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Definitive Tragedies? Death of a Salesman and Oedipus the King

In a paper that consists of three pages the elements of these plays are examined in terms of similarities and differences in order...

'Oedipus the King' and 'Chinatown'

no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...

Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy Themes

In four pages this paper examines the characters, chorus, women, and state 'spiritual bankruptcy' theme featured in Sophocles' Oed...

Character Analysis of Creon in Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles

contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...

Changes in King Oedipus

the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope. After learning that he was not their true son, Oedipus set out to find his real parents...

Henry the Sixth by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Niccolo Machiavelli

In twenty pages this paper discusses how the statesmanship concept of Niccolo Machiavelli manifests itself in Parts One, Two, and ...

Frank Wedekind's Spring's Awakening

erotic scenes, the researcher will note, Wedekind plays out the boys attractions and fantasies about their sexual attractions. In...

No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

In eight pages this Existentialist play is examined in terms of the contention that its theme is the notion that hell is other peo...

Caliban's Treatment by Prospero in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

the most inept such plots in theater-but we can see it as his attempt to revenge himself upon the man who stole his island from hi...

Opium and the Life of Thomas DeQuincey's as Revealed in Confessions Of An English Opium Eater

English Romantic Thomas DeQuincey no only used opium but was addicted to it. It possessed his life and played a critical role in ...

The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard

In eleven pages the 1961 play is examined in terms of the effects of the culture and history of South Africa in its textual conten...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Disillusionment

truly found happiness in his small level of success. It is simply his nature to have dreamed big and ignorantly, never having poss...

Law and Order in Society

(Chambliss, 1976). Furthermore, as noted by Snider (1993) there is often seen a reluctance on the part of the capitalist governm...

August Wilson's Fences

character: he creates a strong sense of responsibility in his family and yet cheats on his wife (Wilson, 2005). But when his mist...

August Wilson: Fences: The Relationship between Cory and Troy

Troy illustrates that at one point in his childhood, when he was 14, he became a man and stood up against his father, no longer fe...

Marxist Viewpoint on Rational Choice

theories that serve to establish a basis upon which law enforcement and behavioral experts can better understand the reason for it...

Thematic Elements of Machiavelli's Mandragola

sense. After all, it is a comedy and many comedies at least hint at politics. The author also points out that Mandragola is not a ...

Social Hierarchy and Imperialism

process, Ho Chi Minh claims that more than two million Vietnamese died of starvation, a result not only of French preoccupation wi...

Human Resources and Organizational Employee Relationship Shaping

leadership at the helm, the approach can do more harm than good. Generally realized when people are imparted with the abili...

Events and Key Players of the American Revolution

colonists from making their own money. The Stamp Act placed taxation on almost all paper product goods: "all printed materials are...

Holocaust and Ordinary Individuals

1997; 9). His work focuses on explaining why these people, these ordinary people, were often a part of the horrific realities. ...

Cinematic Interpretations of Hamlet

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

Counseling Process and the Importance of Culture and Cultural Identity

next was through storytelling. In fact, storytelling has become known as one of the primary ways that history has been taught thr...

The Character of Troy Maxson

affair as forgivable. Of course, that is not all he does. Still, when evaluating this character as a whole, there is a sense of mo...

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

the one who is primarily the main focus of the play and it is her collection that bears the title of the story, as she collects gl...

Ancient Greek Theatre, Sophrosyne and Hubris

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

Comparative Analysis of Military Power's Role Throughout History

all-hearing media leech that hovers over some of the most vital - yet dangerous - decision-making processes, broadcasting to the w...

Chorus' Role in Medea by Euripides and Agamemnon by Aeschylus

Medeas chorus is intent upon pointing out the downfall of one of mythologys most important literary motifs: power and the tragic h...

Spirituality and Religion in Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

hopefulness here in Comala; instead, the air is heavy with an oppressive guilt that is positively stifling. It soon becomes readi...

Twelfth Night and the Element of Disguise

ties this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In su...