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Essays 421 - 450
an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...
and is not open to the charge of flattery" (Plato). While Socrates then discusses the love of youth, possibly referring to having ...
In eight pages this paper argues that the King is victimized by his own arrogance in a consideration of how the theme of hubris or...
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...
In 5 pages the recurrences of these motifs in the dramas of ancient Greece are examined in this work by Sophocles. There are 3 so...
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...
The mores of society are frequently presented in theatrical productions of the time. This paper describes Oedipus Rex by Sophocles...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...
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 how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...
In 1178 Maimonides completed Mishneh Torah, what he had hoped would be a compete authoritative code of Jewish law (both Oral and W...
the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...
his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...
of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...
in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...
In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...
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 and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...
In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...
In a paper consisting of three pages the protagonist's distinguishing between appearances and reality is assessed in these works b...
Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...
This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...
in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...
More than anything, regardless of what Sigmund Freud believed, "Oedipus the King" is a story of sight and insight and the...
In 6 pages the Theban play trilogy of Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, are discussed in terms of how...
In seven pages this paper examines the conflict of man's struggles in accepting duties and responsibilities to the polis from the ...
In 5 pages this paper examines righteousness and how Antigone is responding to a higher authority by breaking the law in this trag...
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...
Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...