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and in order to protect the city and its citizens, Oedipus was compelled to take drastic action. Also, he wished to cement his re...

In five pages essay examines how justice is conceptually portrayed in this tragic play by Sophocles. There are no other sources ...

In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

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 ...

In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...

The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...

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 essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

In five pages this paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

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

(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

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

finally restored by God to his previous state of good fortune when he realizes that, as a human being, he is insignificant next to...

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...

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...

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

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...

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

Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...