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In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...

In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...

men...so that we must obey in these things" (Sophocles, 2002). Antigone makes it clear in her reply t hat she is fully aware that ...

her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...

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

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

both parents exploit the children and treat them as possessions whose primary purpose is to respond to the physical and/or emotion...

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

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

little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...

heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...

decreed a heros burial for Eteocles, but that no one, on pain of death, can offer funeral rites for Polynices and that his body sh...

about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...

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

left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...

not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...

In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts three major female theatrical protagonists Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea...

In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

In seven pages this essay contrasts morality as depicted in Plato's Apology and Sophocles' Antigone. Two sources are cited in t...

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...

This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...