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Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Motifs of the Sea and 'Seeing'

In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...

Short Essay Responses to Questions About Othello by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper answers questions regarding characters Iago, Othello, and Desdemona featured in William Shakespeare's Ot...

How Othello is Admired by Others in the First Act, Third Scene of Othello by William Shakespeare

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

Hamlet, Oedipus, and the Theme of Illusion v. Reality

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

Comparing and Defining Tragic Heroes

This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...

Oedipus Saga in Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonnus

In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...

Oedipus's Struggle in Sophocles' Oedipus the King

This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...

Works of Sophocles and Homer and the Gods

In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...

Medea, Oedipus Rex and Cruelty

Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...

Mythic Figures Teiresias and Oedipus

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...

Gods and Violence in the Works of Statius, Sophocles, and Homer

This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...

Tragic Greek Heroes Oedipus and Prometheus

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

Classical Literature and the Portrayal of the 'Faustian Bargain'

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

Religion in Two Plays: “The Darker Face of the Earth” and “Oedipus Rex”

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

Oedipus the King: Character

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

Puns in the Plays of William Shakespeare

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Shakespeare's puns evoke irony, humor, and eroticism in The Taming of the Shrew, As You...

'What is Man?' and William Shakespeare's King Lear

In four pages the question regarding the nature of man is examined within the context of William Shakespeare's King Lear....

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and its 2 Couples

In five pages Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero are contrasted and compared in this analysis of William Shakespeare's Muc...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Value of Irony

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the significance of dramatic irony in this Shakespearean tragedy in terms of character and plot dev...

Irony, Tone, and Style of Othello by William Shakespeare

fears he shall be poor" (Shakespeare III iii). In this we can see that "The word content is used to represent Othello s current si...

Tension Between Individual and Group in Sophocles’ Oedipus Trilogy

Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...

Overview of Postmodern Views on William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

Gertrude in Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Jocasta in Oedipus the King by Sophocles Compared

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

Patriarchy and William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages this paper examines how the social patriarchy victimizes Othello and his bride Desdemona in an analysis of Othello b...

Governance Views in William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Sophocles' Antigone

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

Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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

Othello and Iago's Views of the World

discussing Othello, Roderigo blatantly refers to Othello in derogatory terms by calling him "the thick lips" which directly single...

Emilia's Importance to Othello by William Shakespeare

Iago as evil, but what is Iagos true motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. Yet, he seems to be somewhat p...

Racism in Othello

seem that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, the man that Othello favored for promotion over Iago. Convinced that Desdemon...

Othello and Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Othello

fall upon my life" (Shakespeare I iii). In this he is leaving it all up to his wife and her father, nobly demonstrating that he do...