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Ignorance is Bliss Theme in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

Definitive Tragedies? Death of a Salesman and Oedipus the King

In a paper that consists of three pages the elements of these plays are examined in terms of similarities and differences in order...

Irony in Othello by William Shakespeare and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

Agamemnon by Aeschylus and Human Sacrifice

In seven pages this paper examines the tragedy by Aeschylus in terms of its shocking thematic featuring of human sacrifice. There...

Medea by Euripides

In five pages Euripides' tragedy is examined in terms of how Medea was ultimately corrupted by her desire for power. There are no...

The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard

In eleven pages the 1961 play is examined in terms of the effects of the culture and history of South Africa in its textual conten...

'My Son's Story' by Nadine Gordimer

In four pages this paper analyzes the work in its representation of the society and politics of South Africa and also considers th...

A Review of African Short Stories

A review of short stories which originated in various regions of Africa. This paper has five pages and one source in the bibliog...

20th Century Development and Industrialized Countries' Impact

Part of the "umbrella of protection" that has been extended to lesser developed countries by the more industrialized countries of ...

Comparing Two Articles Regarding Africa and the AIDS Epidemic

population, but they are taking a hands-on approach to fighting "against the scourge" (Bayingana). According to Dr. Agnes Binagwa...

January 2000 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crash

the planes horizontal stabilizer trim shortly before the crash and had been diverted to from its initial destination of San Franci...

Light versus Dark, Appearances versus Reality, and Order versus Chaos in Othello by William Shakespeare

leave his new bride to wage war in Cyprus. The departure, though bittersweet, returns Othello to familiar territory that renews h...

Plains Indians' Military Campaigns

that had hired on with the Calvary (Hoxie, 1995). These scouts were just a handful of the thirty-three scouts that were under Cus...

Lines 954 to 997 in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Opposites

lightness! serious vanity!/ Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!/ Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,/ sick health!/ Stil...

Modern Times and Foraging Societies

group (or another one) can again use the area to meet its needs at a future time. Because foragers locations are never perm...

Othello by William Shakespeare and the Character Emilia

for himself - with a kiss. Her husband retorts, "Sir, would she give you so much of her lips / As of her tongue she oft bestows o...

Freedom and Nonviolence

only an autocratic state (Yancy, 1995). Mandela, of course, first advocated nonviolence as a means of affecting change in...

Comparing Two Regional World Civilizations

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

Tragic Elements of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

him. He is a man who holds to the laws of his people, he is strong and courageous, and he is fairly well defined. But events take ...

Sub Saharan Africa, HIV and AIDS

sufferer by weakening attacking the lymphocytes T Cells1. These are the cells that will usually those that fight infection, when t...

17th Century America and Black Slavery

no sunlight and been fed only enough to keep them alive. This journey, however, was likely just the beginning of the trials and t...

Economic, Political, and Social History of West Africa and the Impacts of Slavery and the Slave Trade

on the African continent, their form of slavery was drastically different. The old form of slavery did not drastically impact the ...

21st Century and Violence in American Schools

would come out of nowhere and usually in rather rural or safe areas. People were shocked. Then, after Columbine, there was perhaps...

Sophocles' Antigone and Oedipus and Fortune Reversals

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

Is Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman a Tragedy?

In six pages this essay evaluates Miller's play based upon Aristotle's tragic components to conclude that Death of a Salesman is i...

AIDS Trials in Asia and Africa

Declaration of Helsinki, that it is the "duty of the physician to promote and safeguard the health of the people" (414). In fact,...

The Workplace in South Africa As It Relates to Ethics Regarding HIV and AIDS

of these high levels of HIV prevalence"(AIDS/HIV Statistics 2002). The organization, USAID, is the largest AIDS/HIV related organ...

Changes Undergone by Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Tragic Play

is perhaps the worst mistake he could have made. He was not a man of murder, or a man who lusted after power. But, his wife was bo...

So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

of a European spinster. Rama calls this an "aspect of the New Africa" (24), a reference to modern, global politics affecting the l...