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Comparing Film Versions of Twelfth Night

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

The Lottery and Oedipus the King

end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...

Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman and Its Symbolism

young men. One of the great ironies of the play is that Willy has sold the boys a perverted version of the American Dream. He has ...

Arthur Miller and Death of a Salesman

of "six rooms and a pile of clapboard, a sad comedown from the sixth floor splendor of Central Park North" (Gottfried 12). They li...

Oedipus Rex: The Role of Internal Conflict

resides in Thebes. Oedipus demands that someone come forward with information. When no one comes, Oedipus puts a curse on whoever ...

Shakespeare's Fools

This essay pertain to fools and clowns in Shakespeare's plays. The writer describes the role of the actor's performance on creatin...

"Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller

This essay briefly summarizes the plot of MIller's play "Death of a Salesman" and then analyzes the Willy Loman's character. Three...

Star Wars by John Williams

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the Loman Family's Symbolism

finally come to terms with the reality of the situation. Happy, of course, is a chip off the old block, confined into his narrow a...

Overview of the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller

have adopted something of a double standard. They have expected her to behave in the modest and subservient way which is usual for...

Creon in Oedipus the King and Antigone

deed in this our present trouble, I care not to prolong the span of life, Thus ill-reputed; for the calumny Hits not a single blot...

Oedipus the King: Character

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

Oedipus & Creon as Rulers

is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...

Oedipus and Lysistrata: Tragedy and Comedy

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the Character of Happy Loman

is the assistant to an assistant. Hap lacks even the smallest spark of introspection or self-analysis, but rather is the embodimen...

Antigone of Sophocles and Nora of Ibsen

not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and the Theme of Illusion

that his old manager would have given him a promotion. Now, in all honesty, we do not know that Frank would have promoted Willy at...

'The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality' by Bernard Williams

almost visceral, level. Whether or not the student agrees or not will generally be based on a personal belief system, ideology, re...

Teiresias' Importance in Antigone and Oedipus

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

Learning Lessons in Billy Budd and Antigone

left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...

Conflict Between Antigone and Creon in Antigone by Sophocles

the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Social Values

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

Individual Companies' Financial Considerations and Exchange Rate Mechanisms

was only 90% fine. The actual outcome was a foxed rate of $4.55 to the ?1 (Anonymous, 2001). This mean that although each country ...

Greek Tragedy Characteristics of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

the Sophoclean template, time should also be compressed and restricted, with the action of the play taking no more than one day. B...

Power in The Crucible by Arthur Miller

In five pages the three power wielding groups of the desire for emancipation for women, the false witchcraft accusations by girls,...

Analyzing Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

him. His long-suffering wife Linda bolsters Willy with her quiet strength. She allows him to groom sons Biff and Happy to excel ...

Relationships in Richard II and Richard III by William Shakespeare

he appears sincere and supportive, such as when Richard asks what one has said of him, and Buckingham replies "Nothing that I resp...

Guilt and Innocence in Sophocles' Oedipus

As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...

Community Life

The student will want to address the fact that for those who already know how to make their situation better and have the desire t...