Part one of term paper
Essay (Fate) Sophocles “ the King” is a tragic play which discusses the tragic discovery of that he has killed his father and married his mother. The story of was well known to the athenian’s. is the embodiement of the perfect Athenian. He is self-confident, intelligent, and strong willed. Ironically these are the very traits which ...

Part two of term paper
... walks on 4 feet and 2 feet and 3 feet and has only one voice, when it walks on most feet it is the weakest?” correctly answered “Man” and became the king of Thebes. This riddle is a metaphor for the life of . As a child man crawls on his hands and knees this is the four feet to which the Sphinx refers. Also man is at his weakest as a small child. He depends solely on others for his nourishment and well being. was the child of Jocasta and King Laius who was taken to the mountain by a shepard ...