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of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...

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...

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

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...

/ so long as we men of Achaea soldiered on at Troy. / But once wed sacked King Priams craggy city, / boarded ship, and a god dispe...

home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...

to the gods, who always punish it. And that is a second theme of the play, the folly of pride. By refusing to accept his own acti...

Odysseus and Polyphemus (or Cyclops), the protagonist and antagonist in "The Odyssey." Like Odysseus, Todd is banished from his w...

Ithaca and kept him away from his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Cast adrift on a ship with only his crewmembers for compa...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

in the ideal image of a male hero or warrior. In both cultures the people were founded in a patriarchal way of life, seeing man as...

The first task at hand in our study is the provision of a historical explanation of existentialism. A concise explanation is prov...

of the Muse to introduce its tale: "Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story / of that man skilled in all ways of contendin...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these goddesses in terms of what each represents about femininity and also discuss...

In five pages these characters as they are featured in Homer's epic are examined in terms of how they contribute to the tale overa...

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

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

a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...

In five pages Homer's protagonist Odysseus featured in 'The Odyssey' is examined in terms of his heroic personality attributes. F...

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...

In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...

the more noteworthy events can, however. A brief outline of these events is as follows: 1. Odysseus leaves...

In three pages these characters featured in Homer's epic poem are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and diffe...

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

In ten pages this paper examines modernism within the context on Ulysses and how James Joyce varies the portrayal of Homer's Odyss...