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This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...
In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...
to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...
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 page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...
did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...
In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...
Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...
In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...
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...
This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...
In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...
intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...
of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...
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...
the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...
This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
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 ...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...
on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...