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in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

In 5 pages this paper examines righteousness and how Antigone is responding to a higher authority by breaking the law in this trag...

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

In a paper consisting of 3 pages the different tones but common storylines that exist in these tales are compared. There are no o...

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

more many people are punished for not heeding the word of God. There are numerous people and numerous situations presented in G...

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

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...

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...

In five pages essay examines how justice is conceptually portrayed in this tragic play by Sophocles. There are no other sources ...

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

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 ...

remind the audience that because of his noble status, he must avenge his fathers murder not only for himself but also for the Dani...

which we, the reader or viewer, can relate to. We see them as noble individuals who demonstrate weakness, yet still battle against...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the poem that asserts the spiritual themes of the poem are metaphorically portrayed by the trag...

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

The three elements of mythology such as the popular literary motif of the tragic hero, the treatment of women, and the comparing o...

In seven pages these works by Stephen Crane and Homer are examined within the context of the tragic hero and his combat motives. ...

In five pages this paper considers the tragedy of Hamlet not representing the two dimensions of Medieval heroes who act out of bli...

Carlito's Way and High Sierra both feature tragic, doomed anti-heroes and the path that led to their destruction. This research pa...

the consuls, raised and met, / Are at the Dukes already. You have been hotly calld for, / When, being not at your lodging to be fo...

its consequences (Hegel as cited in ODair 215). Hegel further argues that all tragic heroes must encounter a pattern of nobilit...

a tragedy due to the murder, or possible death during rough sex in the park, but the players were of an elite class. Similarly, to...

It means that anyone is capable of killing for example. In any event, in using this definition, it seems more likely that indeed,...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

may very well lie in the study of some of the most earliest of heroes from the texts of Homer and Plato. By far one of the most en...

a tragic character as he remembers events from his past and why things went wrong. Through this process, he seems to be losing tou...

the span of a day comes face-to-face with the realization that the American Dream has become a nightmare of his own making, that t...

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...