Essays 61 - 90
In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...
nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...
In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...
a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...
In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...
In five pages this essay discusses the complexities involved with the citizen example served by Oedipus the King in Sophocles' pla...
his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...
In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...
A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...
This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...
Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...
and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...
Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...
end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...
in this work goes into the Great Families of Mythology and provides information on The House of Atreus, The Royal House of Thebes,...
In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...
he is blind than when he sees. "Light, to the ancient Greeks, was beauty, intellect, virtue, indeed represented life itself" (Gree...
consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...
birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...
of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...
her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...
Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...
devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...
position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...
city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...
content of his disturbing dreams to Jocasta, her response was, What should a man fear? Its all chance, / chance rules our lives. ...