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…Dear King Oedipus, After conducting a series of interviews and examining your personal life experiences I have come to certain conclusions about your psychological condition. While I find no permanent cure for your decease, I would like to offer a few…

…in the 420's, paid them an annual subsidy. On the whole, this uneasy relationship worked well although there were times when the Huns threatened to intervene directly in imperial affairs. The first years Atilla the Hun (circa 406-53), king of the Huns (circa 433…

…"Macbeth" is known as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragic plays of all time. It is interesting to know that four out of seven (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth) of the legend's best works were written after King James I took Shakespeare's company…

…Comparison The marriage of Arthur in Mary Stewarts, The Last Enchantment and Sir Thomas Malory’s, The Marriage of King Arthur are very similar. The stories are comparable in their context, description. In both novels Merlin is a great adviser…

…, and the land-hungry settlers. These early adventurers left evidence of their travels either being trails, homes, and other items. The Kings Highway, which now also closely resembles Highway 21, once ran from Mexico City, Mexico through San Antonio, Texas…

…based. It focused on the four main characters but then also focused on the refuges at the end. It's ironic that the movie had four characters that were trying to steal the gold but yet it was only titled Three Kings, shouldn't it be four, unless…

…Oedipus the Blind In Sophocles' play, Oedipus the King, one of the main themes is blindness. Not just physical blindness, but intellectual blindness as well. The blindness issue is an effective contrasting method for Oedipus at different points…

…Legend has it, when England is in the time of greatest need, King Arthur will return to prevail against the evil threatening the land once again. That time is now. All across the outstretched hills of the country of England, bodies can be viewed…

…In the tragic plays of Oedipus the King and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark both protagonists share tragic flaws that lead the downfalls of both men. The two men share similar flaws as well as having differing ones. These flaws create the tragedy ever…

…The One Who Will Be King         Beowulf contains a myriad of different heroic ethical and social values. Most of these values are ingeniously rooted within, or made evident by the opposing forces of the poem. The initial opposing force…