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he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
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...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...
Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....
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 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...
one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...
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 examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...
In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...
contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...
This paper discusses three classic literary works, Gilgamesh, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, and Oedipus Rex. The author draws comparisons from...
- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...
In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...
blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...
of an omnipotent God, and therefore there is considerable debate as to whether the actions of a human being can be genuinely consi...
charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...
who others looked upon with envy, and characters who others judged for their actions and essential character. The paper looks at G...
The audience sees Oedipus to be a good and caring King, one who has a grasp of right and wrong. Oedipus is also shown to be a bit ...
is that so many people believe in ideals like Willys. In the end, what is show is that a man with so much potential ends up losing...
in which a drunk calls Oedipus a "bastard," thus forcing him to the extreme of looking for the cause of the plague on the city whe...
audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...
to work to include everyone. Now lets consider a scene from Oedipus Rex and how it could be staged, and what that tells us about...
the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...
when the play opens, he has no knowledge that he has actually done so; he believes he was successful in avoiding the prophesy. Th...
Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...