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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 ...
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...
In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...
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...
Oedipus story we have one that seems to offer us the belief that through intellectual pursuit we can somehow avoid the inevitable,...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
In five pages this paper examines a 'trunk theater' rural school production of Medea, the Greek tragedy by Euripides....
that he will do anything to avenge his death and bring the now King Claudius to justice. He understands that it will not be easy ...
In five pages the revenge theme in Shakespeare's tragedy is analyzed....
This paper consists on five pages and analyzes how within these tragedies the Bard relies heavily upon the supernatural for struct...
distainfully resists him, declaring, "Away! I do condemn mine ears that have / So long attended thee. If thou wert honourable, / T...
three months after the murder of her husband. In Measure for Measure, its protagonist is not a man of illustrious social status. ...
"Hamlet," the troubled Danish prince is morose and troubled because, just a short time after his fathers death, his mother remarri...
the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...
In four pages this paper examines the play's good vs. evil conflict in a consideration of how divine power is dominated by demonic...
In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...
This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...
In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...
In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...
In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...
biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...
In five pages this report analyzes how power is featured in these respective works and how they influence the featured characters ...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
This paper examines Twain's perspectives on technology as seen in both his writing and his life. The author uses examples from th...
go to her, but only if she will profess love for her father to eclipse the love of any other man. Only if she promises not to mar...
In seven pages the symbolism surrounding the use of the terms Denmark and King are examined within the context of Shakespeare's tr...