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murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

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

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...

In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...

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

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

In a paper consisting of five pages ways in which organic unity serves as an important function in ths plots of these ancient Gree...

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

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...

no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...

contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...

In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....

he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

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, ...

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

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

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

of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

will; summation of all applicable elements will likely lead one to conclude that determinism played a significant and essential ro...

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

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

if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...

been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...

behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...