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resides in Thebes. Oedipus demands that someone come forward with information. When no one comes, Oedipus puts a curse on whoever ...
plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...
end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...
bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...
inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...
pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...
tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...
the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...
that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...
not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...
left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...
where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...
In essence she marries Othello without her fathers permission, something not done by a traditionally obedient woman. But, this onl...
In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...
In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...
In twelve pages Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is analyzed in terms of the representation of power in accordance to gender. Thirteen...
The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Soyinka's The King's Horseman and Sophocles' Oedipus the King in terms of how thes...
his mother." With these words in the introduction which gives us the background to the story (Sophocles, Argument). This tragic...
This paper consists of five pages with the focus of discussion being Greek mythology particularly as it pertains to the role of wo...
In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
In four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...
In six pages this paper examines the childish and irrational behavior of Sophocles' female antagonist and argues that fate plays n...
In five pages this paper examines how the audience is represented by the chorus in Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Four source...
evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...
This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...
In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...