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the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

when the play opens, he has no knowledge that he has actually done so; he believes he was successful in avoiding the prophesy. Th...

charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...

in which a drunk calls Oedipus a "bastard," thus forcing him to the extreme of looking for the cause of the plague on the city whe...

The audience sees Oedipus to be a good and caring King, one who has a grasp of right and wrong. Oedipus is also shown to be a bit ...

is that so many people believe in ideals like Willys. In the end, what is show is that a man with so much potential ends up losing...

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

who others looked upon with envy, and characters who others judged for their actions and essential character. The paper looks at G...

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

This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...

logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...

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 ...

contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...

In eighteen pages this report considers how literary unities are to be represented in literary works with Sophocles following the ...

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...

of an omnipotent God, and therefore there is considerable debate as to whether the actions of a human being can be genuinely consi...

directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...

- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...

The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...

In eleven pages Queen Margaret in William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and Lady Percy in Shakespeare's historical play Henry IV...

well lead him into trouble. He is not a particularly observant man, nor an introspective one. He can be very imaginative and highl...

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

of perspective came about. Though various ploys were attempted to regain old sorts of power, in the end, there was a rise in the m...

readily recognized as nothing more than lies. In the story Measure for Measure, Shakespeare employs the use of spying/eav...

and expression than film where the camera is able to capture the most subtle suggestions of emotion through the use of a close -up...

of love" (Shakespeare I i). He sets the premise for keeping secrets when he informs the audience or reader that he hates Othello b...

to be successful. Iago does seem to make an impact on Roderigo at one point, however, when Roderigo claims imagines Desdemona and ...