El arco y la bestia: soledad, metamorfosis y deshumanización en Filoctetes de Sófocles

Authors

  • Santiago Eslava-Bejarano Universidad de los Andes

Keywords:

transformation, bow, apostrophe, middle, ground

Abstract

Sophocles’ Philoctetes is the tragedy of a man driven to the limits of his
own human nature in a context of total abandonment. In this article, I
intend to show that the eponym hero of this tragedy suffers a
metamorphosis in which he abandons his human condition and
consciously assumes his own animality. To do this, I will focus on the
meaning that the bow and its loss have for the hero and, also, on the
apostrophes that express his new relationship with the surrounding
environment.

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How to Cite

Eslava-Bejarano, S. (2019). El arco y la bestia: soledad, metamorfosis y deshumanización en Filoctetes de Sófocles. Revista De Estudios Clásicos, 46, 41–67. Retrieved from https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/revistaestudiosclasicos/article/view/2265

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