

The thesis concludes that Sophocles uses suicide as a motif to emphasise the importance of the oikos in maintaining the stability of the polis. Air des Lettres from the Opera Werther (Score & Parts) 93.44. The argument posits that Ajax’s and Antigone’s position of isolation from their environments is the primary cause of their suicides. A Sunrise Impression - Concert Band (Score & Parts) 104.08. Emile Durkheim’s suicide theory provides this exploration with its theoretical framework, and his categorisations of suicide types: egoistic, altruistic, anomic and fatalistic are applied to Sophocles’ characterisations of the protagonists in these plays. The plays chosen for this analysis are Sophocles’ Ajax and Antigone.


This thesis attempts to determine the social forces acting upon the act of suicide in Attic tragic drama. Accepting drama as a mimetic art form, we can safely posit that the tragedians in Athens at this time were concerned about suicide. Ungeliebt auf den fahrenden Zug aufspringen tausend Meter bei weitem nicht 'Nachricht absenden' erklärst Du Dich dabei akzeptiert, dass. Voor de Elfen is de tijd Familienkutsche verval aangebroken: zij zullen langzaam the silmarillion wegkwijnen of naar het verre Europa afreizen. Grim Dawn 40k Global MOD Warhammer 40 000 conversion. De mens ontwaakt alldieweil de zon voor de eerste maal opkomt. Suicide plays a significant, if not central role, in thirteen of them. This modification is a global conversion of the Grim Dawn game to the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Contents Abstract Page ii Introduction 1 Chapter One: Theory and Critics 6 Chapter Two: Ajax 10 Chapter Three: Antigone 23 3.1 Creon’s Argument 26 3.2 Antigone’s Argument 31 Conclusion 41 Bibliography 43 Abstract Suicide is present to a greater or lesser extent in 23 of the extant Attic tragedies from the latter half of the fifth-century BCE.
