YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Penance Rather Than Death in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Essays 271 - 300
Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...
with Teiresias (Johnston). It seems odd to some, but the quarrel makes sense if we understand Oedipus as someone who sees things i...
In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
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In five pages this paper examines how Oedipus exemplifies the Athenian male ideal. There are no other sources cited....
In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...
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were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...
In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....
In five pages the Theban plays of Sophocles are examined in a consideration of responsibility, fate, and their power. One other s...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...
kill his father and marry his mother. He left his home so that this would not happen, but he did not know that his father and moth...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
(La Machine Infernale), Oedipus is a man of great looks with an ego to match, but of what could best be described as limited intel...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
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people in the same manner, with confidence, sarcasm, and wit. In the scene under discussion we see "the pink one" asking Psmith, "...
In six pages this research paper examines Dan Rather's journalistic memoir that describes his coverage of such events as President...
generation. Children should come to school with a family-engrained set of values that prepares them to interact civilly with their...
and evolve addiction studies. Problem Statement This paragraph helps the student begin to frame the problem to be explored ove...
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