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of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...

In five pages fate as it affects Antigone, Hector, and Achilles is examined. There are no other sources listed....

were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...

father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...

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 six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...

5 pages and 8 sources. This paper relates the changing views of the family in modern culture, including the redefining of the fam...

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

to work to include everyone. Now lets consider a scene from Oedipus Rex and how it could be staged, and what that tells us about...

are the strongest reflection of the diversity of multicultural issues and ideologies that underpin Canadian life. As a consequenc...

conceive was thus a serious problem" (Women in the Ancient World). Now, of course one could also argue that this was a patriarch...

in which a drunk calls Oedipus a "bastard," thus forcing him to the extreme of looking for the cause of the plague on the city whe...

charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...

who others looked upon with envy, and characters who others judged for their actions and essential character. The paper looks at G...

The audience sees Oedipus to be a good and caring King, one who has a grasp of right and wrong. Oedipus is also shown to be a bit ...

of an omnipotent God, and therefore there is considerable debate as to whether the actions of a human being can be genuinely consi...

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

- is what was considered quite unique for the figuratively dark production. Adding literal darkness to MacBeth was the directors ...

blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...

In five pages this paper examines how innocence is corrupted in a literary comparison and contrast of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bo...

rather than singular pleasures. He had an obligation to answer grievances, to hear both sides of a story and to reach some type o...

In forty five pages this paper discusses company developmental processes and the important role business plans play....

In five pages a character analysis of the Nurse and her role in the play are examined....

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