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bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

In five pages this 2nd portion of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy is summarized and analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

In five pages this paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...

This paper consists of five pages plus includes an outline of one page and analyzes three speeches from King Oedipus, and two spee...

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...

In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...

The trials featured in these works are contrasted and compared in a report consisting of five pages. Two sources are cited in the...

In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

logical for him to wonder. Oedipus was in fact rescued and brought up by the king. Because he does in reality end up killing a ma...

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

In five pages Sophocles' Oedipus is examined in terms of the relationship between the fates and the protagonist in a consideration...

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

a man. She is fighting to ensure that he has a proper burial and she has no thoughts for herself. Ismene simply wants to be a good...

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

resides in Thebes. Oedipus demands that someone come forward with information. When no one comes, Oedipus puts a curse on whoever ...

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...

In ten pages this paper considers the theories of Betty Neuman and Imogene King regarding sex counseling after a heart attack with...

In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...

In three pages this paper analyzes what is meant by Prince Hamlet's 'antic disposition' remark in the first act of William Shakesp...

death of Hamlets father. Hamlet then starts to speculate about how much his mother was involved in this plot. Because of this p...

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...