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In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

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

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...

In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

In five pages the ways in which characters are utilized by the playwrights as instruments by which the audience can be manipulated...

In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...

In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...

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

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

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

In five pages this paper discusses these kingly characters and their flaws in a consideration of what value if any their suffering...

In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...

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

The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...

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

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, ...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

"Hamlet," the troubled Danish prince is morose and troubled because, just a short time after his fathers death, his mother remarri...

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

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...

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

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

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

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

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

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