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has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...

of in a negative light. On the other hand, Oedipus Rex is also someone who is seemingly trying to help to find the true murderer o...

Hamlet is fascinating because he is so psychologically rich and complex; hes a real person, and no one has quite managed to figure...

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

In six pages this report compares these two Freudian childhood complexes. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

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

In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...

The tragedies these leaders experience that lead them onto a path of self knowledge are the focus of this paper consisting of five...

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

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

those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

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

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

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

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

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

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...

In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...

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 the ways in which characters are utilized by the playwrights as instruments by which the audience can be manipulated...

In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...

In a paper consisting of 3 pages the different tones but common storylines that exist in these tales are compared. There are no o...

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

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...

events that all resulted in tragedy was when Laius insisted that his healthy infant son should be left to die from exposure. While...

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, ...