T en years have passed since the fall of Troy and the Greek hero Odysseus still has not returned to his kingdom in Ithaca A large and rowdy mob of suitors who have overrun Odysseuss palace and pillaged his land continue to court his wife Penelope She has remained faithful to Odysseus Prince Telemachus Odysseuss son wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confidence or experience to fight them One of the suitors Antinous plans to assassinate the young prince eliminating the onl
Hamlets play vs Hamlets movie 1990 version Zeffirellis 1990 Hamlet Is an interpretation designed for the mainstream Hollywood audience who by now were thoroughly interestedin Mel Gibson oneofthe rising stars of the early nineties Gibson does well to externalize the flurry ofemotions tormenting Hamlet and this allows the mainstream audience to follow quite easily his complexand changing mindsets The famousAct Three SceneOne To be or not to be soliloquy is done especially well with Gibson maintai
M ark Antony one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire spends his time in Egypt living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with the countrys beautiful queen Cleopatra When a message arrives informing him that his wife Fulvia is dead and that Pompey is raising an army to rebel against the triumvirate Antony decides to return to Rome In Antonys absence Octavius Caesar and Lepidus his fellow triumvirs worry about Pompeys increasing strength Caesar condemns Antony for neglecting his duti
The playwright Sophocles is known for his tragic Oedipus cycle Through Antigone in particular we learn of how his views on religion affected his writings All of the characters represent part of his beliefs The play Antigone by Sophocles is a play like no other Its central theme is a practical problem of conduct involving the laws of the gods and those of the humans Antigone represents the laws of the gods while Creon represents those of the humans Both characters are very stubborn neither of th