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Sophocles

Ajax

Fiction | Play | Adult | BCE

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Essay Topics

1.

Contrast Odysseus and Ajax’s response to Athena. How does each’s stance reflect the kind of hero he is?

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Why does Odysseus feel pity for Ajax, despite having thought of him as his enemy?

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The Chorus asks to see Ajax, saying, “Perhaps when he sees me he’ll regain his self-respect” (56). Discuss what this means and how the Chorus believes this will help Ajax.

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