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decreed a heros burial for Eteocles, but that no one, on pain of death, can offer funeral rites for Polynices and that his body sh...

a cave. They make love and, from this point on, Dido considers them to be married even though a ceremony has not officially consec...

an end to these violent episodes? One of the most logical deductions is that of the new-fangled child rearing practices tha...

charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...

reigns supreme, The Tempest is more contemplative and probes the more sinister side of humankind. The mood, setting, and themes a...

first case, the uniform will become old and tattered; if its the second meaning, then Shakespeare is commenting on the fact that a...

sons leads him to raise them as privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are....

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arthur, 2004). ...

were formed as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arth...

be a relative of Geoffrey Chaucer. The poem features as its protagonist Sir Gawain, a nephew of King Arthur, who is revered by hi...

most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...

reason for his hasty departure - his forbidden love for Aricia, the lone surviving member of the royal family Theseus defeated. A...

that ambition as somehow more significant than the ambitions of others; the pursuit of his ambition crosses over the lines of othe...

and "too full of... kindness" (I.ii.77, I.v.18). Once Macbeth steps outside the bonds of the social order by killing Duncan, howev...

ancient history; he was assassinated in 1961) find it very poignant: there is a stark contrast between what he hopes to accomplish...

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

In seven pages these works by Stephen Crane and Homer are examined within the context of the tragic hero and his combat motives. ...

In five pages this paper examines how a tragic literary hero is defined by Aristotle in Poetics and then applied to Oedipus. One ...

In five pages this paper examines what Sigmund Freud and Thomas Hobbes would have to say about gun control in light of the tragic ...

In portraying Beatrice in this manner, Shakespeare shows insight into female psychology in that he realizes that women are frequen...

model to his boys of what a successful and well-respected man should be; however, the legacy he left as a father was a model of ho...

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

as used in Sojourner Truths Aint I a Woman, becomes a persuasive technique which unites all women regardless of their color (also ...

In six pages this report compares women's subservient status in each of these literary works. Eight sources are cited in the bibl...

In five pages the American Dream and its deceptiveness as depicted in Miller's tragic drama are examined. Three sources are cited...

In five pages the tragic flaws of these Emily Bronte characters as revealed to be their dissatisfaction with self are examined. T...

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

In six pages Miller's play is examined in terms of the tragic consequences that resulted from the American Dream of economic prosp...

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...