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no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...
In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....
those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...
contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...
In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...
logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...
will; summation of all applicable elements will likely lead one to conclude that determinism played a significant and essential ro...
The tragedies these leaders experience that lead them onto a path of self knowledge are the focus of this paper consisting of five...
In four pages this paper discusses the dominance of the all powerful Greek mythological gods within the context of this tragedy by...
In five pages this paper discusses these kingly characters and their flaws in a consideration of what value if any their suffering...
not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...
In a paper consisting of three pages the protagonist's distinguishing between appearances and reality is assessed in these works b...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...
of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...
been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...
his mother, he fulfills the prophesy. As Oedipus tells the story, one gets the sense that he is more than just a character. He is ...
behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...
others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...
position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...
has heard rumors about the how his new wifes (his mothers) husband was killed and he is investigating it. He slowly finds hints th...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...
As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...