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the idea of honor is clearly that of Othello for his focus in the entire play has been on his own honor, which is why he killed hi...

the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

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

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

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

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

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

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

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

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

he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...

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

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....

his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...

Shakespeares characters that the audience (or the reader) immediately understands will not have an easy time of it. The story of "...

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

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

his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...

emotion, to act. But what is Iagos motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. At the same time, in reviewing...

content of his disturbing dreams to Jocasta, her response was, What should a man fear? Its all chance, / chance rules our lives. ...

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

In four pages this paper examines the play's good vs. evil conflict in a consideration of how divine power is dominated by demonic...

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

This paper compares and contrasts these two works by Shakespeare and Machiavelli. This seven page paper has three sources listed ...