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out in the soup and died which led to a banishment of all soup. Soup was a major part of the kingdom and as such the sun and rain ...

the work very quickly and this is attributable to the quality of the writing. An example comes from the first paragraph in the fir...

or around the bend. In Two Cities, Dickens uses a great deal of foreshadowing, and it starts with the very first line. "It was th...

could think of was his own breath, and then "Peace, he thought, and as quickly as the thought shaped itself, peace left him" (Shep...

matter) of making any kind of respectable marriage. Yet she somehow manages to allow Genji into her heart. The lady, howev...

is that so many people believe in ideals like Willys. In the end, what is show is that a man with so much potential ends up losing...

watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...

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

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

when the play opens, he has no knowledge that he has actually done so; he believes he was successful in avoiding the prophesy. Th...

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...

In 5 pages, this paper considers how the tragedy of Oedipus differs from the comedy Lysistrata. There are 3 additional sources in...

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

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...

In five pages the basic ironic construction of this opera by Verdi is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act V, Scene ii), As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii), Richard III (Act I, Scene ii), The...

In five pages the Theban plays of Sophocles are examined in a consideration of responsibility, fate, and their power. One other s...

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

These ribald stories featured in The Canterbury Tales and the class conflicts they represent are discussed in this paper consistin...

In five pages the role greed plays in the literary works No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, Candide by Voltaire, and Antigone by Sophocl...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...

the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...

Cordelia do? Love, and be silent" (Shakespeare I i). She is completely dismissed by her father, yet she still succeeds in becoming...

term in their prophetic greeting of Macbeth. The first witch hails Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," the second as "Thane of Cawdor an...

we see Roderigo and Iago discussing the fact that this Moor, Othello, exists and is now in a position of power within the masters ...

soliloquy, to be or not to be. Even as early as this, there is a good argument for Hamlets strategy unfolding. His motivation for ...

very easy to do so because she has been a kind and loving daughter. In truth, he had hoped that she would have married someone lik...

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...