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calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...
been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...
In a paper consisting of three pages the protagonist's distinguishing between appearances and reality is assessed in these works b...
In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...
the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...
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...
those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...
In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...
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....
contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...
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...
In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
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 six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...
cost effective and potentially profitable. The development of the e-book format can be seen as an extension of the way that many ...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...
has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...
devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...