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In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at a passage from The Iliad. The cultural values of war and honor inherent in the pass...

resides in Thebes. Oedipus demands that someone come forward with information. When no one comes, Oedipus puts a curse on whoever ...

In six pages this paper examines the transformation of the epic hero in ancient Greek literary works such as Euripides' Medea, Sop...

In five pages this paper examines the predestination concept and also discusses if tragic flaws can be overcome in a consideration...

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...

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 four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...

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 five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

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

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...

In five pages this paper compares Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with the plays by William Shakespeare in terms of their similarities and ...

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

In five pages this 2nd portion of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy is summarized and analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

receive a proper burial, and she enlists the services of Ismene, her lone remaining sibling. She states her intentions plainly to...

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

homes and taking wine, run into the mountains. Two men, the aged prophet Teiresias and King Cadmus, the older monarch who abdicate...

short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...

then, accompanied by proof, it can therefore be called knowledge. He seems to move in circles a bit with this assertion, in that ...

honor and integrity into the courtroom as well as to the attention of the public (Conte 26). These are the issues that should con...

be seen as an unavoidable force, which we are destined to fight against, but will ultimately fail. If we look at Sophocles writing...

and it was here, thanks to Thespis, that "masked actors performed outdoors, in daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at fes...

extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...

This paper examines the classical works represented by Sophocles' Theban plays and Aeschylus's The Oresteia in 5 pages. Three sou...

As Sheppard explores the ramifications of Oedipus innocence, his argument draws in aspects of how the Greeks regarded the nature o...

In five pages Sophocles' Oedipus is examined in terms of the relationship between the fates and the protagonist in a consideration...

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