YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Social Responsibility in Antigone and Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Essays 121 - 150
In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...
In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...
murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...
In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...
This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...
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...
In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...
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 instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...
the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...
In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...
front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...
"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...
Libertarianism and social responsibility are two major theories of political organization in the world today. Libertarians stress ...
In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....
were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...
father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...
this retaliation against his brother whom Polyneices felt had stolen the throne from him. Both brothers are killed in battle, one ...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
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...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
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...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
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...