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In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...
Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...
In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...
In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...
In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...
Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...
individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...
the subtle element of inference. The extent to which Oedipus Rex can be examined from a combination of behavioral perspecti...
the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...
In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...
This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...
as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....
This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...