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

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...

In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...

In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

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

This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...

In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...

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

The writer presents a creative essay written in iambic pentameter, describing the journey Teiresias commanded Odysseus to make aft...

In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...

More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...

birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...

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

he is blind than when he sees. "Light, to the ancient Greeks, was beauty, intellect, virtue, indeed represented life itself" (Gree...

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

Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...

way out of his situation at all because no matter what he does to avoid the killing of his father and marrying his mother he has n...

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

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will ultimately cause her her life. Antigone pleads and does whatever she can possibly think of to get an honorable burial for ...

the Chorus suggests that it could be the work of the gods (Sophocles). Rather than consider someone elses viewpoint, Creon begins ...