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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...

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

were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...

In five pages this paper examines how a tragic literary hero is defined by Aristotle in Poetics and then applied to Oedipus. One ...

This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...

In five pages the tragic characteristics these plays' feature in terms of such conflicts as male and female, good person or monarc...

In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...

In five pages this essay examines gender conflict within the contexts of these 5 dramas from ancient Greece. There are no other s...

In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...

In five pages this paper discusses how Creon represents the elements of a tragic figure in this play by Sophocles. There are 3 so...

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....

actions is shaped by the other characters around her. Creon is of particular importance in shaping the character Antigone in both...

been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...

classic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in the Christian biblical tradition. The society of ancient Greece was ...

The political context of the stories of the Oedipal trilogy relate to the society of Thebes and the conflicts that arise from shif...

bathhouse (Ebert, 2002). By indulging themselves with the food, Chihiros parents are transformed into pigs. Osmond (2003) points o...

understanding how this works we present an examination of various individuals, illustrating what makes them a hero. Many argue t...

Furthermore, there are certain commonalties that run through the storylines of all epic writing. Examples of such include heroism,...

The writer argues that Beowulf can be seen as an archetype of the ideal hero, and that his deeds have come to be considered as a m...

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...

One of the ways in which Native Americans could see Columbus as a hero involves the simplicity of the man himself, in relationship...

In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....

In five pages this essay discusses how Odysseus qualifies as an 'epic hero' because of the suffering and hardship he endured throu...

In five pages Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero are contrasted and compared in this analysis of William Shakespeare's Muc...