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In five pages essay examines how justice is conceptually portrayed in this tragic play by Sophocles. There are no other sources ...
on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...
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 three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...
In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...
the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...
The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...
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...
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...
In four pages this paper examines the characters, chorus, women, and state 'spiritual bankruptcy' theme featured in Sophocles' Oed...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...
In five pages this 2nd portion of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy is summarized and analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...
Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...
In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...
Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...
Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...
As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...