YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Creons Patriotism in Antigone by Sophocles
Essays 151 - 180
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...
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...
individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...
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...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
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...
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...
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 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 contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...
In 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...
In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...
In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...
This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...
For her part, Antigone - sister of Polyneices and daughter-in-law of Creon - chooses to ignore the self-importance of Creon and ad...
the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers--in English, Hebrew and Arabic" (Bush). However, having invoke...
did not perceive the Civil War in terms of right or wrong, but in terms of patriotism and the sentiment "right or wrong, my countr...
allowed him to keep French troops from fighting alongside the Nazis. The alliance of the French troops was indeed a matter of spe...
anything to do with the red, white and blue. This displaying of our nations colors however, is only the most immediate and obviou...
devastation wreaked on their homeland in those wars. Countless examples of this sort of cultural awareness are not going to be neg...
he presents. There is pain and violence and death in Hemingways world, and he struggles to show his readers this aspect of life....
were specifically constructed to entertain royalty, it was the impassioned actions of his characters that leave little doubt that ...
In five pages this paper examines the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in terms of its m...
In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares nationalism and patriotism in a consideration of differences and similarities. There...