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The Uncommon Man's Tragedy and Aristotle

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

Uncertain Visions in Oedipus the King and Othello

In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...

Sophocles' Oedipus the King versus The Book of Job

In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...

Play and Film Versions of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

This paper consists of six pages in which comparisons are made between Oedipus and Ibsen's heroine Nora Helmer along with a compar...

Greek Mythology and Literature and the Gods' Incestuous Relationships

contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...

Close Readings/Darker Face of the Earth & Oedipus

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

Oedipus’ Trial

and queen of Corinth. As a young man, Oedipus heard the prophecy that he would murder his father and marry his mother. Thinking th...

Oedipus and Lysistrata: Tragedy and Comedy

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...

Oedipus and Lysistrata: Women

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...

What is Tragic Destiny?

or swordfights, etc. Instead, the action here "consists in nothing other than the process of revealing, with cunning delays and ev...

Hamlet and Oedipus as Avengers

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

Creon in Oedipus the King and Antigone

deed in this our present trouble, I care not to prolong the span of life, Thus ill-reputed; for the calumny Hits not a single blot...

Study Guide/Oedipus the King & Darker Face of the Earth

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

Does Oedipus Receive Justice?

the way; at the same time, the "old man," who was watching carefully, "struck me from his carriage, / full on the head with his tw...

Two Views of "Oedipus Rex"

in which a drunk calls Oedipus a "bastard," thus forcing him to the extreme of looking for the cause of the plague on the city whe...

Industrial Psychology; Explaining Enron

with several different players each able to avoid feeling personally responsible there was a lack of a real moral compass. ...

A Theory Explaining Illicit Drug Use

congenital biological or psychological factors that lead so many others to addiction. It might be because of a combination of upb...

Using Statistical Analysis and Explaining Probability

collected on the same date each month, the 12th. However, even during a day there are a number of different data points which coul...

Explaining Utility Maximization with the Use of Indifference Curves

link between the value of labor input and price of a good (Marx, 1999). The problem with this approach is the way in which it as s...

Explaining Present Value Calculations

This 3 page paper examines the way that some present values can be calculated, talking the student through questions that they hav...

Policy Failure Explained by Information Theory

In six pages this report discusses information theory and public policy and if failure can be explained through 'implementation th...

Suicide and Cults Explained

Religious cults have been a fact of life for years, but the phenomenon of mass suicides has recently engrossed the public. This pa...

Gangs Explained Through Deviance Sociological Theory

This paper examines in five pages how gangs are explained through an application of the deviance sociological theory that includes...

Outsourcing Explained in the Context of Coase's Nature of the Firm

is made by looking at the trade-off and the margin between the relative transaction costs impacting on the external and internal e...

Durang's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All and Moliere's Tartuffe Compared

is so powerful to witness how Moliere never overtly describes the religious hypocrisy at hand, but instead shows the fervor with w...

Pain Paradox Explained

to our body. When it is prolonged it is forcing us to rest and heal" (Moorland Dentistry, 2003). However, " The severity of the pa...

Explaining the Recession of 2001

no one knows whether the present economy is a garden-variety Old Economy inventory cycle, or a more serious New Economy collapse t...

Explaining the Stroop Effect Phenomenon

"yellow", and "blue" they might give the correct response of "green" followed by two incorrect responses of "blue" and green". Mo...

Sex Offending Explained

of sex crimes, however. Sexual violence often targets children as well (Nester, 1998). The issues surrounding child abuse alone ...

Oil Prices Explained Through Economic Theory

until sufficient buyers are attracted to the market with the lower prices to take up the excess demand (Nellis and Parker, 2000). ...