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Antigone by Sophocles

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...

4 Western Literary Works and Free Will

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

Aristotelian Tragedy of Oedipus Rex

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

Human Nature, Morality, Punishment, Guilt, Crime, Justice, and Law in Literature

(Sophocles). In this she is arguing how she has not followed the laws of "men" or even of the gods in this case, but rather per...

Social Responsibility in Antigone and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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

Report on David Greene's Edited Sophocles II

the very Centaur as he lay dying that the blood, if given to Hercules, would keep him from ever wandering from her side. Of course...

Daily Lives and Work's Role

Does this job provide you with sufficient income and the opportunity for advancement? As a retail manager I have almost reached ...

Hunger by Knut Hamsun, Antigone, and Stubbornness

pushes away all the people that she loves, or have loved her, in her stubbornness related to the burial of her brother. She pushes...

Piety, the Bible, Sophocles, and Plato

surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

Societal Struggles of Women

enough, women have generally not had the political voice that would allow for such demands. In fact, in the United States women ha...

Oedipus and Othello

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Family and Marriage

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

Lines 954 to 997 in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

Arlie Russell Hochschild's When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work

such a manner that the employees like being at work far more than they like being at home. In addition, they feel respected and ad...

Hamlet, Oedipus, and the Theme of Illusion v. Reality

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

Power According to Antigone and Oedipus

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

Ophelia and Antigone

brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...

Cultural and Performance Studies and Communication

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...

Literature and Violence

has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...

Aristotle, Tragedy, and Oedipus Rex

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

King Oedipus Was His Own Worst Enemy

birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...

Classicism and Greek Culture

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

Work's Changing Nature

and longer work hours for an expanding and urbanizing workforce. Henry Fords offer to pay workers $5 a day for their efforts in m...

Tragedy as Defined by Aristotle

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

Structure and Themes of Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, themes, and morality issues that are addressed in Antigone by Sophocles. There...

Religion and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...

Theme of Revenge in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, 'The Inferno' by Dante, Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles, 'The Odyssey' by Homer

short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...

Complex of Oedipus

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

Principle Theme of Antigone by Sophocles

men...so that we must obey in these things" (Sophocles, 2002). Antigone makes it clear in her reply t hat she is fully aware that ...