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In six pages this report compares women's subservient status in each of these literary works. Eight sources are cited in the bibl...

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

the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope. After learning that he was not their true son, Oedipus set out to find his real parents...

In five pages this paper compares Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with the plays by William Shakespeare in terms of their similarities and ...

In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...

of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

to the gods, who always punish it. And that is a second theme of the play, the folly of pride. By refusing to accept his own acti...

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...

Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....

The more involved Willie becomes in politics, the more corrupt he becomes. This is because he acquires knowledge on how the game i...

throughout much of the story. His underhanded lies and involvement leads Claudio to believe that Hero is not faithful, and all but...

The common theme of keeping secrets links these two characters in this five page paper. There are no other bibliographic sources ...

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

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

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

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...

This paper consists of five pages and considers Victorian masculinity in Ibsen's characterization of Torvald Helmer and Modernist ...

In four pages the question regarding the nature of man is examined within the context of William Shakespeare's King Lear....

her husbands life seems threatened Nora does the right thing by forging her fathers name and getting money to assist her husband. ...

seriously ill and needs a change in climate to regain his health, Nora is forced to take drastic measures in order to finance such...

what they want, remains universal and could easily fit into a contemporary drama or comedy. Lysistrata tells her fellows that "We ...

In five pages these female protagonists are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...