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he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...

In a paper consisting of five pages these female characters are compared and contrasted in terms of their focus and personal devel...

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...

actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...

good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back...

that the fact that death is common does nothing to diminish Hamlets grief. Hamlet picks up her use of the words "seems," however, ...

acts cowardly. Much of this comes from predictions of three witches, and after the deaths begin, the witches make further predicti...

In eight pages singer Hector Lavoe's tragic life and contributions to Latino music are examined. Six sources are cited in the bib...

In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...

In six pages William Shakespeare's protagonist is analyzed in terms of his emotional extremes, which collectively represent his tr...

love of Othello for Desdemona, while it seemed to hold such optimistic promise in the beginning, was so excessive, it blinded him ...

In ten pages this report discusses the play's tragic characteristics that exist despite its twentieth century setting and the ways...

In five pages this paper examines the tragic life story of military officer and James Bond series author Ian Fleming. Five source...

esteemed Senator Brabantio. She has maintained a childish naivet? about the world, because she has not seen much of it, beyond th...

In five pages this novel by Mary Shelley is analyzed in order to determine whether or not the character of Frankenstein qualifies ...

In five pages Octavius Caesar, Enobarbus, Cleopatra, and Antony are analyzed in order to determine which emerges as the most tragi...

("Introduction"). An example of this might be the concept of the senseless murder. Some suggest that this is an oxymoron. After al...

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

had erred so completely, even though he did so unknowingly, his only recourse was to take his own life. In Fight Club, then, th...

him. He is a man who holds to the laws of his people, he is strong and courageous, and he is fairly well defined. But events take ...

importance to his life, telling her, "Youre my foundation and my support" (18). Everything he did was ultimately rooted in love f...

several attacks that effectively took down three planes and it is thought that two others were destroyed as well (1998). The ene...

his carefully crafted public persona. For an ambitious couple like Lord and Lady Macbeth, in a monarchy like Scotland, there was ...

forty and has epilepsy. However, the source of Jessies psychic pain is not her condition, but rather the fact that she has never ...

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...