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…Claudius felt no remorse for killing King Hamlet. Throughout Hamlet it is obvious that Claudius is only concerned with his own power and safety. He thinks of no one but himself. He has no real pangs of conscience and never even considers confessing…

…King Oedipus Excessive Pride Theban play of Oedipus the King talks about one of the Greek tragedies like the Odissey. Oedipus is the tragic hero of this story that cursed till death to suffer greatly with the knowledge that he married his mother…

…this essay, I will prove to you just why Carbon is the king of elements! Here we are with such a tremendous element, millions and millions of years later from the date it was discovered. We are using Carbon here, there, and everywhere, and have yet…

…Oedipus’ Hamartia Aristotle once said that a hero’s downfall must be a result of some tragic flaw within the character. This flaw was known as hamartia in the Greek world of Aristotle. Since Aristotle greatly admired Oedipus the King, many…

…trade, overseas expansion, and made attempts to relieve social distress, unlike their predecessors. King Charles V of Spain was the epitome of what the “new monarchies” during the 15th and 16th centuries were. Due to lineage, Charles V was the heir…

…was quelling these, he was killed in battle. King Xerxes, son of Darius, ascended to the throne of Persia after his father's death in 486 BC. After securing his throne, Xerxes began to muster forces to once again invade Greece. He was determined to avenge his…

…First King of Shannara After the first war of the races, man became an outcast and was forced to run into the deep southland. At paranor (the home of the Druids) a druid named Bremen was declared an outcast because of his insistence to keep using…

…Desperation, a recent Stephen King novel, is not just a book, but an experience that leaves the reader frightened, paranoid, and questioning his moral beliefs. Picture, if you will, a lone, crazed Nevada policeman who pulls over vehicles on a lonely…

…Sigmund Freud stated the play Oedipus the King is an immoral play and sets aside the individual's responsibility and social law. Freud also states that divine forces in the play are partly to blame for the immoral conduct of the characters…

…In "King Solomon's Mines", the men seem to have an outlook on the hunting as an obsessive hobby. He writes in great details about his guns and ammunition, along with complete descriptions of the joyful experiences he feels while hunting. The men seem…