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"Winter Dreams", 2008.
A summary and analysis of the theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, "Winter Dreams".
808 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper looks at how, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams", the character of Dexter dreams of winning the love of Judy Jones. In particular, the paper focuses on whether Dexter's dream simply represents the unrequited love of an adolescent or whether it represents in microcosm the American dream.
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"Dexter is fourteen when we meet him. He is confident and a daydreamer and spends time in the "fairways of his imagination" (318). Dexter's real dreams begin when he meets Judy Jones. Dexter is a caddy, and Judy is fourteen, "beautifully ugly as little girls are apt to be" (Fitzgerald 318). When they meet on the golf course, Dexter is immediately smitten. Dexter describes Judy as "inexpressibly lovely" (318) and believes she will "bring no end of misery to a great number of men" (318). Dexter is completely overwhelmed by the depth of his attraction to Judy. After a chance meeting several years later, Dexter again falls under Judy's spell. Even when he knows Judy lies to him, he is heartened at her attention and care that "she had taken the trouble to lie to him" (323). "
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Telemachus and Heroism, 2008.
This paper discusses Telemachus' journey to heroism in Homer's "Odyssey".
1,732 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper focuses on a hero of the Greek mythology, Telemachus, the son of Penelope and Odysseus. The paper analyzes this central character in Homer's "Odyssey" whose actions revolve around the journey he took in search of his father. The paper examines his transition from boyhood to manhood and eventually his heroism.
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The Journey from Boyhood to Manhood
The Hero Telemachus
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"The Greek mythology and its heroes have never ceased to fascinate the reader. Stories of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, Poseidon, god of the seas, Aris, god of war and battle, or the simple people whose lives have been transformed by annexation to the gods, such as Achilles or Odysseus (Ulysses), transport the reader into a mythical land of honour, kindness, love, intrigues and cruelties.
"The legends placed in the vicinity of Mount Olympus have captured the attention of the simple public as well as that of scholars and specialists in literature or history. A widely common feature of Greek mythology is that of the hero cult."
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Power and Leadership, 2008.
This paper discusses the subjects of power and leadership as exemplified by three ancient texts: "Genesis", "Epic of Gilgamesh" and "Lysistrata".
3,133 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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In this article, the writer notes that power and leadership are not exactly the same thing, of course, but they are inextricably interrelated for without power, effective leadership would not be possible and without leadership, power would be rendered useless. To help shed some light on these concepts from a modern perspective, this paper provides a review and analysis of three ancient texts, "Genesis", "Epic of Gilgamesh" and "Lysistrata" to better understand how they addressed the respective themes of leadership and power. A discussion concerning how leaders come to power, their responsibilities, real and symbolic, and what responsibilities citizens of a given society have in choosing leaders or in holding leaders accountable for their actions is followed by an analysis of the types of recourses available for citizens to use against tyranny and how these trends continue to impact the modern understanding of leadership. A summary of the research and salient findings are presented in the conclusion.
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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
How Leaders Come to Power
Real and Symbolic Responsibilities of Leaders
Responsibilities of the Citizenry in Choosing Leaders and Holding Them Accountable for Their Actions
Types of Recourses Available to Citizens to Use against Tyranny
Impact of These Trends on the Modern Understanding of Leadership
Conclusion
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"States do today in Iraq by simply declaring victory and bringing the troops home. In this regard, the Greek men may have had the power to wage war, but Lysistrata and her like-minded female counterparts were able to clearly demonstrate who possessed the real power in Athenian society by exercising in a fashion that was for the good of all.
"Such positive outcomes are not always associated with leaders, of course, but it would be reasonable to posit that one of the real responsibilities of leaders is to ensure the welfare and safety of those they lead, and this assessment is borne out time and again in Genesis (as heavily influenced by the Epic of Gilgamesh). More symbolic responsibilities of these early leaders including providing a heroic role model and inspiring their followers to endure the hardships that always seem to go hand in hand with achieving great deeds."
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Family Betrayal in Myth, Modernist and Post-Modernist Drama, 2008.
A comparison of Susan Hazen Hammond's short story "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper," Arthur Miller's drama "All My Sons" and P.J. Gibson's play "Long Time Since Yesterday".
1,316 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper examines Susan Hazen Hammond's short story "The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream Helper," Arthur Miller's drama "All My Sons" and P.J. Gibson's play "Long Time Since Yesterday" that all dramatize the struggles of individuals trapped in uncomfortable family relationships. The paper shows how the three works contain vastly different conceptions of what constitutes the human character and how a character should be dramatized over the course of a story. The paper highlights, however, the consistent themes in these works, such as the family relationships that are based on lies and the lesson that true fulfillment cannot be found in material success or in the esteem of the world.
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"Hammond's tale is a retelling of a Native American myth. The character, even the most dynamic character of the piece that of the male warrior, father, and husband, is not what a modern reader would call a well-rounded character. He is compltetly 'bad' at the beginning of the piece, ignoring his wife, then suddenly shifts to being a 'good' character, in the quest to recover her. In the Miller piece, Joe Keller and his son Christ are depicted as far more complex, psychologically rounded characters. Joe Keller wants to do good things, and help his family prosper, but he commits evil actions in his quest. Unlike the Native American fable, character, and the failures of character drive the plot of the tale. Finally, the Gibson work, takes a post-modernist view of the characters of Janeen and Layer. The play is a 'memory play,' dramatizing the differences between how we remember the past and the reality of the past."
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Paul Chance's "Learning and Behavior ", 2008.
This paper studies the psychology of learning while examining the book 'Learning and Behavior' by Paul Chance.
3,064 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 89.95
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In this article, the writer notes that Paul Chance's book 'Learning and Behavior' provides students and teachers with some intriguing and interesting ideas about the psychology of learning. The writer points out that a general overview of the book displays the ease under which the reader can read the words and comprehend not only the meaning of the individual words, but the philosophical meaning of the words as well. Unlike many similar texts, Paul Chance's book is an easy read providing a style that allows the readers to follow along as he leads along the rosy and philosophical road to educating teachers and students in the field of learning and behavior. The writer concludes that Chance's book 'Learning and Behavior' may be one of the easiest, yet most enlightening manuscripts available on the subject of learning, and presents the material in such a manner that it immediately becomes much more understandable and a pleasure to read.
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"Chance goes on to explain in more detail how the conditioning process works using the Pavlovian procedures. He writes of the higher-order conditioning, trace conditioning, delayed conditioning, simultaneous conditioning and backward conditioning. He provides brief but succinct descriptions of the five conditioning procedures and how Pavlovian procedures interplay with conditioning. The descriptions help the reader in gaining additional understanding of how and why individuals learn and how conditions can play a very vital role in that learning process.
"Comparing those findings to the Operant procedures is a mouthy subject but Chance does a credible job of accomplishing that task. He explains how reinforcements work when applied to operant behavior, while conditional stimulus works when applying Pavlovian procedures."
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Beowulf and Achilles, 2008.
This paper compares and contrasts the hero figures of Beowulf from "Beowulf" and Achilles from "The Iliad".
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The paper looks closely at the heroes in the poems "Beowulf" and "The Iliad" and shows how Beowulf fights and lives on a superior level than Achilles. The paper discusses how Beowulf, through his battles and his image, becomes a kind of mythological figure, while Achilles, despite the charisma he has with the troops and the way he does battle, remains to the end an ordinary human being. The paper shows how even in death he is killed by a mortal, while it takes another mythological being, a dragon, to kill Beowulf.
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"Both Achilles and Beowulf are the centre hero-figures of the literary works they are presented in and the poems "Beowulf" and "The Iliad" are centered on their existence and evolution. However, while Beowulf's mythological struggle seems to bear an extraterrestrial projection, his success seemingly determined the outcome of mankind's faith, Achilles is the centre of a battle between individuals on Earth. Despite godly interventions, the Iliad remains a battle between the Greeks and the Trojans over the fate of Helen of Troy rather than a glorious combat of mythological perspective."
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| Term Paper # 108218 |
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"I Stand Here Ironing", 2008.
An analysis of the mother-daughter relationship in "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen.
1,508 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The paper discusses how the mother in "I Stand Here Ironing" is stymied by guilt, helplessness and frustration for the poverty and providence that led her Emily to be a child that was rarely smiled at, often responsible for more than her years could handle and constantly faced with a look of worry from her mother. The paper explains the mother's many financial and other difficulties and relates that she actually followed all the then current advice on childrearing that promoted distance and little affection. The paper highlights this connection of distance between the mother and daughter.
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"The mother is disturbed but has no answers, that will help her go back in time and allow Emily's childhood to be one that was not filled with fear, bad secondary care giving and a constant look of worry on her mothers face. She raised her oldest child, without the father, as he could not provide for them and therefore walked away. Necessity made it so the mother had to send Emily to her father's family at least twice, where she became a different child. When she was with her mother she often had bad secondary care givers, cruel nursery teachers and angry old ladies, who were willing to watch her for free."
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Women and Self-Violence, 2008.
This paper examines the powerlessness of the women as expressed in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman and "Forgiving My Father" by Lucille Clifton.
1,553 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper focuses on the works, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman and "Forgiving My Father" by Lucille Clifton, and how both outline the powerlessness of women and demonstrate examples of self-inflicted violence. The paper highlights how in "The Yellow Wallpaper" the woman is not allowed to express her feelings, even in her madness, while in the poem "Forgiving My Father" we witness the transformation of the woman from a completely helpless child to a self-possessed and angry soul.
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"Women, under the auspices of a system of marriage that left this with very little recourse or power to prosper on their own often felt a sense of powerlessness that encompassed their whole mind and often showed in literature written by them. There are many examples of the kind of powerlessness that brought out within them the traits of human nature that beget powerlessness. In the case of women, as with men, violence was often the most common trait and yet, for women the very concept of violence was considered off limits and so the violence frequently became self-inflicted."
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"The Chimney Sweeper", 2008.
An analysis of the irony in William Blake's poem "The Chimney Sweeper".
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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The paper illustrates how William Blake's poem "The Chimney Sweeper" uses the familiar tone of nursery rhyme and deploys children's vocabulary and sing-song diction to convey the horrible, limited circumstances of the child speaker's life. The paper explains that the innocence, purity, hopes and light of childhood and heaven are contrasted with the darkness of the soot and the physical, manual labor of chimney sweeping.
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"The speaker of the poem "The Chimney Sweeper" from "Songs of Innocence" is a boy, sold like a slave by his father to be an apprentice chimney-sweep after his mother died when he was so young he could hardly say: "'weep!'weep! 'weep! 'weep!" In other words the little boy could hardly speak the name of the occupation he was supposed to fill. Also the use of the term weeping signifies weeping for his mother. He could hardly apprehend the loss of one of his parents, the cruelty of his other parent in apprenticing him as a sweep, and also the misery of the life before him."
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Religion in Poetry, 2008.
An analysis of the spirituality in the poems of Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor.
999 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper compares the poetry of Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor who both wrote from the Puritan orientation. The paper shows how both poets display in their poetry the fundamental values of deep faith and spirituality and a sincere and all-encompassing devotion to their religion. The paper also notes several differences between their works but concludes that their poems share at their root a melodious beauty that is almost unheard of in today's uncertain spiritual times.
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"Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor are both poets who wrote from the Puritan orientation. Both poets display in their poetry the fundamental values of deep faith and spirituality. An important difference is their gender. Bradstreet writes during a time where it was unheard of for women to engage in such activities. Furthermore, her poetry focuses not only on the purely religious, but also on her domestic life with her husband and children. Taylor on the other hand, tends to focus his poetry purely on the spiritual and the pious life, whereas Bradstreet relates normal human living with her spirituality. In doing this, however, she adheres very strongly to her own Puritan values, and marry these perfectly with her feelings regarding her husband, her children, and her art."
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"Don Quixote", 2008.
An analysis of the novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes.
1,132 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper describes how the main character, Don Quixote, in Miguel de Cervantes' novel of the same name, is trying to live a dream he has of a so-called better time, when Spain was filled with lords, ladies and courtly manners. The paper discusses why this story has been called a farce, fantasy, parable and fable. The paper looks at the theme of class and worth and shows how the characters represent different aspects of Cervantes' thought and history.
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"Don Quixote is about a man living in the 16th century in the countryside in Spain named Alonso Quijano. He loves reading about knights and chivalry, admiring the famous heroes of the past. He reads so much that he comes to believe he lives in the past and longs to "become a knight errant and. . . seek adventures. . . righting all manner of wrongs and . . . placing himself in danger and ending those wrongs, winning eternal renown and everlasting fame" (Grossman 21). He renames himself Don Quixote, as he comes to think of himself as a real knight in shining armor and remakes a headpiece from his ancestral heritage to wear. He is knighted by the innkeeper and travels around on Rocinante, his old horse, supposedly doing good deeds, such as rescuing a boy tied to a tree, seeking adventure and living for knightly honor."
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"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down", 2008.
An examination of "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman and its implications for the medical field.
1,801 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the difficulties that can be experienced when a patient and medical professional do not understand each other's culture or language. The paper focuses on "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman, which is the tragedy about three-month-old Lia Lee, from Laos, who unfortunately was one of these cultural misunderstandings.
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"Several stories in the report (Wilson-Stronks & Galvez, 2005) highlight inadequate informed consent. A Muslim man refused chemotherapy treatment for stomach cancer, because he believed the only way to receive chemotherapy was to be attached to "a pump" that would interfere with his praying. The physician did not understand that his aversion to chemotherapy had to prayer, and treatment was delayed for precious months. Other stories stress cultural misunderstandings: The son of a 72-year-old Italian woman who had a CT scan consistent with metastatic colon cancer asks the surgeon to not tell her the diagnosis because it will "kill her." A 64-year-old African-American has angina, but is reluctant to go for a cardiac catheterization. He mistrusts the healthcare system due to a poor experience with a family member and memories of the invasive procedures done as part of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Such concerns are indicative of what took place in Spirit in 1982. How far have medical centers gone, or not gone, in these past three decades?"
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Dostoevsky, Science and Free Will, 2008.
This paper discusses the beliefs of Fyodor Dostoevsky concerning science and free will.
1,724 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground" and his concern that if science is used as the only tool to discover meaning and lay blame, then human emotion and free will will no longer exist. The paper explains how Dostoevsky worries about the loss of responsibility for one's actions, which would eventually allows people to legitimately act with cruelty. The paper also shows how his words foreshadow the times that would come, when the German "scientific" culture would convince millions to take the lives of innocents in WWII.
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"Dostoevsky, lived in a time when science and new ideas were coveted all over the world, but when his homeland Russia oppressed it with zeal. Bureaucracy and administration censored new findings and ideas with a vengeance so great even great literary minds such as Dostoevsky would spend some time in exile in Siberia as a result of "subversive" wittings and political affiliations. Though Dostoevsky was initially sentenced to death, with several of his affiliation members, his sentence was commuted to four years of exile in Siberia, only after he and his fellow liberals were standing outside for some time awaiting execution. (Dostoevsky vii)"
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Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle", 2008.
Relates that adventures in chapters 'Tierra del Fuego' and 'Straits of Magellan' in Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle".
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that Charles Darwin is often called a man ahead of his time, because his theory of evolution challenged Victorian religious doctrine. However, in his book "The Voyage of the Beagle", Darwin appears to be a man of his culture and times even though he had a unique viewpoint about nature. The paper points out that Darwin's discussion of the different flora and fauna on his journeys on the 'Beagle' are extraordinarily modern in their detail and accuracy; conversely, in Darwin's chronicles about the natives, his racial attitudes show that he was a man of his time. The paper contends that Darwin views his own European civilization as inherently superior to that of civilizations in other hemispheres. The paper uses examples taken from the book to demonstrate Darwin's attitude.
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"Likewise the natives' darker skin, which shields them against the sun, reveals them, in Darwin's eyes, as closer to nature. The fact that they speak a different language that is not of the Indo-European family like Darwin's English or Romantic (presumably, he would not look down upon them if they spoke French rather than their native tongue) likewise is unscientifically judged upon the basis that Darwin finds it unpleasant to listen to. Strikingly, even though some of these natives have already picked up a few words of English and can mimic the body language of the crew, showing what might be called a quick linguistic intelligence, Darwin sniffs that all savages are good mimics."
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| Term Paper # 108094 |
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Jane Austen and Marriage, 2008.
An analysis of Jane Austen's treatment of marriage in "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma" and "Persuasion".
1,507 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma" and "Persuasion", which all relate the stories of unmarried young women who are in search of a good husband. The paper analyzes the issue of marriage in the three novels and how it is portrayed as a type of social contract that interferes with normal relationships. The paper attributes this to the social stratification and the respect for class and money that were the main values of Victorian society.
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"Marriage is arguably one of the most poignant themes at the core of Jane Austen's novels. The plots of her most famous books generally revolve around the subject of marriage and lay emphasis especially on its tremendous importance in the lives of the nineteen century women. In Jane Austen's time, marriage often took the form of a social contract between two parties, the fate of both men and women being affected to the greatest extent by the marriages they contracted. Of the two genders, the women were obviously the ones who suffered most from the consequences of a very inflexible social system, that did not allow them to be anything else than wives to men and, afterwards, mothers."
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"Two Kinds", 2008.
A discussion of Amy Tan's short story, "Two Kinds".
930 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper examines Amy Tan's short story, "Two Kinds" that paints a picture of how belief in the American dream can significantly affect mother-daughter relationships. The paper discusses how the hopes of the older generation are often unrealistic and cause the child to blame himself for failures.
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"The "American dream," despite being a reasonably abstract idea, tends to act upon individual people in very direct ways--it can actually influence the way people behave and the choices they make in their lives. This makes the American dream a reasonably potent force within the confines of American society. As Amy Tan's short story, "Two Kinds," indicates, belief in the American dream can significantly affect cross-generational relationships."
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Oedipus the King, 2008.
A discussion on "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, where the central character is high-born, a king, and a man of power, but by the end of the play he has been destroyed.
1,299 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and looks at how the story is about the damage caused by pride, which was seen as a particularly egregious sin in the Greek view. The paper relates that Oedipus fails to take proper precautions even though he knows his fate from what the Oracle has foretold, but he does not exercise sufficient care to avoid that fate. The failure is because of his pride, because he sets himself above the gods and believes himself to be invulnerable.
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"He then rules for years unaware of his crime. He has not forgotten his crime, for he does not realize he has committed it. From the point of view of the gods, though, he should have known this would happen and should not have killed anyone or married at all. At the same time, it is always clear that he had no choice because the prophecy was a statement of fate and could not be avoided, which really suggests that human memory of the prophecy is in some ways irrelevant."
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