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murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

and in order to protect the city and its citizens, Oedipus was compelled to take drastic action. Also, he wished to cement his re...

In five pages essay examines how justice is conceptually portrayed in this tragic play by Sophocles. There are no other sources ...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...

plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...

In four pages this paper examines the play's good vs. evil conflict in a consideration of how divine power is dominated by demonic...

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...

This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

content of his disturbing dreams to Jocasta, her response was, What should a man fear? Its all chance, / chance rules our lives. ...

biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...

In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...

seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...

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

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

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