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in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...

In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...

In 5 pages this paper compares O'Neill's play with Greek tragedies in a consideration of similarities, differences, and morality. ...

tortured marriage. The world of George and Martha is a closed, stagnant environment. It is filled with highly destructive element...

Thyestes and his brother were rivals for the throne of Mycenae. Atreus was married to Aerope. Thyestes seduced Aerope. He was a...

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

running into pre-menopause here, why dont you visit your mother for a while." One of Medeas concerns is her own private humiliati...

In twelve pages this paper discusses Mumia Abu Jamal's 1982 trial as a tragedy worthy of a Greek epic. Ten sources are cited in t...

In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...

his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...

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

wife of Agamemnon who has been off fighting the Trojan War for ten years. The goddess Artemis had left the fleet organized by Aga...

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

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

Poetics by Aristotle is used as a springboard for this topic. Aristotle's take on tragedy is the focus of this paper. This five ...

The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...

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

events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...

endeavor and not one that was expected to take very long. However, this routine project turned into a disaster primarily becaus...

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

drama when Medea finds that she has been betrayed she cries to the heavens and says, "Come, Flame of the sky! Pierce through my he...

the Sophoclean template, time should also be compressed and restricted, with the action of the play taking no more than one day. B...

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

In reaction, the nurse relates that Medea, "the hapless wife, thus scorned...lies fasting, yielding her body to her grief, wasting...

seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

In ten pages this research paper examines how the Greek perspective of tragedy is featured in Euripides' plays The Women of Troy a...

In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...