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

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

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...

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...

birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...

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...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

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

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

one to conclude that determinism plays a significantly essential role. Were Oedipus and Creons lives determined or were the...

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...

not a political drama, but the battle of wills between two family members -- Creon and his niece, Antigone. It does not take much ...

tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...

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

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

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 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...

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

modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...

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

In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...

In five pages this paper analyzes the importance of families in these classic Greek plays by Sophocles. There are no other source...

Polybus, and his queen, Merope. After he is grown, Oedipus is told by a drunken man at a banquet that he really isnt the son of Po...

In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...

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

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

the natural world held many different dangers for communities or societies. With warfare men naturally went off to fight and women...

The needs of the society come before the needs of the individual, and Rand even suggests that this collective identity would suppo...