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In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...
This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...
The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...
A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...
In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...
audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...
bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...
upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...
In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...
- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...
blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...
homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...
slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...
of an omnipotent God, and therefore there is considerable debate as to whether the actions of a human being can be genuinely consi...
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 ...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...
inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
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 gives an overview of how Oedipus was a victim of fate in Oedipus the King. This paper includes how Oedipus was a...
Kings plea for assistance in his crusade, Oedipus demands to know why, and is shocked to hear the words, "You are the murderer, yo...
in this work goes into the Great Families of Mythology and provides information on The House of Atreus, The Royal House of Thebes,...
not-so-classic sci-fi approach in the storytelling process allows the audience to wonder along with the main character, Neo, if it...
tale is primarily told in a book titled "The Hobbit," wherein he has many adventures and comes into possession of the one ring of ...
In five pages this paper discusses the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's play in terms of plot and performance....
This paper consists of 5 pages and discusses plot, purpose, characterizations, structural strategy and how the conclusion reflects...
In four pages this review includes discussion of character and plot development, staging, and considers how they support the actio...