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many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

However, Antigone dared to do just that. Her brothers Polyneices and Eteocles fought on opposite sides and when both were killed ...

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...

brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...

pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...

in order to insure passage to the underworld. The Underworld in this mythology was not a particularly happy place; it was a gloomy...

is apparent in Hamlet in many ways. First, when Polonius asks Hamlet what hes reading, Hamlet says "Words, words, words" (II.ii.19...

classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...

The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...

In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...

actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

In five pages this paper argues that Antigone is the first feminist work. There are no other sources listed....

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

In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...

The tragedies these leaders experience that lead them onto a path of self knowledge are the focus of this paper consisting of five...

In six pages this report compares these two Freudian childhood complexes. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

In a paper consisting of 3 pages the different tones but common storylines that exist in these tales are compared. There are no o...

he was the victim of an unspeakable crime: it was prophesied that Laius would die by his sons hand, and so when Oedipus was born, ...

events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...

more many people are punished for not heeding the word of God. There are numerous people and numerous situations presented in G...

if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...

been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...

all. However, Hamlet does not see it this way and becomes very angry with his mother for marrying Claudius. Because of this, Ham...

becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...

his mother, he fulfills the prophesy. As Oedipus tells the story, one gets the sense that he is more than just a character. He is ...