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surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...

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

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...

the plague will end and his grateful subjects will worship him like a god. However, the aging oracle Tiresias (sometimes spelled ...

of Oedipus, the man who kills his father and marries his mother, is actually older than Sophocless version of the story. Its timel...

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

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...

Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...

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

the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope. After learning that he was not their true son, Oedipus set out to find his real parents...

In five pages this paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...

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 ...

Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...

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

In five pages this paper examines a common literary theme as it pertains to Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Othello by William S...

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

In six pages this paper compares the protagonists featured in the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles and Othello by William Shakespeare ...

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

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

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

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

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...