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concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...
In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...
the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...
the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...
of in a negative light. On the other hand, Oedipus Rex is also someone who is seemingly trying to help to find the true murderer o...
events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
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 ...
more many people are punished for not heeding the word of God. There are numerous people and numerous situations presented in G...
In two pages Catholicism's traditional meaning is contrasted with the view presented in Quindlen's contemporary interpretation....
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 a paper consisting of 3 pages the different tones but common storylines that exist in these tales are compared. There are no o...
In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...
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 research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
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 perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 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...
Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...
of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...
on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...
the need and perception ideas change, but evidences the fact that they do not, and ideas remain. Lunbeck, Elizabeth 2000. Identit...
This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...