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in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...

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

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

This 58 page paper looks at the way in which pure play internet banks, such as First Direct and Egg, may be able to create value. ...

and is not open to the charge of flattery" (Plato). While Socrates then discusses the love of youth, possibly referring to having ...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...

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

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...

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

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

way out of his situation at all because no matter what he does to avoid the killing of his father and marrying his mother he has n...

the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

In eighteen pages this report considers how literary unities are to be represented in literary works with Sophocles following the ...

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

The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

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

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...