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others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...
evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...
In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...
bent, has produced in him that blindness to human limitations, and that presumptuous self-will" (282). It becomes readily apparen...
In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....
In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...
This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...
one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...
kill his father and marry his mother. He left his home so that this would not happen, but he did not know that his father and moth...
extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...
(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...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...
have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...
In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...
This 5 page paper gives an overview of how Oedipus was a victim of fate in Oedipus the King. This paper includes how Oedipus was a...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...
In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...
This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...
birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Soyinka's The King's Horseman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King in terms of how thes...
her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...
In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...
concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...
More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...
In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...
This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...