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Essays 361 - 390
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...
In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...
that the fact that death is common does nothing to diminish Hamlets grief. Hamlet picks up her use of the words "seems," however, ...
Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...
In eight pages singer Hector Lavoe's tragic life and contributions to Latino music are examined. Six sources are cited in the bib...
a marvelos contrast in dark and light, which is aptly used in a good deal of his plays. Both in Romeo and Juliet and in Othello, t...
In a paper consisting of nine pages the cause of this tragic crash by the horizontal stabilizer failure of a jackscrew gimbal nut ...
In five pages this paper examines Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the resentment he felt towards his father and how t...
In six pages this paper examines the patriarchal oppression Desdemona experiences in the tragic play Othello by William Shakespear...
plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...
In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...
to life, he rejects it, hoping that the life he has brought into the world will simply die, erasing his mistake (Madigan 48; Franc...
others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...
Angelo. However, in his efforts to restore law and order, Angelo resurrects an old law that punishes any man who lives with a wom...
na?ve Desdemona, he marries her without hesitation or reservation because he believes he has finally found someone with whom he ca...
her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...
prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...
our power to exact our revenge? Perhaps, she suggests, there is some medium-ground that would do a little of both without going t...
the contractors were building shoddy buildings, and nobody was getting reported for any of it. Of course Guttierez had no knowled...
Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses ope...
biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...
but on their bonds with other men who guarantee their honor and reputation" (Bloom 89). This is demonstrated through the characte...
with him are Piggy, the most intellectual of the boys; Simon, the most spiritual, and the twins Sam and Eric, who are later referr...
Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...
psychological and emotional loss she withstands. It ultimately comes to pass that Electra begins to plot Clytemnestras death to h...
him completely off-guard, Othello is completely unprepared for the "depth and intensity" (Vanita 341) of his love. Just as his pu...
men. It is their rules and their decisions that determine how women should act and what role they can play in society. Antigones ...
men...so that we must obey in these things" (Sophocles, 2002). Antigone makes it clear in her reply t hat she is fully aware that ...
good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back...