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man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...

woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

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...

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...

In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...

In five pages this essay discusses the complexities involved with the citizen example served by Oedipus the King in Sophocles' pla...

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...

A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...

Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...

and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

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...

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...

In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...

specifically tailored their works to suit the tastes of their Athenian audiences, mirroring the "fears, tensions, and potential vi...

very opposing forces. There is an evident duality to Herakles. On the one hand, he has a compassionate side that truly wants to ...

can choose not to marry, by and large, that is an unpopular choice. While the term spinster is no longer bandied about, certainly ...

In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...

In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...

In eight pages classical Greek civilization is examined in a series of brief independent essays that include astrology and the Gre...

In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....

ar?te (Hooker 1996). In the works of Homer such as the Iliad, ar?te is used to describe both the Greek and Trojan characters, in o...

more day and this is granted. Jason lamely agues that his abandonment of her and their children is for the best. After formulating...