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Ignorance is Bliss Theme in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

Penance Rather Than Death in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the moral belief in atonement as represented by the irony and symbolism featured in Oedipus Rex...

'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio

In three pages this essay discusses how these tales reflected the changing society of the 14th century as a result of the Black De...

Marie de France by Dante

In three pages this essay considers how the passion Marie de France and her lover share is compared with her contention God suppor...

Chorus Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' vs. Hazel Motes in Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood'

In four pages this essay analyzes the differences between the Chorus and Hazel Motes in the finales of these works. There is no b...

Visions of Euripides and Sophocles

In four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...

Creon's Patriotism in Antigone by Sophocles

In three pages this essay examines the patriotism of Creon who thinks he has the support of the gods in this analysis of Antigone....

Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

Blind Oedipus

In seven pages this essay discusses how Oedipus was able to 'see' certain things after blinding himself, from this knowledge he ga...

'Man is born free yet everywhere he's in chains' According to The Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages this claim by Jean Jacques Rousseau is analyzed. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Do Matter, Time, and Space Coexist?

In fourteen pages this essay examines the perspectives of theorists and philosophers including Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Ren...

Social Solidarity and Emile Durkheim

In three pages this essay defines the concept of social solidarity as glimpsed from Emile Durkheim's perspective and then applied ...

External Objects, Human Perception and the 'Representationalism' of John Locke

In six pages this research paper considers An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in an analysis of Locke's representation of how...

Issues in 'The Antichrist' by Friedrich Nietzsche

In twenty five pages this essay discusses the predictions of Friedrich Nietzsche featured in The Antichrist as they regard science...

Modern Youth and Nihilism

In five pages this essay examines the 'street culture' of young black men and how they illustrate concepts of nihilism. Four sour...

Subjectivism Versus Emotionism

This philosophical essay examines the relationship between subjectivism and emotionism. This five page paper has one source listed...

Life and Man Viewed Across the Cultural Divide

Aristotle, Native Indian and Hindu philosophers had varying philosophies of life and the nature of man. This essay compares Aristo...

Meditation on Knowledge and Philosophy of Rene Descartes

In two pages this essay considers Descartes' doubt methodology as it is represented in this Meditation. There is no bibliography ...

'Design' by Robert Frost

In about eight pages this essay discusses the life and works of poet Robert Frost and also presents a poetic explication of 'Desig...

'To Lucasta' by Richard Lovelace

In two pages this essay analyzes this love poem in terms of the poet's descriptive language and its emotional attributes. There i...

My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

This essay offers an analystical discussion of Browning's most famous poem, My Last Duchess. The writer discusses the dramatic si...

Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess/Browning

This essay discusses Browning's exper use of dramatic monologue in Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess. Through the use of this...

Dream State Validity and 'Ode to a Nightingale' by John Keats

popularity until his death. It is true that his poetry reflects a growing resentment of his critics and an apparent acceptance of...

The Imprint of Religions on Nations

and their ministers are Rabbis. China, on the other hand, is primarily Buddhist. Is any one religion better than...

Stephen L. Carter's Culture of Disbelief

In six pages this essay provides a summary and analysis of Carter's text. Bibliography includes a full text citation....

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Religion

In a research essay that consists of ten pages a correlation between obsessive religious practices and the psychological malady kn...

Theology and Psychology Integration

of this relationship is further evidenced in the fact that Cambridge University recently created a new academic chair for the stud...

'Righteous' Biblical Noah

In four pages this essay quotes the Holy Bible and the Torah in an assessment of Noah as righteous. Six sources are cited in the ...

Dreams and Whether or Not They Are Meaningful

Using the concepts of Thomas Aquinas this essay consisting of three pages discusses why dream symbolism is meaningful in terms of ...

Strepsiades, Socrates, and The Clouds by Aristophanes

on their own account." The disciple shows Strepsiades a globe used for astronomy and a map used for geometry. Strepsiades see...