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In five pages this paper examines a passage from the Greek tragedy in order to determine to what extent Oedipus portrays himself a...
In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
In five pages this paper analyzed the family conflict experienced by father Creon and his son Haemon in Antigone and how it fits w...
In five pages this paper argues that Antigone is the first feminist work. There are no other sources listed....
In five pages the play's final scene and how its philosophical and theological issues reflect the society of ancient Greece. Ther...
In three pages this essay examines the patriotism of Creon who thinks he has the support of the gods in this analysis of Antigone....
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 essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...
actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...
In six pages this paper presents a structural analysis of this ancient Greek tragedy and examines how the rising action and confli...
on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...
In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...
In 5 pages this paper examines the uses of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as it emphasizes the plot's paradox within the ...
and in order to protect the city and its citizens, Oedipus was compelled to take drastic action. Also, he wished to cement his re...
In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...
In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...
In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...
is apparent in Hamlet in many ways. First, when Polonius asks Hamlet what hes reading, Hamlet says "Words, words, words" (II.ii.19...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
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 ...
that love is beautiful and love is a god by showing them the true nature of love and the use love can be to humankind....
a body" (Aristotle), Plato illustrates his inability to see beyond mankinds mortal connection, opting instead to focus upon a deci...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...
as the original Greek legal process aspired to achieve such status, it can readily be said that its integrity has been severely co...
for Plato and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. Physical things of the world must, of necessity, have bodily...
of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
education is still substantially elevated in contemporary culture. Aristotle, on the other hand, sees virtue as choice and so mora...
classes in the State severally did their own business; and also thought to be temperate and valiant and wise by reason of certain ...