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

on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

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

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

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

Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...

the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...

has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...

In five pages this paper examines the King's role in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons and William Shakespeare's King Lear. The...

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

In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...

In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

In a paper consisting of five pages ways in which organic unity serves as an important function in ths plots of these ancient Gree...

In five pages this paper examines how King Lear's identity search fuels the plot for this Shakespearean tragedy. There are no oth...

appropriate, her husband will have "half" her "care and duty" (I.i.104). Her response enrages Lear and he sees her reasoned respon...

In six pages this paper considers King Lear's relationship with his two older daughters Goneril and Regan and his favorite, younge...

jealousy. His inherent nature does not want him to believe such lies. We see this throughout the story as he is constantly confuse...

first act. The play opens with Lear deciding to divide his kingdom among his daughters. He is getting old and no longer wants the...