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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 ...

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

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

In five pages Sophocles' Oedipus is examined in terms of the relationship between the fates and the protagonist in a consideration...

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 philosophical debate regarding determinism versus free will with the use of the texts Donald...

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

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

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...

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

a man. She is fighting to ensure that he has a proper burial and she has no thoughts for herself. Ismene simply wants to be a good...

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

Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...

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

of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

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

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

This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...