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In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...

In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...

This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...

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

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

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

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

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

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

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...

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...

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

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

calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...

modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...

In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...

As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...

In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...

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

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

(Anonymous, 2011). Today marriages remain the mainstays of families, and while many of the older generations were married through ...

Families face a myriad of concerns and issues. Parents may disagree about parenting styles, there may be behavioral or academic pr...

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...