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In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...

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

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

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

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

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...

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

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...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

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

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...

In five pages this essay discusses the moral belief in atonement as represented by the irony and symbolism featured in Oedipus Rex...

did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...

In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...

This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...

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

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

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

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

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

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

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 ...

Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

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

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...