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In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...

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

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

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...

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

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

Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

The ways in which authority has been justified in literature is examined in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' William ...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

In six pages this research paper examines the concept of kingship as represented in the historical play Henry V by William Shakesp...

plays we start with "Henry IV" part I. The first mention of "tavern" is in scene II where Falstaff is joking, presumably, with Hen...

In seven pages this paper considers how theorists of the nineteenth century proposed to cope with industrialization problems and i...

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Prince Hal as featured in William Shakespeare's historical play within th...

In five pages this paper discusses the rivals Henry 'Hotspur' Percy and Prince Henry 'Hal' of Wales and their relationship as feat...

also states that the intervention did not work ands came to the conclusion there was not treatment (American Cancer Society, 2005)...

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

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

This 5 page paper gives an overview of how Oedipus was a victim of fate in Oedipus the King. This paper includes how Oedipus was a...

This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...

Kings plea for assistance in his crusade, Oedipus demands to know why, and is shocked to hear the words, "You are the murderer, yo...

as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...

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

the gods. Oedipus also inflicts the cost of blood on himself, stabbing out his own eyes. While naturally, in modern democracies,...

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...