Gestures of hospitality in The Odyssey were used as an instrument to tell the reader who were the protagonists and who were the antagonists. None of the antagonists in the story ever exhibited any form of hospitality towards Odysseus or Telemachus. ... Furthermore, to find an example of a lack of hospitality indicating antagonists in the story of Telemachus, one need only look at the many suitors who come to claim Penelope as a wife. ...

• Word Count: 841
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jason was the antagonist in the play and was the one the audience was positioned to hate at the start, Jason portrayed a typical male in Greek society and showed no remorse in his actions of dishonouring his oaths, he had no respect for Medea by trying to manipulate his way out by saying he left her to help them by keeping Medea and their children safe. While Jason plays the antagonist, Aegeus represents a nobler attitude to women as he addresses Medea about her problem and promises her safety from Creon and people of Corinth, Aegeus is portrayed as being more courteous and has more respect fo...

• Word Count: 629
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Persia and Greece had long been antagonists towards each other with niggling grievances going back centuries but there was not another that influenced as much as Persia had done through culture, trade links and violence. ...

• Word Count: 2056
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate