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

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

In seven pages this paper examines the conflict of man's struggles in accepting duties and responsibilities to the polis from the ...

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

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Soyinka's The King's Horseman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King in terms of how thes...

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

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

In four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...

evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...

This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

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

no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

In five pages this paper compares Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with the plays by William Shakespeare in terms of their similarities and ...

In four pages this paper examines the characters, chorus, women, and state 'spiritual bankruptcy' theme featured in Sophocles' Oed...

In five pages this 2nd portion of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy is summarized and analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

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...

will ultimately cause her her life. Antigone pleads and does whatever she can possibly think of to get an honorable burial for ...

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

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...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...

inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

"Oedipus the King" (The Classics Pages: Antigone). Before Oedipus came onto the scene it seems that Creon may well have had a ch...

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...