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In seven pages this research paper considers parallels between the witch trials in Salem and the 'witch hunts' during the McCarthy...

In five pages the aspects of autobiography as they manifest themselves in performance art are considered in a discussion of Holly ...

He is someone who today would appear on the Jerry Springer Show. His life had always been dysfunctional and all he ever wanted was...

In 5 pages this paper discusses themes of personal integrity, bureaucracy strictures, and adolescent rebellion that are featured i...

them dream jobs. They are vivid, vibrant characters, though they are not especially likeable, and its easy to see that the life ha...

the whole town ultimately. Abigail is the main character and she is the one who instigates, or illuminates, the behaviors of all...

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

to the gods, who always punish it. And that is a second theme of the play, the folly of pride. By refusing to accept his own acti...

of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...

on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...

deeply offends the District Officer and his wife, Britons named Simon and Jane Parkinson (Scott, 2006). Things are further compl...

the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

In 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...

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 eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

This 6 page paper discusses the concept of true and false values in the play Death of a Salesman. The writer argues that Willy Lom...

Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....

behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

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...

In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the 1950s' play with the 1990s' film version with McCarthyism among the topics of ...

This 5 page paper gives an overview of how Oedipus was a victim of fate in Oedipus the King. This paper includes how Oedipus was a...

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

tumbles into despair. All the while, he treats his wife and sons quite negatively. This is not an uncommon scenario. A man has tro...

to death. Proctor, who places his pride above his life, chooses to die rather than comprise his principles so Abigail, though she ...