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In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...
In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...
In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...
In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...
In 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...
In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...
Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....
In five pages the Theban plays of Sophocles are examined in a consideration of responsibility, fate, and their power. One other s...
were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...
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...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...
of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...
Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...
to the gods, who always punish it. And that is a second theme of the play, the folly of pride. By refusing to accept his own acti...
sees the development of his character because this is the focus of the story and his journey. One reads as Odysseus moves through ...