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Created on: April 29, 2008
Oedipus Rex: Victim or Accomplice?
If you've been through high-school literature, chances are you know
by Lisa Asanuma
Created on: January 06, 2008
There is a story of a Mayan tribe with a calendar which predicted the destruction of their civilization
by Jonathan Liu
Created on: April 18, 2010
Aristotle’s model of a Greek tragedy outlines several elements that consistently appear throughout
by Graydyl
Created on: June 14, 2008
In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, does the unthinkable by marrying his mother
by Liza Nuing
Created on: May 11, 2007 Last Updated: May 14, 2007
I went through a phase in my late teens when I considered myself to be an intellectual'. I attended
Created on: December 11, 2009
According to Aristotle, a tragic hero or heroine is the central character
by Roger Lakins
Created on: May 12, 2007 Last Updated: May 16, 2007
The tragedy of Oedipus is more complex than it appears at first reading. It has much to do with truth.
by Bonnie L
Created on: May 10, 2007 Last Updated: May 12, 2007
The story of Oedipus' marriage to his own mother is well-known thanks to Freud's interpretation of a
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