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belief in the "American way," but even at the cost of his sanity he is still unable to succeed. What he has done is to instill the...

His fathers expectations of him are something that Biff knows he can never fulfill, therefore, he becomes critical of himself when...

so gifted and so special that the world will fall at their feet simply because they exist (Miller). As a result, Biff and Happy (p...

This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...

model to his boys of what a successful and well-respected man should be; however, the legacy he left as a father was a model of ho...

Oedipus as the helmsman of a ship confronting a storm or as a metaphor describing King Oedipus himself and the plague his patricid...

the hero receives the call to adventure, which he initially rejects before crossing the threshold into adventure. Next comes initi...

is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...

This 5 page paper gives an overview of how Oedipus was a victim of fate in Oedipus the King. This paper includes how Oedipus was a...

Kings plea for assistance in his crusade, Oedipus demands to know why, and is shocked to hear the words, "You are the murderer, yo...

as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...

In three pages the differences and similarities in these two plays are discussed in order to determine if they should be regarded ...

his meaningless and mind-numbing job. Ivan Ilyich becomes aware that something "new and dreadful" was happening to him, somethin...

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...

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

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

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 instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

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

This paper examines 3 tragic elements in an analysis of Amanda Wingfield, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, and King Oedipus of Thebes fea...

The three elements of mythology such as the popular literary motif of the tragic hero, the treatment of women, and the comparing o...

In seven pages these works by Stephen Crane and Homer are examined within the context of the tragic hero and his combat motives. ...

In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...

their lives? These are some of the questions we will consider as we look at these men in action in Homers Illiad. Tragedy Accord...

the consuls, raised and met, / Are at the Dukes already. You have been hotly calld for, / When, being not at your lodging to be fo...

Carlito's Way and High Sierra both feature tragic, doomed anti-heroes and the path that led to their destruction. This research pa...

In five pages this paper considers the tragedy of Hamlet not representing the two dimensions of Medieval heroes who act out of bli...

its consequences (Hegel as cited in ODair 215). Hegel further argues that all tragic heroes must encounter a pattern of nobilit...