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Jocasta/Maternity in Oedipus Rex

is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...

Considerations in Criminal Arrest

Probable cause may be based on a number of factors. The first of these is the personal experiences of the arresting officer. An ...

Harassing Behaviors Have Negative Outcomes

One set of scholars suggested that harassment is so widespread, it should be classified as a significant international health prob...

Conflict And Crime Control Models Versus Consensus And Due Process Models

crime speaks to how competition and inequitable distribution of norms and values play a significant role in why race and crime are...

Oedipus: Guilty or Innocent?

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

Oedipus Explained

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

Predetermination in “Oedipus Rex”

Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...

Okonkwo and Oedipus

way out of his situation at all because no matter what he does to avoid the killing of his father and marrying his mother he has n...

Apollo and Oedipus

he is blind than when he sees. "Light, to the ancient Greeks, was beauty, intellect, virtue, indeed represented life itself" (Gree...

The Tragic Flaw in Oedipus

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

Hamlet & Oedipus

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

Oedipus and Antigone

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

Comparative Analysis of Oedipus and Willy Loman as They Relate to Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

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. ...

Creon and Oedipus in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

Oedipus and Hamlet

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...

Greek Literature and Admirable Character Leadership

In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...

Sight, Insight, and Vision in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...

Theban Plays of Sophocles and Themes of Morality and Fate

In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

King Oedipus Was His Own Worst Enemy

birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...

Types, Causes, and Results of Rape

rapists only 17% will be strangers to their victims (the remaining 83% will fall into the later acquaintance categories (Rape 101,...

New York Penal Law § 215.14 and the Rights of Victims

compares it to other state laws as well. Applicable federal law is duly noted and the importance of the victim impact statement is...

Memo, Letter and Email Writing Exercises

There is always uncertainty in any new venture, and I found in the course of the research for this report that other cities essent...

Stroke Victims and Their Rights

The generic term "stroke" refers to a cerebro-vascular accident (CVA), which may occur on the left or right-hand side of the brain...

Today's AIDS Victims' Treatment and the Plague Depicted in Boccaccio's 'The Decameron'

In four pages this paper compares the social problem of the Black Plague that is the subject of 'The Decameron' with the modern da...

Legal Memorandum on an NJ Sexual Assault Case

In eight pages this paper discusses rape charges in New Jersey in a legal memorandum that considers case specifics and the female ...

The Victims' Rights Movement

grass roots movement and aligned with a variety of groups, such as MADD and others that try to change the system and make their pr...

Restitution in the Criminal Justice System

are victims of hate crimes. Other special victims may be disabled, gay, HIV-infected, prisoners or students (Wallace, 2007). These...

Victims and the Role of Journalists

one that truly shows the media as trying to be responsible (Cote & Bucqueroux, 1996). The examples provide one situation where it ...