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In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...

those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...

In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...

In six pages these societies are contrasted and compares as they relate to philosophies expressed in the Bible and the writings of...

In seven pages this paper examines the conflict of man's struggles in accepting duties and responsibilities to the polis from the ...

In 5 pages this paper examines righteousness and how Antigone is responding to a higher authority by breaking the law in this trag...

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

In a paper consisting of three pages the protagonist's distinguishing between appearances and reality is assessed in these works b...

In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...

In five pages this paper examines the cunning Odysseus in this work by Sophocles. There are no other sources cited....

In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...

In 1178 Maimonides completed Mishneh Torah, what he had hoped would be a compete authoritative code of Jewish law (both Oral and W...

In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...

the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...

pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...

brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...

for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, themes, and morality issues that are addressed in Antigone by Sophocles. There...