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marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

modeled after his own life and experiences, including his relationship with the tormented Marilyn Monroe; however, Miller has neve...

young boss, Howard Wagner, about easier sales work in town. However, it soon becomes apparent that Willy is to be discarded by h...

he appears sincere and supportive, such as when Richard asks what one has said of him, and Buckingham replies "Nothing that I resp...

In five pages the three power wielding groups of the desire for emancipation for women, the false witchcraft accusations by girls,...

him. His long-suffering wife Linda bolsters Willy with her quiet strength. She allows him to groom sons Biff and Happy to excel ...

As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...

In six pages the play and its meaning are discussed within a contrasting context of what it meant to 1950s audiences and what it m...

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which the playwright's life is reflected in his most famous play are examined. Se...

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

This paper examines the classical works represented by Sophocles' Theban plays and Aeschylus's The Oresteia in 5 pages. Three sou...

In an essay consisting of five pages John Proctor's self sacrifice and the inspiration it represents in love's power to withstand ...

In this paper consisting of five pages the uses of setting and acting and how it may have either assisted or harmed the production...

tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...

pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...

inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

Rather Dionysus, Falstaff is his "Silenus, the fat, old drunken companion...(who) lends humor to Dionysian celebration" (367). Acc...

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

"Oedipus the King" (The Classics Pages: Antigone). Before Oedipus came onto the scene it seems that Creon may well have had a ch...

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

thunders crack or lightning flash; Advanced above pale envys threatening reach...Then, Aaron, arm thy heart, and fit thy thoughts....

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...

his fathers murder was Claudius elaborate conspiracy to become King, but he lacked sufficient proof to support his theory. When t...

secure the Democratic nomination for president. The answer to the question of just how Kerry managed to do so is quite complex an...

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

conservation of natural resources. Without such consciousness, the fate of the earth and humanity along with it is undeniably ble...