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Little Hans and the Theories of Sigmund Freud

and interpreted by Freud. It is only with this understanding we can take a more critical look at the case. 2. Little Hanss backgr...

Ancient Literature and Cultural Characteristics

Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

Characters and Their Motives in Oedipus

difference between the two representations. When one is cast forward by way of determinism, it is as though one has absolutely no...

Mythology by Edith Hamilton

in this work goes into the Great Families of Mythology and provides information on The House of Atreus, The Royal House of Thebes,...

Drama Analysis

who had nothing to do with the death of his father. When Hamlet does figure out what is right for him, in terms of addressing the ...

Comparative Analysis of Phaedra and Jocasta

a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...

Mythology and Contemporary Violence

In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...

Early Greek Theater and Ritual

In eight pages this paper discusses Greek theater's traditions, rituals, and ceremonies with Oedipus the King among the topics cov...

Blind Oedipus

In seven pages this essay discusses how Oedipus was able to 'see' certain things after blinding himself, from this knowledge he ga...

Literature and Fate

In seven pages the literary device of fate is examined within the context of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan...

Oedipus and Jason

In five pages the tales of Oedipus and Jason are analyzed in terms of the differences and similarities that exist between them. T...

Psychosocial Development Stages According to Sigmund Freud

In five pages psychosocial development's 5 stages as defined by Freud are discussed along with the growing Oedipus complex controv...

Assessment of Oedipus' Guilt

In 4 pages this paper argues that because of his life circumstances Oedipus was not guilty for the events which turned his life in...

Arthur Miller, William Shakespeare, Sophocles and Consideration of the Individual and Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines the individual and a fate he cannot control in an analysis of Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, and Oed...

Chaldean and Greek Mythology and the Roles Played by Oracles and Fate

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the roles played by oracles and fate in the mythological tales of Achilles, Oedipus, ...

Play and Film Versions of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

This paper consists of six pages in which comparisons are made between Oedipus and Ibsen's heroine Nora Helmer along with a compar...

Medea and Antigone

In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...

Jocasta Versus Antigone

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing paths of enlightenment each of these characters took regarding their own heroism...

Symbolism, Symbols, and Themes in Jean Anouilh's Antigone and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

standing up rights and truth. In Henrik Ibsens play "A Dolls House" there are many symbols which represent different aspect...

Depiction of Women the Story of Kenreimon'in, 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' and Antigone

still powerfully under the control of a patriarchal society. "For Antigone, there could never be any laws that could stand in t...

Greek Tragedy and Antigone, a Tragedy by Jean Anouil and The Flies by Jean Paul Sartre

her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...

Ophelia and Antigone

brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...

Nora, Antigone and Hippolyte

In a paper consisting of five pages these female characters are compared and contrasted in terms of their focus and personal devel...

How the Stories of Oresteia and Antigone Related to Values and Interests of Men and Women

lie to Antigone because their interests/values lie in their men. While they do not want their men to go to war, they want sex just...

Tragic Characteristics of Oedipus the King

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...

Classicism and Greek Culture

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

Ancient Greek Justice and the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

In five pages this report discusses how Homer, Sophocles, and Hesiod would have conceptualized justice regarding the 911 terrorist...

A Doll's House, Oedipus, Othello, and Family Conflicts

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

Report on David Greene's Edited Sophocles II

the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...

Cultural and Performance Studies and Communication

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...