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In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...

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...

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

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 considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...

this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

to the gods, who always punish it. And that is a second theme of the play, the folly of pride. By refusing to accept his own acti...

individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...

of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

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...

declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...

he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

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....

Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....

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

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...

calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...

from a state of freedom to a willingness to submit to the states authority? This is the underlying question in the majority of hi...

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

that the object of thought is capable of being. Hume understands that, quite simplistically, the soul is simply . . . the soul. ...

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

helpful to examine how the Bible portrays both of these men. The story of Absalom is covered in the second book of Samuel, and beg...