17-20). This is what Sappho wishes to hear from Aphrodite. The power and beauty

I pursue the idea that while Penelope faces oppression at the hands of her son, her suitors, and her social obligation to remarry, she remains free and powerful. Both her freedom and power are manifest in her cunning and deliberate ways. I argue that this is the manifestation of a femininity characteristic to her, and to the tradition of misogyny. Her deliberation marks her presence/power/femininity not despite her veil but because of it. When she tricks her suitors by unraveling Laertes' shroud after each day at her loom, when she tests Odysseus with questions about their bed, when she announces the contest of the bow, when she refuses to recognize Telemachus' impending adulthood, she shows, in veiled ways, her deliberate nature, her presence/power/femininity.

“In the old days I often heard your legend, the bloody mutilation of your eyes. I know all about you, son of Laius…Tell me all. Your story, your fortunes would have to be grim indeed to make me turn my back on you. I too, remember well, was reared in exile just like you, and in strange lands, like no man

Theseus’s mother gave him directions to go to the store for food.He put on the sandlas and took the sword that he found and off he went to the store.On the way to the store Theseus must of took a wrong turn.He had to battle six different battles.He ended up in Athens.When he got to Athens he didn’t reveal himself to anyone.On the back of the direction was a note saying “Dear son,I know that you are in Athens because you followed the directions that I gave you.Your dad lives in Athens.I want you to go see him.Love mom.”

Protagonist Description- Orgon, the main protagonist of this work, is a very shallow and easily influenced individual. In the play, Orgon is devoted towards Tartuffe more than his own family. In Scene five of act 1, we can observe Orgon repeatedly inquiring about Tartuffe by saying “And how about Tartuffe?” (I, v, 12) He only worried about Tartuffe after coming back from a two-day journey, and decided to ignore the fact that his own wife fell ill.

Thus, the aforementioned rash judgement lasts a short time in the reader’s mind, as C.S. Lewis quickly displays the complexity of Orual’s thought process leading up to these immoral actions. One of the first things that Lewis shows the reader is Orual’s immense love for her sister. This love is so intense, that “from the time...Psyche is born, Orual loses herself in her loving and caring for Psyche” (Sauders 3). Therefore, she is very distraught over the alleged death of her beloved sister. Thus, when she sees Psyche, whom she loves so much, alive and well in the edenic valley, a rush of powerful and different emotions floods Orual’s heart. With these strong and contradicting emotions of worry and relief fluttering within Orual and competing for her attention, it becomes clear to the reader that it was Orual, not Psyche, who was not in her right mind. With this knowledge, the reader is able to understand, and even sympathize with Orual; the sympathy most likely stemming from one’s remembrance of their experience losing someone dear to him or her and the resulting, almost selfish, desire for said person. Thus, the reader is able to empathize with Orual’s selfish desire to have all of her sister’s love to herself because he or she would probably have wanted the same thing as Orual if he or she was faced with a situation such as

In Iphigenia’s case Clytemnestra seeks to protect her children and their reputation, however she puts Orestes, who is also her “labor of love,” in harm’s way. These conflicting actions reveal Clytemnestra’s detached relationship with her children. This detached relationship is not solely between Clytemnestra and Orestes but is also evident when Clytemnestra married Electra off to a lower-class farmer and essentially forgets about her. Clytemnestra’s masculinity serves to

Or mother”’(OT 1501-1502). Additionally, Oedipus depicts, “‘Worse yet,/ the sight of my children”’(OT 1504-1505). Oedipus, man of agony, is so disappointed in his actions that he cannot bear to look at his own children in the eyes. Oedipus has experienced unimaginable misfortune. If only he understood that none of this was his doing.

Hippolytus attempts to bring Aricia with him in his exile and despite her being attracted to this idea, she decides not to go with him, thinking of the dishonor it would bring to her and knows it is not a good idea. Hippolytus ends up dying in his exile and had Aricia gone with him, she would have met the same fate. However, despite not knowing Hippolytus would actually die, she did not let her passion or emotions get the better of her and chose the logical route of staying and not dishonoring herself. In the end this indirectly worked to her favor, as Theseus decides to pardon Aricia and adopts her as his daughter in an attempt to atone for his son’s

In Seneca Phaedra, Phaedra is portrayed as violent, wicked, emotionally unstable, lustful, and confuse woman. Phaedra In this story was caught in an act of forbidden love for Hippolytus, her stepson. Phaedra married to Theseus the king of Athens, where she explain that the reason she married Theseus because she was the victim of cupid arrows because she was the curse by Venus state that her ancestor throws Venus lover to Mars. Theseus, Phaedra husband went on a journey with Pirithous to the underworld to kidnap Persephone Hades wife and this where Phaedra lust of passion towards Hippolytus begin to show.