Essays 1 - 30
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...
extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...
kill his father and marry his mother. He left his home so that this would not happen, but he did not know that his father and moth...
evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...
one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...
(La Machine Infernale), Oedipus is a man of great looks with an ego to match, but of what could best be described as limited intel...
In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...
In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...
In a paper consisting of three pages the protagonist's distinguishing between appearances and reality is assessed in these works b...
no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...
logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...
In five pages this paper compares Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with the plays by William Shakespeare in terms of their similarities and ...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...
In a paper consisting of five pages ways in which organic unity serves as an important function in ths plots of these ancient Gree...
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 paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...
In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...
In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...
In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...
In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...
murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...
In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...
In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...
This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...
More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...
not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...
This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...
In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...