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In a paper consisting of three pages the protagonist's distinguishing between appearances and reality is assessed in these works b...

In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...

no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...

logical explanation, Othello seemed bent on confirming that he will never be more than a misfit in Venice. Desdemonas protestatio...

In six pages this essay considers the psychological, moral, and literary influence Sophocles exerted in his play in a discussion o...

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

In five pages this paper argues that instead of free will Oedipus is instead controlled by determinism in this tragic play by Soph...

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

In a paper consisting of five pages ways in which organic unity serves as an important function in ths plots of these ancient Gree...

plague that threatens to annihilate most of its citizens. This plague is interpreted as an act of the gods, who are voicing their...

Deities and the concept of fate are examined in this comparative analysis of these classical literary works consisting of 6 pages....

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

and in order to protect the city and its citizens, Oedipus was compelled to take drastic action. Also, he wished to cement his re...

In five pages essay examines how justice is conceptually portrayed in this tragic play by Sophocles. There are no other sources ...

In seven pages this research paper discusses the various interpretations of this classic Greek tragedy including those of Sigmund ...

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

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

In five pages this essay compares and contrasts these two literary works regarding the portrayal of morality in each. There are n...

behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final...

of our concern. If this story simply told of Oedipus as a king who is found guilty of murdering his father and...

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

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

his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

will; summation of all applicable elements will likely lead one to conclude that determinism played a significant and essential ro...

content of his disturbing dreams to Jocasta, her response was, What should a man fear? Its all chance, / chance rules our lives. ...

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

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...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...