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Literature and Social Isolation

In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...

Simon Starling, One Ton II/An Art Report

series refer to the fact that it took a ton of platinum ore, involving considerable human effort and the resulting blight on the l...

Ismene as the Foil in Sophocles’ Tragedy Antigone

Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...

Character Comparison and Contrast of Laura in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and Sophocles' Antigone

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

Sophocles' Antigone

declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...

Gender Portrayals in Homer's 'The Iliad' and Sophocles' Antigone

of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...

Husband and Wife Oedipus and Jocasta in Oedipus the King by Sophocles and The Infernal Machine by Jean Cocteau

(La Machine Infernale), Oedipus is a man of great looks with an ego to match, but of what could best be described as limited intel...

Comparative Analysis of Sophocles' Antigone and Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun

this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...

Sophocles' Antigone and the Character of Haemon

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...

Sophocles' Antigone and August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

Sophocles' Observation 'Truth is the Strongest Argument'

In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...

Business World, Morality, and Gender in Sophocles' Antigone

In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...

Feminist Analytical Comparison of Sophocles' Antigone and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

Sophocles' Antigone, Homer's 'The Iliad' and Fate

In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....

Sophocles' Theban Trilogy and the Themes of Responsibility and Fate

In five pages the Theban plays of Sophocles are examined in a consideration of responsibility, fate, and their power. One other s...

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...

Can Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King be Regarded as Tragic Plays?

In three pages the differences and similarities in these two plays are discussed in order to determine if they should be regarded ...

Homer's Penelope and Sophocles' Antigone

In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...

Oedipus's Athenian Traits

In five pages this paper examines how Oedipus exemplifies the Athenian male ideal. There are no other sources cited....

Relationship Between the Plays Oedipus at Colonus and Oedipus the King

kill his father and marry his mother. He left his home so that this would not happen, but he did not know that his father and moth...

His Downfall is Oedipus’s Own Fault

with Teiresias (Johnston). It seems odd to some, but the quarrel makes sense if we understand Oedipus as someone who sees things i...

Share Prices and Company Performance

degree of agreement between these two stakeholders with in the stock market that the stock markets are not efficient in the way th...

Questions on Investment Values and Assessment

management. This may also be referred to as the return on investment (ROI). The traditional way of calculating the return on capit...

The Value Chain at Kellogg's

suppliers in different countries as well as a large number of purchases in the form of wholesalers and retailers, the supply chain...

The Value of Social Networking Tools in a Teaching Environment with Specific Consideration of Business Students

at the way tools that are used as social networking tool are being used, adapted and are adding value to the learning processes fo...

Analyzing the World's Largest Auction Site

logistics, also. The deal is made between the seller and buyer and it is the buyers responsibility to ship the item to the buyer. ...

Ethics Values and Foci in Social Work

Social work is often integrally involved with the elderly. There are many facets of the aged individuals life...

Investment Future and Present Value Calculations

of 10% interest received. Therefore, if given the choice between receiving $100 dollars today and $100 dollars in one year it is f...

Organizational Value and Footnote Disclosures

an increased incentive for performance and the capacity to (legally) under-report expenses on accounting sheets. This paragraph ...

Consumer Goods and Social Values

basic and fundamental article of clothing; it is likely that all but a few individuals in Western society own at least one shirt. ...