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Essays 481 - 510
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
more many people are punished for not heeding the word of God. There are numerous people and numerous situations presented in G...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...
in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...
In a paper consisting of 3 pages the different tones but common storylines that exist in these tales are compared. There are no o...
In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...
In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...
contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...
those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...
In four pages this paper examines the play's good vs. evil conflict in a consideration of how divine power is dominated by demonic...
In six pages this report compares these two Freudian childhood complexes. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....
In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...
As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...
This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...
In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...
In five pages the ways in which characters are utilized by the playwrights as instruments by which the audience can be manipulated...
In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...
In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...
his mother, he fulfills the prophesy. As Oedipus tells the story, one gets the sense that he is more than just a character. He is ...
In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...