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In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

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

In this paper that contains twelve pages famous cases such as Planned Parenthood v. Casey in Pennsylvania consider the husband's r...

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

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

In five pages this paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...

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

The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...

In five pages a September 9, 1998 editorial featured in The Arizona Republic involving a wife's efforts to protect her daughter wh...

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

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...

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

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

and in order to protect the city and its citizens, Oedipus was compelled to take drastic action. Also, he wished to cement his re...

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

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...

his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...

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

he is blind than when he sees. "Light, to the ancient Greeks, was beauty, intellect, virtue, indeed represented life itself" (Gree...