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    King Herod

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    Running Head: Ezra and Herod the Great Donna Ray Grand Canyon University BIB 123 January 14‚ 2009 Ezra‚ an Israelite loyal to God of the Hebrews‚ lived in captivity in Persia under the rule of Cyrus‚ who was the King of Persia years before Herod the Great. Ezra was a man that was faithful to the rules and instructions of the Gods. He shared not only his allegiance to God with his surrounding countrymen‚ he also preached to them about their disobedience to God and their consequences

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    King Lear

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    Kathleen Mcluskie’s essay about King Lear insists that there is no proper reading of the play that does not recognize the play’s inherent misogyny. This essay approaches the text from a feminist theory perspective‚ paying special attention to the role of patriarchy and how Shakespeare reinforces that system with this play. Ultimately‚ Mcluskie’s assessment of the play from that perspective holds that King Lear supports the notion of patriarchy and that Shakespeare must be subverted in order for alternatives

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    King Richard

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    RicThrough the comparison of different texts‚ the audience gains deeper understanding of a composer’s contextual values. Shakespeare’s historical tragedy ‘King Richard III’ reflects a theocentric world view of Elizabethan England. This melodrama has been reshaped by Pacino’s 1996 doco-drama Looking for Richard exploring the relevance of Elizabethan beliefs after the influence of postmodern ethics on humanitarian ideas. Both Shakespeare and Pacino utilize the dominant media of their time to portray

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    Oedipus The King

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    to ask for help from Oedipus‚ the current king of Thebes who once saved them from the tyranny of the terrible Sphinx. By this time‚ Oedipus has sent his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to the oracle of the god Apollo to seek advice from divine sources. But before Oedipus had ever arrived in Thebes‚ the previous king‚ Laius‚ was murdered under mysterious circumstances and the murderer was never found. When Oedipus arrived in Thebes and saved the city‚ he was made king and married the widowed queen‚ Jocasta‚

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    Oedipus the King

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    because of his actions. Most people say it’s because of his actions. For starters‚ Oedipus’s problems are because of his actions. For example Oedipus thinks too highly of himself as a king‚ he believes everyone should listen to what he says at all times. In the story on page 61‚ it states “come speak plainly or it will go hard with you.” Oedipus says this to the shepherd so he could make him talk about what happened to him as child when

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    King Lear

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    List types of roles: In this performance‚ Madison Jackson plays the role of Goneril‚ King Lear’s eldest daughter. What was the theme explored? The scene ‘Goneril’ demonstrated a range of social themes such as power‚ greed and loyalty. Thirst for power‚ caused by the loss of a fathers love‚ push Goneril to evil acts‚ presenting her as a callous‚ unremorseful women. In a dramatic speech‚ Goneril expresses her unwavering love toward Lear all so she may greedily acquire his riches and fortune. However

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    Oedipus The King

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    In Oedipus the king the use of dramatic irony develops the play through pathos towards the tragic hero‚ creating suspense‚ and foreshadowing the outcome of the play. Oedipus knows about the prophecies yet he does not know they have come through‚ however the audience is aware of everything going on in Oedipus life. The readers know Oedipus is the murder of liaus but looking at Oedipus personality the novel also depicts how angry he is with whoever killed laius. “As for the murderer himself‚ I call

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    Oedipus the King

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    is the murderer‚ but since the king knows himself to be innocent (or thinks he knows)‚ he accuses Creon of plotting with Teiresias against him. The quarrel of Oedipus and Creon brings Jocasta from the house; seeking to calm down her husband and prove that oracles cannot be trusted‚ she tells again of how Laius died. When she mentions that he was killed ¡§at a place where three roads meet‚¡¨ Oedipus suddenly begins to suspect that he may indeed have killed the king without knowing who he was. To settle

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    dramatic irony. Oedipus is a proud man. He thinks of himself as the savior of Thebes. Oedipus tells the people of Thebes‚ "I am the land ’s avenger by all rights/ and Apollo ’s champion too. (154-155). What rights is he talking about? He may be the king of Thebes and he may have solved the riddle of the Sphinx but no one proclaimed him as Apollo ’s champion. Oedipus makes the same mistakes over and over again. Instead of receiving Creon ’s news from Apollo ’s prophet privately‚ Oedipus had to have

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    King Leer.

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    Human frailty is often a centre or the focus of Shakespearean dramas. King Lear by William Shakespeare is a dramatic tragedy encompassing characters who are good-natured‚ evil and mad. It highlights the nature of human beings in regard to what makes them who they are and within this‚ we see in each character a human frailty. However‚ the play gives us hope in its display of the propensity of humans to change as is seen in Lear himself and Gloucester. The play presents to us several variations of

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