YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Contemporary Oedipus Imagery
Essays 601 - 630
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 five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...
In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...
murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...
In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...
As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...
In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...
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 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 ...
This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...
In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
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...
In five pages the ways in which characters are utilized by the playwrights as instruments by which the audience can be manipulated...
The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...
In 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
will; summation of all applicable elements will likely lead one to conclude that determinism played a significant and essential ro...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...
devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
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...
has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...
household. As a teen, he became enthralled with Islam and converted. Lindh came to reject everything America stands for. By active...
the population. The issue of environmental justice is one of great importance, since peoples health is at stake. "Environmental j...
The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...
for protection against the creature that has been terrorizing his subjects, Beowulf can hardly refuse. It is not simply because H...
certain of this opinion with his ideas of flatter organisations and the clover leaf structure he foresaw as meeting the needs of t...