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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...

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

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...

calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...

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...

In eight pages this essay considers Dr. King's Where Do We Go From Here Chaos or Community? and compares the conditions to 30 yea...

kill his father and marry his mother. He left his home so that this would not happen, but he did not know that his father and moth...

the "promissory note" that was made to each and every American when the Constitution was written (King, 1963). He and the group ha...

In five pages tis paper discusses a day in Charlemagne's life from the point of view of one of the King's cautious friends....

Dr. King does indeed work to build his credibility during his speech although it was probably not as necessary in his particular s...

dramatize a shameful condition"(Dream.html). King already has the support of African-Americans, therefore, in order for his speec...

Thomas King's novel Truth and Bright Water and its thematic duality are discussed in five pages....

In six pages contemporary linguistics are examined in a terminology overview that includes register versus dialect, descriptive ve...

on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...

as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...

In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...

This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...

Kings plea for assistance in his crusade, Oedipus demands to know why, and is shocked to hear the words, "You are the murderer, yo...

the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...