Hippolytus

causes of the majority of problems the characters in Racine’s “Phaedra” have are due to their own passions. This is despite their roles within a society based upon the idea reason rather than passion. An example of this is the fact that Phaedra loves Hippolytus, despite being her stepson, a passion which she very much feels guilty about it, as it is completely against the established norms of their society. She becomes crazed with this passion, attempting to stay within reason by convincing herself that

Lying is morally wrong. Lying is wrong because it could lead to reputations being ruined,intense guilt,hurting innocent people, and so much more. In excerpts from The Bible and from the play “Hippolytus” by Euripides, the consequences of lying are center stage. Lying leaves the person with guilt that will never leave them. In Genesis 4:13 Cain tells God,”My punishment is heavier than I can bear; now you are driving me off the land, and I must hide myself from your presence”(Keystone Giant Print

A goddess’s curse, a creepy doorkeeper, and deadly sirens. This seemly random list holds the common thread between three seemingly different stories. In Euripides’s tragic play Hippolytus, Aphrodite curses Phaedra to fall in love with the titular character, dooming her with “the lash/ of Eros” (Euripides 48-49). When attempting to access the Law in Kafka’s parable “Before the Law,” a man is stopped by a doorkeeper with a “big sharp nose and long, thin, black Tartar beard” (Kafka 3). Ulysses, in Kafka’s

Time, as according to Theseus, is working against him and he comments on “how slow this old moon wanes!” (Shakespeare 1). Whereas, Hippolyta thinks “four days will quickly steep themselves in night” (1). The differing views in their statement presents that Theseus is rather impatient and expects everything to be at his beck and call due to his high position as a king and being a man. Hippolyta, on the other hand, knows and has experience of waiting for that of interest to her so she has no qualms

Young Hippolyta is the kind of girl to be outside running through creeks in the woods with her brother, during the day, and be lying in her bed dreaming of her perfect fairytale wedding, at night. She is also the quiet girl that spends her time reading romance novels and writing in her diary. Her hair flows in the wind as she walks and every guy stops to look because she is skinny, tall and looks older than she actually is. Hippolyta is a gorgeous 14 year old with a brain like Einstein and a personality

Lying: arguably a shunned act in society. Although lying remains looked upon as evil and corrupt, it stands as an undeniable aspect of human nature. In Hippolytus by Euripides and excerpts in the Bible, lying remains clearly evident. Lying comes naturally to characters in these stories, such as Phaedra and Cain, and validates that lying can be utilized as a shield from outside attacks that destabilize the social or emotional stability of an individual. Lying remains considerably justifiable, under

The play Hippolytus was written by Euripides, the same writer as the play in Medea. In some ways, this is a story of lies and misunderstandings. I don’t really have a character that I liked the most, I thought that Hippolytus, Phaedra, and Theseus all have different good and bad, likeable and unlikable traits. At the first part of the play, we are introduced to Aphrodite. She is the goddess of love and something. In her introduction, she also mentioned the part of the problem which cause all the

Explore the themes of speech and silence in Hippolytus: Euripides adopts the themes of speech and silence within Hippolytus in order to enable plot progression, to create dramatic effect and to develop his characterisation of key individuals such as Aphrodite, Phaedra, the Nurse, Theseus and Hippolytus himself. Through exploration of the themes in relation to the characters and chronologically it is clear that the sporadic pattern of speech and silence creates suspense and induces a far more intrinsic

The Minds of Euripides’s Creations Upon a first inspection of Euripides’s Medea, Hippolytus, and Electra, women were depicted as a vicious brood for the only purpose of bringing men to their ruin. However, this was not the case at all. Euripides portrayed women as downtrodden individuals because of the scorned love they had experienced. Love was the main factor in all of these plays. In addition, Euripides presented how women were influenced by their emotions. Euripides’s Medea characterized a

Phaedra's Declaration of Love to Hippolytus Phaedra emotions are ultimately unstable and erratic. She can no longer suppress her huge infatuation for Hippolytus. She finds Hippolytus very lustrous. She is galvanized at the core to release her feelings, because the build-up of these intense emotions would become too onerous for her to cope with. Her confession becomes a conduit in her trying save her son, this is to assure that he will be crown king of Athens. If she don’t declare her love for him