Essays Tagged: "Plague"

Sophocles portrayal of unversal justice through Oedipus the king

alogue we sense the character of Oedipus. When confronted by his subjects praying for relief of the plague he reacts kingly and graciously, saying, "I am king, I had to come....How can I help?...Ask m ... that he did not feel humbled before Apollo. Punishment for this lack of faith takes the form of the plague which Apollo imposes on Thebes, an eventual consequence of Oedipus's defiance and hubris towa ...

(3 pages) 192 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Oedipus Rex. About the detective process used by Oedipus

nd of Jocasta (Liaus's widow) is the current king of Thebes. The city is suffering under a terrible plague. Unsure of how to save his people, Oedipus sends a messenger, Creon, to Delphi. There, Creon ... people listen with him. Here, Creon reveals that Liaus's murderer dwells in the city of Thebes. The plague, sent by the gods, will not subside until the killer is driven from the city. Upon hearing th ...

(3 pages) 152 0 2.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Oedipus Rex

Oedipus the King is widely regarded as a tragedy of fate. Briefly stated, it begins with a terrible plague that destroys the city. King Oedipus sends a messenger to the oracle at Delphi to find a cure ...

(3 pages) 94 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Music that is Romantic

e Romantic period of music, we come uponthe first of several apparently opposing conditions that plague all attemptsto graspthe meaning of Romantic as applied to the music of the 19th century ...

(3 pages) 188 1 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Symbolism in Camus' The Plague

For the first essay for Integrative Studies 300 I would like to write on the Camuswork, The Plague. Since Albert Camus has a philosophical view unlike that of manywestern writers, the book can ...

(1 pages) 97 1 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Conflicts of the Black Race: Delayed Economic and Educational Progress

or's rate of self-improvement. Not only are blacks still disrespected by other races, problems also plague us such as poverty, drugs, and miseducation. To make matters even worse, we also have a serio ... we as a people become aware and begin to raise our self-esteem, we will continue to let racism be a plague to our race.The slow progress of our race has led many blacks to become pessimistic. They los ...

(5 pages) 206 0 3.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Time and fate of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet are;the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and Romeo, and FriarJohn's plague.A servant to Capulet, who is incapable of reading the list ofguests, asks for Romeo's assista ... Romeo andJuliet are; the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt andRomeo, and Friar John's plague. The Capulet ball influences the endingof the play by Romeo's invitation at the ball, which c ...

(3 pages) 86 1 3.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Time and Fate in Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet are;the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and Romeo, and FriarJohn's plague.A servant to Capulet, who is incapable of reading the list ofguests, asks for Romeo's assista ... Romeo andJuliet are; the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt andRomeo, and Friar John's plague. The Capulet ball influences the endingof the play by Romeo's invitation at the ball, which c ...

(3 pages) 49 0 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Greenspan - The Case for the Defense

ontroversial andbeneficial issues which have hovered around our criminal courts and will continue toplague and pester them for years to come. By observing and understanding certain issuespresented in ...

(2 pages) 45 0 5.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Drinking Water Dilemma

at a sewage treatment plant, but these plants are not designed to remove the inorganic toxins that plague this country's water system. In sddition to the deficiencies of treatment facilities, our wat ...

(3 pages) 196 1 3.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Newtons law of gravity

story of the sight of an apple falling to the ground (he was resting at Woolsthorpe because of the plague at Cambridge) that caused Newton to wonder if this same force was what held the moon in place ...

(5 pages) 212 0 4.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Romeo and Juliet - The Capulet and Montague Fued

lt of the Capulets is the most aggressive character on the stage, Mercutio's twice-spoken curse, "a plague a' both houses!" (III, i., ll.91, 106), makes it plain that the sides are equally to blame fo ...

(4 pages) 41 0 4.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Music that is Romantic

e Romantic period of music, we come uponthe first of several apparently opposing conditions that plague all attemptsto graspthe meaning of Romantic as applied to the music of the 19th century ...

(3 pages) 93 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

How Dangerous are Drugs and What can we do about the drug problem?

towns and our lives. Though a small percentage of peopleuse drugs, they do attempt to spread their plague among others. But, how dangerous are these mindsuppressors? Do they kill like the statistics ...

(4 pages) 321 3 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Morale: The Strongest Weapon In a War - This essay is about morale and (1) Why We Need It, (2) Has It Done Any Good? and (3) Techniques (4) Other Opinions

iers. Why do they want to fight this war? What difference does this make? These pondering questions plague a soldier in and out of battle. What will he die for? I'll tell you. The soldier will not fig ...

(2 pages) 109 1 4.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Anthrax This essay is simply entitled Anthrax. It is a brief description of the bacteria Anthrax and its effects on various aspects of life.

sed by the bacteria bacillus anthracis. One theory about this disease is that anthrax was the Fifth Plague of Egypt mentioned in The Bible. Casimir Davaine first saw these rod-shaped bacteria in 1850. ...

(1 pages) 176 5 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Microbiology

Medical Miracles on the Horizon, in the future to come?

al issues have been present to some extent in the 20th Century and, left unsolved, will continue to plague society and mankind as we enter the new millennium. As we rapidly approach the next era, new ...

(5 pages) 87 1 4.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Bubonic Plague (this essay is about the bubonic plague outreak in the history of the world. it gives important facts and interesting information.)

The Plague or Black Death was an epidemic disease that occured in the 6th, 14th, and 17th centuries that ... had decreased by 25 million people (one third of the population). All the people that died from the Plague were placed in empty houses, because there was not enough people left in the towns or village ... in empty houses, because there was not enough people left in the towns or villages to bury them.The Plague was spread by flea infested rats. It was not the rat that passed or had the disease it was th ...

(2 pages) 103 1 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

story of the sight of an apple falling to the ground (he was resting at Woolsthorpe because of the plague at Cambridge) that caused Newton to wonder if this same force was what held the moon in place ...

(5 pages) 208 1 4.2 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

To kill a Mockingbird (Film Review)

The plague of racial hatred. In To Kill a Mockingbird, a small southern town ravaged by the Depression i ...

(5 pages) 229 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis