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the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...
modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...
In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...
In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...
In five pages this paper discusses how Socrates' principles are presented in Plato's Protagoras and then provides a comparison wit...
Alabama because he was "invited here" and because of his "organizational ties" to the area (King). Statement of Understanding: H...
Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...
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...
end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...
Before the particular works are examined, however, it can be useful to attempt a brief examination of the concept of irony in lite...
In three pages this report analyzes the power of the ancient Greek mythological gods in this consideration of Oedipus the King by ...
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...
his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...
In 5 pages this paper examines the individual and a fate he cannot control in an analysis of Death of a Salesman, Macbeth, and Oed...
A deetailed description of the 'three unities' as they are manifested within William Shakespeare's King Lear and Sophocles' Oedipu...
In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...
In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...
In five pages this essay discusses the complexities involved with the citizen example served by Oedipus the King in Sophocles' pla...
In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...
a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...
In seven pages this paper discusses past and present myths and violence with examples provided from ancient works The Aeneid, The ...