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Essays 181 - 210
the "promissory note" that was made to each and every American when the Constitution was written (King, 1963). He and the group ha...
enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...
pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...
(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...
on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...
Dr. King does indeed work to build his credibility during his speech although it was probably not as necessary in his particular s...
in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...
violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...
The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...
upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...
to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...
prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...
short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...
In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...
In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...
In five pages this essay discusses the moral belief in atonement as represented by the irony and symbolism featured in Oedipus Rex...
In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...
did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...
This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...
following drug abuses were evaluated, marijuana, glue, other drugs, bought or drank alcohol, or drank alcohol at school. Wh...
Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...
In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...
In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...
This 4 page paper offers a sample structured therapy case with assessment/evaluation, background, and treatment plan for a boy suf...
of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...
highly dysfunctional family adopted survival behaviors a long time before the play begins. Instead of getting mired in the chaos f...