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Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...

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

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...

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

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

as his overarching rationale, as he is also in Birmingham "because "injustice is here" (King). In analyzing the situation in Bir...

that all that happens is not simply between God and man. There is another party - Satan. The Book of Job presents a war between Go...

who did lie, steal, betray friends, perhaps even murder to save themselves then were left with another truth: the survivors who ca...

this he becomes something of a hero, though never truly a hero who completely sacrifices himself for others or for some grand caus...

he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...

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 ...

It seeks an Information Technology Specialist to design and implement functional goals and protocols "for the rapid sharing and st...

In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....

In eight pages this paper discusses Greek theater's traditions, rituals, and ceremonies with Oedipus the King among the topics cov...

In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...

a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...

In three pages the differences and similarities in these two plays are discussed in order to determine if they should be regarded ...

woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

Alabama because he was "invited here" and because of his "organizational ties" to the area (King). Statement of Understanding: H...

watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...

the way; at the same time, the "old man," who was watching carefully, "struck me from his carriage, / full on the head with his tw...

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

starving settlers by sharing their corn (Bourne 1). Whenever it is appropriate, Bourne uses the words of both combatants and conte...

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...

In 5 pages this paper examines the individual and a fate he cannot control in an analysis of Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, and Oed...

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...