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father who controlled every aspect of her life. When she married bank employee Torvald Helmer, she was merely exchanging a father...
the womens circumstances and the move to change those circumstances. Rochesters dismissal of Antoinette, her family and her commun...
position in the court was not higher than it was. He is the source of all conflict in the story for he presents Othello with subtl...
he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...
declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...
of Helen of Troy in marriage if she wins. This starts the war. In this we see that the war is being fought over a woman, Helen, c...
Women had been treated as possessions of their husbands; Islamic law made the education of girls a sacred duty and gave women the ...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...
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...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...
In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...
In five pages this paper compares and contrasts how violence is featured in these two works of classical literature. Three source...
In eight pages this paper examines how the protagonist Oedipus changed from one work to the next in this analysis of these tragedi...
In 5 pages this paper examines how perceptions of truth are shaped through illusion in these two plays. There are 3 sources cited...
In five pages this text on Islamic women's sexuality is reviewed....
In five pages this paper discusses a young woman's healthy development as presented in E.M. Forster's Victorian novel Room with a ...
In five pages this paper presents a character analysis of Haemon as a reflection of wisdom and his wisdom while also serving at th...
In 5 pages this paper compares how these topics are thematically depicted in these plays. There are 4 sources cited in the biblio...
calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
that "ladder of success," or does that mean that they are not on the rung that they would like to be. Since they are the ones who...
In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works by Shakespeare and Sophocles in terms of tragic themes and iro...
In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...
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 contrasts and compares the way good and evil and father and son relationships in these two plays. There ...
In a paper consisting of five pages the Book of Job is compared with Oedipus the King in terms of such issues as free will. There...
In seven pages this short story which features a woman's fight to freely live her life despite several mental impairment is presen...
In five pages this paper examines the different ways in which heroine Antigone and hero Oedipus wielded power in these plays by So...