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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...

In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....

In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...

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

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...

In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...

In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...

In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...

Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...

In ten pages this paper examines postmodern philosopher Stanley Cavell's views on William Shakespeare's tragic plays Antony and Cl...

he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...

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

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...

modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...

In 5 pages this paper examines the concept of heroism in a character analysis of Prince Hamlet, King Hamlet, Fortinbras and Claudi...

In five pages this report examines the plays Love's Labor's Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream in terms of William Shakespeare's d...

In five pages this paper examines the King's role in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons and William Shakespeare's King Lear. The...

In ten pages this paper discusses the obstacles to love in the comedies of William Shakespeare including All's Well That Ends Well...