Part one of term paper
The Innocence of Oedipus by J. T. Sheppard describes the reactions and emotions of the audience to Oedipus and to his actions. It describes the differences as to how the character is portrayed to the common man as well as the educated man of the times. The laws and human principles of the time are also mentioned throughout the essay. Shep ...

Part two of term paper
... of his crimes of murder and incest. Though for a modern crowd, it is easy to see that the man he kills is his father and the women he marries is his mother, it is equally easy to understand how they could assume that he could not have know that at all. He is attacked in a desolate mountain pass and kills a man under self-defense. He then marries a woman from a different city. An Athenian of the time could have considered both of these misfortunes. Imperfections come within all men. This ...