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How in Greek Tragedies Adultery Leads to Murder

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

'Trunk Theater' and Euripides' Medea

In five pages this paper examines a 'trunk theater' rural school production of Medea, the Greek tragedy by Euripides....

Tragedy That is Not Tragic in 'Night Mother'

forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

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

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Guilt of Queen Gertrude

In five pages this paper discusses how the play's text reveals the Danish queen to be guilty of adultery and murder conspiracy in ...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Social Values

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

Differing Views of Tragedy by Assorted Philosophers

of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...

Aristotelian Tragedy of Oedipus Rex

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

Capital Punishment in Islam

Satanic Verses spoke against Islam and because Rushdie was raised Muslim, he became one of the most visible and obvious choices fo...

Scarlet Letter/Sin of A Guilty Heart

its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...

The Issue of Adultery

wants to hear about it. In addition, cliches such as "The grass is always greener on the other side" abound, and did not become ...

Greek Tragedy and Antigone, a Tragedy by Jean Anouil and The Flies by Jean Paul Sartre

her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...

Rauchway/Murdering McKinley

that Roosevelt succeeded in causing the majority of Americans and many historians to forget about McKinley in the wake of Roosevel...

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In four pages this paper examines how Truman Capote effectively combined the novel form with the real life murder of the Clutter f...

Dreams in Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

give clues as to what is going on in the mind and the past of the person having it. She convincingly creates a context for dream s...

Ennis Cosby's Life and Premature Death

In five pages this essay examines a Time magazine article on the short life and murder of Bill Cosby's only son Ennis....

Abortion

viable human being but that in itself should indicate that a human being has no right to take the life of a fetus because it is no...

The King’s to Blame

ever written, and it continues to excite audiences because of Shakespeares masterful examination of the psychological aspects of i...

The Role of the Gods in "Medea"

they were interested in seeing this story play out once again, and that they found meaning in it. It seems logical to assume that ...

Murdering a Friend in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

This paper examines why Marcus Brutus would murder his friend Julius Caesar in a five page analysis of William Shakespeare's histo...

Desdemona's Murder in Othello by William Shakespeare

really be proven wrong, and the only thing that Othello has to go on is really the word of his wife who he ultimately disbelieves....

What Oedipus Rex Means to Greek Culture

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

Contemporary Era and Antigone by Sophocles

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

Oedipus by Sophocles and its Structure

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

Lines 954 to 997 in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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

Medea and Light Symbols

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...

Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

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

Teiresias' Importance in Antigone and Oedipus

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

Greek Tragedy Characteristics of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

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