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In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

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 ...

the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

In five pages this essay focuses upon Anouih's retelling of the classical Greek drama particularly in terms of the conflict betwee...

the subtle element of inference. The extent to which Oedipus Rex can be examined from a combination of behavioral perspecti...

Alabama because he was "invited here" and because of his "organizational ties" to the area (King). Statement of Understanding: H...

actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

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

Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...

(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...

The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

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

woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

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...

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...

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...

In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...

In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...