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Essays 151 - 180
biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...
seek guidance from an oracle. When he returns he tells the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to ...
In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...
the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...
In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...
contrasts dramatically with Antigones ideas, and forms the basis for the conflict that drives the plot. At the core of Creons val...
In five pages this research paper examines how irony is used in these tragedies in a comparison and contrast of characters and the...
benefit of any mutilating tool; Sands (2001) notes that to suggest this trance - or hallucination - is motivated by anything other...
finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...
he is blind than when he sees. "Light, to the ancient Greeks, was beauty, intellect, virtue, indeed represented life itself" (Gree...
have to know whos in charge. Max Weber, the German sociologist, "defined power as the ability to get things done your way in spite...
have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...
someone, either an individual, or an organisations, to use property, and for one reason, or another, are not able to hold the lega...
of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...
her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...
Of course Oedipus refuses to believe this at first, accusing Teiresias of plotting against the throne; he orders the man to leave ...
and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...
concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...
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could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...
decreed a heros burial for Eteocles, but that no one, on pain of death, can offer funeral rites for Polynices and that his body sh...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...
little less than a monster, sentences her to death; specifically, she is to be buried alive. Antigone and Haemon, who is Creons ...
heroine is willing to risk her life by defying King Creon in order to give her warrior brother Polynices the proper burial he was ...
no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...
In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...
In six pages this creative essay examines an event in which a college student had to defend beliefs and this experience is related...
In four pages this essay contrasts the styles of these Greek playwrights from the classical era within the context of Sophocles'...