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Oedipus Saga in Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonnus

In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...

Fathers and Sons in the Works of Arthur Miller and William Faulkner

In five pages this research paper compares Miller's Death of a Salesman and Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' in an examination of relatio...

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Characters Willy Loman and John Proctor

This paper consists of 5 pages and contrasts and compares the protagonists John Proctor and Willy Loman as featured in Arthur Mill...

Death of a Salesman - Willy Loman and the Betrayal of the American Dream

This 6 page paper discusses the concept of true and false values in the play Death of a Salesman. The writer argues that Willy Lom...

Tragically Flawed Heroes in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

A Comparison of the Song of Roland and Beowulf

The writer compares and analyzes the Song of Roland and Beowulf, two epic poems. The main focus of the paper is the death of the r...

The Unwillingness of Okonkwo to Conform in Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'

In this essay consisting of two pages the writer presents the argument that Okonkwo's failure to conform to society in all matters...

Sonny Bono's Life in Politics

In five pages this paper examines the transformation of Sonny Bono from entertainer to California congressman in this chronicle of...

Love and Death Imagery in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In eight pages this paper discusses the images of love and death that reinforce the tragic inevitability of Romeo and Juliet. Six...

Overview of Legendary Old West Figure Wild Bill Hickok

In seven pages this paper examines the life and legend of James Butler, more famously known as Wilde Bill Hickok with his Union Ar...

A Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Guttierez by J. Breslin

the contractors were building shoddy buildings, and nobody was getting reported for any of it. Of course Guttierez had no knowled...

Emily Dickinson, Popular Music, and Death Fascination

17). While this image is certainly chilling, the overall tone of the poem is one of "civility," which is actually expressed in lin...

The Tragedy of Africa

ancient history; he was assassinated in 1961) find it very poignant: there is a stark contrast between what he hopes to accomplish...

Willy in Death of a Salesman

major events that shaped his life. This shows that, from early childhood, Willy had no father figure on which to base his ideas of...

Historical Jesus

Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...

Death in Hospice Verses Death in Death Row Incarceration

which the individual is supposed to pass, the doctors are usually good at predicting whether a dying person has a few days or a fe...

Sigurd and Achilles and Their Deaths

destroy Sigurd. She says that she has a favor to ask and makes the king promise that he will keep his word. He does, and asks her ...

Hamlet & Oedipus

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

Oedipus the King: Character

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

Apollo and Oedipus

he is blind than when he sees. "Light, to the ancient Greeks, was beauty, intellect, virtue, indeed represented life itself" (Gree...

Predetermination in “Oedipus Rex”

Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...

Oedipus Explained

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

Okonkwo and Oedipus

way out of his situation at all because no matter what he does to avoid the killing of his father and marrying his mother he has n...

Oedipus: Guilty or Innocent?

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

Greek Literature and Admirable Character Leadership

In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...

Oedipus and Hamlet

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...

Creon and Oedipus in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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

Sight, Insight, and Vision in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...

Theban Plays of Sophocles and Themes of Morality and Fate

In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...