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(La Machine Infernale), Oedipus is a man of great looks with an ego to match, but of what could best be described as limited intel...

he would take a dim view of Jason abandoning his duty to his wife and children in favor of selfish gain. The chorus would be the...

and marginalized in both classical and modern literature, one must first understand how the prevailing viewpoint of women as funda...

Alabama because he was "invited here" and because of his "organizational ties" to the area (King). Statement of Understanding: H...

In four pages the significance of the hospitality theme in 'The Odyssey' is discussed in examples of King Alkinoos', Melenaus', an...

In five pages this report discusses how Homer, Sophocles, and Hesiod would have conceptualized justice regarding the 911 terrorist...

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...

In 5 pages this paper examines the individual and a fate he cannot control in an analysis of Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, and Oed...

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...

This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...

a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...

In eight pages this paper discusses Greek theater's traditions, rituals, and ceremonies with Oedipus the King among the topics cov...

the way; at the same time, the "old man," who was watching carefully, "struck me from his carriage, / full on the head with his tw...

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

Oedipus. He learned that his predecessor and his wifes late husband, King Laius, had been murdered, Oedipus contends that it shou...

events of the faith, such as God coming to earth in the form of man only once. It was also created out of love. "Although the worl...

woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...

In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

her part. What she didnt know was that Zeus was responsible for thwarting her attempts at consummating her relationship with Odys...

but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...

In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...

on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...

biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...

instead decides they should be dinner. According to Odysseus, "He clutched my companions / and caught two in is hands like squirm...