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individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...

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. ...

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

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 essay discusses the moral belief in atonement as represented by the irony and symbolism featured in Oedipus Rex...

In four pages this paper examines the characters, chorus, women, and state 'spiritual bankruptcy' theme featured in Sophocles' Oed...

did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...

This paper considers the many struggles of Oedipus throughout the course of Sophocles' tragic play in five pages. Four sources ar...

In five pages this essay discusses the complexities involved with the citizen example served by Oedipus the King in Sophocles' pla...

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...

This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...

he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

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

(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...

position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...

is that so many people believe in ideals like Willys. In the end, what is show is that a man with so much potential ends up losing...

her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

when the play opens, he has no knowledge that he has actually done so; he believes he was successful in avoiding the prophesy. Th...

contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ar...

Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...