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Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...

In 5 pages, this paper considers how the tragedy of Oedipus differs from the comedy Lysistrata. There are 3 additional sources in...

In seven pages this paper examines the life and works of Sophocles with the emphasis upon Antigone....

you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...

define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The same debate in mostly-liberal Vermont several years ago resulted in ...

shown for "wives and women in general" (Vasillopulos 435). Christopher Vasillopulos observed in his literary criticism of Medea, ...

their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that co...

watch these plays we see not only human frailty, but the workings of fate. Consider Oedipus: he killed his father and married his ...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these plays by Euripides and Aristophanes in a consideration of the similarities a...

In 8 pages this paper compares how fear and power are thematically portrayed in these 5th century Greek plays. There are 5 source...

Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...

contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...

The battle at hand is what is the focus of attention of this five page report that makes use of five references. The Battle of Get...

lie to Antigone because their interests/values lie in their men. While they do not want their men to go to war, they want sex just...

own. As a result of their inability to take responsibility for the prophecy they suffered at the hands of their son. Oedipus pu...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

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

deed in this our present trouble, I care not to prolong the span of life, Thus ill-reputed; for the calumny Hits not a single blot...

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

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

the ways in which individuals use sex for their personal agendas. There are a plethora of health benefits that are associ...

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...

In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...

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

condemned; the Apostle said that my husband would be my debtor, and I have power over his body. Three of my husbands were good an...

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...

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

One of the leaders who is always mentioned when discussing leaders in general and military leaders, in particular, is George S. Pa...

This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...

Medea would also benefit: "What luckier chance could I have come across than this, An exile to marry the daughter of the king? It ...