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were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....

In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...

of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

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...

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...

individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...

her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

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...

In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...

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...