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- 13251: Oedipus The King 3
- OEDIPUS THE KING The feature of the tragic hero as exemplified in Sophecles Oedipus the King makes the tragic character a great paradox. For unlike most, the tragic hero emerges as anything but a social person. He may begin that way, motivated by a genuine desire to help the community, as Oedipus, but what emerges in the ...
- 13252: Oedipus As An Epic Poem By Ari
- ... tragedy by definition is a drama which recounts an important and casually related series of events in the life of a person of significance, such events culminating in an unhappy catastrophe, the whole treated with great dignity and seriousness . The Greek tragedies are plays based on myths which were well known and enjoyed by audiences. Most of the plays encompassed certain elements that Aristotle identified in his Poetics. The five Aristotelian ...
- 13253: Lancelot and Odysseus
- ... other or is any more valuable to the Western thought of today. Each civilization has donated much which governs the way we think today and should be regarded with the utmost respect as a truly great culture.
- 13254: Obasan Book Report
- ... Aunt Emily going to Toronto and everybody else moving to Toronto. In the end almost everybody ends up dying. The novel had many strengths and weaknesses. One strength that really got to me is the great detail in how the Japanese were treated, though they were Canadian citizens. Obasan also taught me a lot about the Japanese culture and background. I enjoyed learning that it was custom to take a bath ...
- 13255: The Odyssey 4
- ... be named Sarvadamana. Dusyanta has achieved his goal and the future of the Puru Dynasty is assured when Marica announces that "[Sarvadamana] is destined to turn the wheel of [the] empire" (VII, 364). Despite the great differences in the times and cultures of Sakuntala and The Odyssey, the ruling figures, Dusyanta and Odysseus, have similar responsibilities as leaders. Their responsibilities--to protect, to ensure justice, and to continue the ruling family ...
- 13256: Of Mice And Men 5
- ... loneliness in the novel. The novel starts off and is set in Soledad which means lonely. At the beginning they get a job working on a farm together. Lennie is a little retarded and has great physical strength that isn't too controllable. As they work from ranch to ranch, Lennie relies on George for guidance and help. Rather than them both wasting their earnings, they try to save it in ...
- 13257: Of Mice And Men 4
- ... cannot run as fast as in his prime or herd sheep like he did when he was younger Candy loves him just the same. He appreciates all of the joy and loyalty that his once great dog has brought to him during his life and is ready to let his friend now live out the rest of his natural life. Unfortunately that is not the way that some of the other ...
- 13258: The Oresteia
- ... to making the decision, as evidenced by his thoughts: "How shall I fail my ships and lose my faith of battle? For them to urge such sacrifice of innocent blood angrily, for their wrath is great-it is right. May all be well yet" (Aeschylus, 212-216). Agamemnon is clearly letting his passion for honor on the battlefield prevail over his love for Iphigeneia. This is understandable though, because back then ...
- 13259: The Siginificance Of The Openi
- ... Venn] sat, the motionless and the uninhabited solitude, intruded the chink of guineas, the rattle of dice, the exclamations of the reckless players'. In short, the actions of men scarcely ruffle the surface of the great world around them. This is consonant with the several times Hardy shows Clym aware of his insignificance in the universe.
- 13260: Hawthornes's Young Goodman Brown And Rappacini's Daughter: Solicited by the Devil
- ... Brown is supposed to be used as "what not to do" example for the righteous Puritans. Yet the last seen in Rappacini's Daughter is completely different. It portrays a man who had to endure great sorrow through no apparent flaw of his own. This, however, is not the case. Rather in this last confrontation Hawthorne is pointing out a reason for the demise of Giovanni, and at the same time ...
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