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In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...

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

In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

In five pages the Theban plays of Sophocles are examined in a consideration of responsibility, fate, and their power. One other s...

Her 1999 volume of poetry, "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" exemplifies the ways in which Dove captures a moment, sees it for what it ...

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

content of his disturbing dreams to Jocasta, her response was, What should a man fear? Its all chance, / chance rules our lives. ...

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

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

The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...

In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....

and in order to protect the city and its citizens, Oedipus was compelled to take drastic action. Also, he wished to cement his re...

In five pages essay examines how justice is conceptually portrayed in this tragic play by Sophocles. There are no other sources ...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

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

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...