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What are the similarities between the Furies and Oedipus? Is Oedipus' hubris truly gone? If it has than why does he blame the Gods for his impurity? Shouldn't he fear them? It seems like in Oedipus at Colonus, women have more audacity than women in other Greek plays. Why are Antigone and Ismene significant in this play? What is their role? Is Oedipus really responsible for his actions or should the Gods be blamed for orchestrating such events? As I was reading Oedipus at Colonus, I realized that…

In the story of Sisyphus, if existentialism is best defined as “existence precedes essence”, Sisyphus is an existential hero because of his existential viewpoint on his torture in the underworld and his ability to control his fate. Firstly, Sisyphus’ existential viewpoint on his torture supports his status as an existential hero because Sisyphus’ task of pushing the rock up the hill indefinitely is only considered torture when he acknowledges the desolate essence of his labor. For example,…

In his piece, seen in Figure 1, Hercules and Omphale, sculpted in ivory in 1690, Permoser illustrates torment through the form of penance. According to myth, Hercules accidently caused the death of his friend Iphasis, ridding him with guilt. As punishment for his deeds, Zeus sentenced him to serve as Omphale’s servant for three years. Omphale was the Lydian queen, or queen of the barbarians, making her a suitable master for Hercules to perform his penance. He greatly yearned to be cleansed of…

The twist at the end of “The Locket” was a surprise . The author truly leads the reader to believe that Edmond had been killed in the Civil War. The facts that the locket that Edmond was wearing was found on a dead soldier and sent by the priest to Octavie, Octavie’s actions and demeanor, and the amount of time that had gone by all led to the conclusion that Edmond was dead. {{better!!}} As the story unfolds, Edmond is wearing the locket that Octavie had given him. As he pulled it…

The following essay will discuss the main character and protagonist, Okonkwo, as a tragic hero in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart.” The definition of a tragic hero will be examined in depth and how Okonkwo, whose flaws ultimately leads to his downfall, meets all the criteria of a classic Greek tragic hero. Aristotle describes a tragic hero as someone who has high status and who displays a tragic flaw (“hamartia”) that will in the end cause their own destruction. Aristotle explains how a…

During the approximate time of 400BC, Socrates stated that "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." Although many may observe and say that this cannot be true, that the wisest man alive must know something -- we get some insight into how the human psychie stores and utilizes memories. When a memory is created we take it in through our personal perception of the world, and take note of what happened. As soon as we apply our personal perception, it is no…

I. Before his birth, Oedipus was assigned to a miserable life, but his stubborn attempt to fix his destiny led to his life becoming all the worse; his exile was not destined by fate but was a product of his own actions. A. The fact that Oedipus marries his mother and kills his father cannot be blamed on him because his fate was set before he was born. 1. Tiresias tells Oedipus that the prophecy made when he was born has come true and that he will “be detected in his very heart of home: his…

Aylmer is obsessed about the birthmark. He is a man obsessed with attaining divine perfection, he becomes unreasonably fixated on his wife's one apparent imperfection, going so far as unconsciously wanting to kill her just to dispose of it. For him, it symbolizes mortality and sin and comes to tower over Georgiana’s beauty in his mind. He can think of nothing else. The birthmark is on the left cheek in the shape of a human hand. This is connected with sin because you tend to sin with your hands.…

What I suspect is that Sam Westing was murdered by James Hoo. I think this because James is always angry for no reason. Also long ago Sam Westing took James’ invention and used it as his own. This is why I suspect James Hoo for murdering Sam Westing. Why he killed him was to get back for taking his invention and making Sam Westing death look like a accident. James Hoo, when they were reading the will on page 29 saying “Either that or he ate once too often at that greasy coffee shop” James…

A Developed Monster in John Gardner’s Grendel Grendel is a character that has many different characteristics. Grendel the novel written by John Gardner Grendel is a monster in society. Throughout the story, we learn his personality. While learning Grendel's personality we learn that he is a villain in society. Gardener uses the indirect and direct characterization of Grendel to show that he is a villain. Also to show how society created villains. Throughout the story, gardener Describes…