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Essays 271 - 300
short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...
In eighteen pages this report considers how literary unities are to be represented in literary works with Sophocles following the ...
marrying the widowed Jocasta, he inherited not only a throne but also hoped in so doing he would also earn the social acceptabilit...
with Teiresias (Johnston). It seems odd to some, but the quarrel makes sense if we understand Oedipus as someone who sees things i...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
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...
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...
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...
In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...
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...
This paper tracks the history of Jewish beliefs and rituals, from the Matriarchs up to the Hebrew Union College. The author also ...
In three pages this paper examines community based nursing and its associated issues within the context of Imogene King's theories...
In five pages this research paper examines cultural assumptions and how they influence historical sources pertaining to slave trad...
In four pages communications analysis of King's famous 1963 speech is presented in a consideration of the speech's structure, orga...
In three pages this paper examines Stephen King's horror novel with an analysis of how the supernatural is presented along with at...
In eight pages this essay considers Dr. King's Where Do We Go From Here Chaos or Community? and compares the conditions to 30 yea...
In five pages this paper examines the media's role in presenting Martin Luther King's civil rights' message in a consideration of ...
In five pages this paper examines the changes in leadership in Israel from PM Benjamin Netanyahu to Ehud Barak and in Jordan from ...
In five pages this biographical text by Dyson is critically analyzed in terms of presentation of subject and how the author occasi...
In five pages this paper examines King's 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' in a consideration of the effectiveness of nonviolence an...
in New York City after he testified before an investigatory commission on bribery and graft he had witnessed among officers for th...