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"heavy father ... [who] is often led into the vices and follies which he has reproved in his son" (Bates, 1906, vol. 1). These com...
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, ...
only option it seems is for him and Ohatsu to commit suicide. In the last lines of the poem he laments:...
there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...
A 22 page analysis of the play by Athol Fugard. The emphasis is one the various aspects of identity that permeate the play. The ...
In five pages this paper considers the tragedy of Hamlet not representing the two dimensions of Medieval heroes who act out of bli...
In eleven pages this paper discusses these plays by William Shakespeare in terms of the social status of women as depicted by the ...
assessments are largely accepted as valid (Smith Julius Caesar: An Abbreviated Textual History). Shakespeare, on the other hand, ...
In six pages this research paper considers the playwright's Holocaust observations and how they contribute to the play's meaning. ...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of the play Trifles and how it relates to the rights of women at the time. This paper includes...
There has been a debate about the impact of action and violent video and computer games on those who play them. This especially pe...
Special interest groups and propaganda played a strong role in Prohibition and they have played a strong role in drug laws today, ...
This essay pertains to the theme of chance and fate and their influence over the chance events that result in much the motivation ...
In a paper of ten pages, the writer looks at "Hamlet". Jungian archetypes are used to analyze the play's themes. Paper uses one so...
In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at Hamlet. Using textual evidence, an existential reading of the play's themes is give...
This essay offers a comparison between "Hamlet and "Death of a Salesman," which draws upon the Aristotelian criteria for tragedy....
ghost is the specter of his father, condemned to suffer "sulphurous and tormenting flames" (I.v.7) because he died without having ...
This essay describes the characterization of Romeo and the role that this plays in the tragedy, referring to both the original pla...
of the females role in society, which confined women exclusively to the home and the roles of wives and mothers, lingered well int...
peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...
of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...
is a social climber; and she has no respect for her husband or his scholarship, finding it and him both incredibly boring. She is ...
"Master Harold and the Boys" was first performed at Yale Repertory Theatre on March 12, 1982. Set in...
"Master Harold and the Boys" was first performed at Yale Repertory Theatre on March 12, 1982. Set in 1950 Apartheid South...
the notion that Jews were alien people among them and a threat to their perceived way of life. While many teachers resisted instru...
to death. Proctor, who places his pride above his life, chooses to die rather than comprise his principles so Abigail, though she ...
the best relationship to use in the poem. Hamlets relationship with Gertrude, his mother, is even more problematic, because he tu...
and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...
Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...
panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...