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the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...
In seven pages this paper answers questions regarding characters Iago, Othello, and Desdemona featured in William Shakespeare's Ot...
In nine pages this paper defends the title character of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. There is included a bibliography....
This paper discusses why Shakespeare's protagonist sufficiently qualifies as being a tragic hero in a consideration of the charact...
In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...
and quite unthinkingly into a marriage to his murderer, and was able to ignore the facts and clues that encircled her, pointing to...
the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...
"cannibals" and the "Anthropophagi." Captured by enemies, he endured slavery, it is clear that Othello suffered and accomplished ...
individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...
soldier, but hes also immediately associated in our minds with the spilling of blood. But blood also means the blood connection b...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
the characters and how they all go about trying to define the night and day while engaged in various activities. In the...
has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...
with Macbeth as Malcolm states, "Come, go we to the king; our power is ready;/ Our lack is nothing but our leave; Macbeth/ Is ripe...
the person seeking power truly does see how things can be improved if people listen to them. For example, in the simple of situati...
of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
sensibilities: "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else oerleap, / For in my way it lies. S...
me in the day of success, and I have learned by the perfectest report they have more in them than mortal knowledge. When I burned ...
In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...
logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
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 six pages this paper examines how the stage for violence is set through imagery in this tragic play by William Shakespeare in a...
In six pages this paper examines the thematic conflict of good versus evil as it manifests itself in this tragic play by William S...
In six pages this paper examines Macbeth's character and conscience in order to determine what propelled him to kill. There is no...
The powerful themes of temptation, guilt, heresy, and prophecy as they lend to the play's overall effectiveness are considered in ...