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Hocks, Richard A. "Billy Budd." __American History Through Literature 1870-1920__. Ed. Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 146-150. __Gale Virtual Reference Library__. Gale. Woodside High School. 9 Nov. 2010 . //Courses, Schoolings, Study, Hotels, Advisory Service, Conferences - EDUMENU.CO.UK//. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. . "Sophocles Quotes." //Notable Quotes//. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. . "Sophocles Quotes." //Notable Quotes//. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. . Influence of sophocles SOPHOCLES, //Oedipus at Colonus//  SOPHOCLES, //Antigone//   SOPHOCLES, //Oedipus Rex//
 * billy budd a 19century version of classical tragedy. Billy budd wanted to remind the emerging ironists long before the time of persuasive and narrative irony, their lay a vast tradition of dramatic irony and irony of fate in classical tragedy from sophocles.
 * The tragedies written by sophocles changed the fashion in groups of . The importance and spirt of horrible ending tragedies were also change by sophocles.
 * According to: Segal,Charles."Sophocles." Grolier Multimedia Enclyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2010. Web. 10 Nov. 2010 Sophocles achievement in Drama, was to interpret ancient myths with a deeper meaning.
 * "Unwanted favours gain no gratitude."
 * "I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare -- I have no use for him either."
 * "The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."