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Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Hubris, and Ethics

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

Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

Abraham Lincoln - Personality Development

hire on other farms (The History Place, 1996). The same year his sister died, he and a friend, Allen Gentry took a flatboat of pr...

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...

Lincoln MKS (Ad Analysis)

speaks volumes. At the very bottom of the ad the words read: "Introducing the all new 2009 Lincoln MKS." Then, right underneath is...

Oedipus's Struggle in Sophocles' Oedipus the King

This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...

No Contest by Alfie Kohn

In a paper consisting of five pages the advantages to personal and business relationships offered by eliminating competition accor...

Male Sexual Harassment

In seven pages this paper discusses how contemporary society defines sexual harassment and considers how the law addresses victimi...

Sophocles' Antigone, Plato's Protagoras and Socrates' Principles

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

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...

Antigone/The Female Role in Society

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

Oedipus Saga in Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonnus

In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...

Families, Handicapped Children, and the Findings of Turnbull and Turnbull

In this paper consisting of seven pages this paper examines family integration of children with disabilities according to the find...

Max De Pree's Leadership Jazz

pull up a chair. De Pree correlates the skills of a jazz musician: improvisation, innovation, freedom, and inspiration, with wo...

Continuing Problem of Shortages of Nurses

divert status at least three times a week for the last year, with the exception of the only level one trauma center in Nevada, whi...

Society, Man and Destiny

In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and the Ancient Greek Gods

In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Unwritten Law's Power

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

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 ...

Power in Animal Farm by George Orwell, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Oedipus Explained

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

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...

Duties of Trustees Over Their Investments

someone, either an individual, or an organisations, to use property, and for one reason, or another, are not able to hold the lega...

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. ...

Oedipus Sealed His Own Tragic Fate

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

Apollo and Oedipus

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

Hamlet & Oedipus

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