The situation went from bad to worse when his mother passed away, leaving her little children uncared for. ... He even shoved his father off in the funeral of his mother and worked arduously to fend for his family. ... Love is communicating, caring and sharing, but for Tom, love became a kind of possessing his children as much as he could. ... As for Gene, he also tries to possess him. ... He told Gene that "it'd kill his mother " (Anderson 647). ...

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After learning of the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus flees to Thebes in an attempt to guarantee that the prophecy will never come true. ... Blind to his past and to the power of prophecies, Oedipus killed a man and married a woman that was the exact age to be his mother. ... Oedipus possesses physical sight, but is completely blind to the truth. ... Even though Teiresius, a valid prophet, tells Oedipus that he killed Laius, his father and previous king, his pride and self-righteousness prevent him from seeing the truth that has been laid out for him. ...

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King Laius discovered from an oracle that his son would kill him. ... The oracle told him that he would one day marry his mother and kill his father. ... Oedipus not knowing what he did, has already killed his father Laius. ... Freud considered a myth to be almost a dream; a dream that can possess a unique importance due to its ability to be an unseen function of acknowledging from the human mind. ... In conclusion, the Oracle at Delphi's prediction was correct in that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. ...

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In Hamlet's first soliloquy (1.2), he expresses his despair due to his mother's hasty remarriage after the death of his father. ... He leaps from the single example of his mother's impulsive behaviour and condemns all women for all time. ... Hamlet reveals his own frailty when he admits that his despair has driven him to thoughts of suicide and that he would kill himself if it were not a violation of canon law. ... Further, we learn that his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage have turned his world into "an unweeded garden / That grows to seed; things rank...

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He must decide whether to kill his uncle Claudius and revenge his father's death. ... He hates his mother for marrying Claudius so soon after his father's death, and he is in love with Ophelia until she rejects him. Some of the qualities Hamlet possesses include anger, hatred, distrust, and confusion. ... In the end King Cluadius is killed by Hamlet, however this is after his mother is poisoned. ... He killed Hamlets father and made him on the edge of insanity. ...

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Theseus asks of Neptune to "Avenge a father's wrong.... She has already lied and as a result, Hippolytus is disowned by his own father. ... Maybe jealousy will even drive her to kill Aricia? ... When Oedipus grows up, he is told by a prophet that his future shows him killing his father and sleeping with his mother. ... On his way to another town, Oedipus runs into some annoying old man, whom he kills (who turns out to be his father). ...

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Oedipus was an evil person who married his mother, killed his father and caused pain to his people from the plague. ... Come here, come to these hands of mine that are siblings to yours, hands that brought to this sad state the once bright eyes of your begetting father, who, children, neither seeing nor knowing was proved your father from the same place he himself sprang. ... When he kills his father, it was because of something small which also reflects his pride and also marrying his mother. Oedipus is seen as a powerful person who defeated the Sphinx which gave him reason to possess more pr...

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The whole story revolves around Hamlet's loyalty to his father, and even causes him to view his mother coldly and hate his uncle. ... He had just lost his beloved father and witnessed his mother marry his less than adequate uncle. ... As the play progresses, he curses Ophelia and his mother and even murders a man. ... Like any other tragic hero, Hamlet possesses that tragic flaw that ultimately results in his death. ... Lastly is Hamlet's inability to kill Claudius. ...

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Sophocles" "Oedipus Rex" is an ancient Greek play that explores the life of Oedipus, the King of Thebes, and his horrifying discovery that he has killed his father and married his mother. Oedipus possesses character traits such as self-confidence, strong will and intelligence. The fact that he possesses these traits is why he was able to solve the riddle of the Sphinx and become the ruler of Thebes. ... Unfortunately his brilliant mind led him to realize that it was he who killed his father. ... Self-confidence is a very positive trait to possess but it also was a great weakness for Oedipus. ...

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He urges Hamlet that he must take revenge for his murder and kill Claudius, and says, "If thou didst ever thy father love/...Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (I.v: 29, 31). ... Hamlet delays his revenge of his father's death not because he is a coward but because his psychological feelings and need for a perfect revenge cause him to delay in order to wait for the perfect moment to kill Claudius. ... "This is explained by the fact that Hamlet, having inadequately repressed a desire to possess his mother, identifies himself with his intended victim and thus cannot, in clear cons...

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After he defeats Grendel and Grendel's mother he returns to his untimely death. ... Beowulf gives up his weapons to fate and God to decide if he shall be the victor over Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. ... Beowulf's loyalty runs deeper then just helping Hrothgar, he is also paying his dues to Hrothgar for taking his father in when he was turned away by his people and paid to settle the dispute his father had caused. "Beowulf, you've come to us in friendship, and because / of the reception your father found at our courts I bought the end of Edgetho's / quarr...

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Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. ... His loyalty to his father, was the reason he was so angry at Claudius and his Mother. ... He kept pretending he was insane even after he was sure that Claudius killed his father. ... He had just lost his father, and his mother remarried so quickly that according to him they could have used the leftover food from the funeral in the wedding reception. ... In any tragedy there is a tragic hero, and he must possess certain characteristics in order to be one. ...

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Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. ... His loyalty to his father, was the reason he was so angry at Claudius and his Mother. ... He kept pretending he was insane even after he was sure that Claudius killed his father. ... He had just lost his father, and his mother remarried so quickly that according to him they could have used the leftover food from the funeral in the wedding reception. ... In any tragedy there is a tragic hero, and he must possess certain characteristics in order to be one. ...

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According to Aristotelian dramatic theory, a tragic hero is usually a man of noble standing and good character who possesses a tragic flaw, or hamartia, which eventually contributes to his demise. ... Hamlet begins his transformation to misery, so to speak, when he finds his mother has abruptly married his Uncle Claudius, who has now become the King of Denmark. ... For example, after Hamlet learns of Claudius" guilt in the death of his father, he decides to kill him. ... " (3:4:89-92) If Hamlet would have killed Claudius at that very moment, his father would be revenged, the internal stru...

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He possesses the virtues, traits and beliefs that were respected in the Anglo-Saxon culture. ... Beowulf jumped in the water to fight Grendel's mourning mother, he did not know where he was going yet, he went for glory and fame showing no fear.   ... He shows how intelligent he can be when he was fighting Grendel's mother and he became weary and became stumbling. ... "My life was almost lost, fighting for it, struggling under water: I'd have been dead at once, and the fight finished, if our Father in Heaven had not helped me." ... He possesses goodness by telling the king of...

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For example, he is an unbeatable war machine because he possesses armor crafted by the god Hephaestus to protect him in battle against Hector, leader of the Trojans. ... His hubris, or arrogant pride, ends up affecting his destiny, which is to kill his father and marry his mother. ... Since it is his fate to kill his father and marry his mother, he cannot avoid it. After the tragic events of finding out his prophecy is true and that his mother and wife has killed herself, Oedipus ashamed, blinds himself in order to never see his deceased parents again in the afterlife. ... His punishments, the...

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A mother kills her baby because it is unwanted, yet she is not charged with murder. ... If a doctor killed a baby one minute after it was born, he would be charged with murder. Yet, if the doctor was to kill a baby before the actual birth, they would not be considered a murderer. ... For those who are pro-choice, what about the effects on the mother? ... Another good point is that it takes three to have a baby; the mother, father, and Almighty God. ...

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The greek myth is about this king named Oedipus who is born with this fate that he will kill his father and marry and have kids with his mother. To save them from this they tied Oedipus by his feet and sent with a shepherd him be killed. ... Oedipus stated that he wasn't only trying to find the killer for the interest of the people of Thebes but also "for the murdered king in my own interest. " (143,1222) He feels that whoever killed Laois, will kill him. ... Even when his wife/mother Iokaste tells him in lines 682-684 "...This is what prophets and prophecies are worth! ... His fate was ...

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With Medea possessing these intellectual powers and violent heart, she plays a role in the deaths of so many people around her. ... "Children of a hateful mother. I curse you And your father. ... Her plan to kill the princess is made tangible through the obedience of her children. ... Medea sees only one way out, and that is to kill them all, leaving Jason alone to deal with his grief. ...

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The fact that he is described as wearing something of silk indicates that he does possess some wealth; fore, silk is a sign of nobility and wealth in those days, because of the difficulty in obtaining the newly introduced material. ... The Sultan's mother, angry at her son's rejection of Islam, plans to have all the Christians murdered, including the Sultan, at the wedding feast. ... Constance converts them to Christianity but a knight sent by Satan kills the wife and plants the murder on Constance. ... Again an evil royal mother intervenes to have their child killed, so Constance an...

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When he arrives, he discovers his uncle Claudius is married to his mother Gertrude and is now king. ... While Hamlet is mad, he kills his love interest Ophelia's father, Polonius. The death of her father causes Ophelia to commit suicide (or so it seems). ... In Hamlet's first soliloquy, he states that the world is "an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely (1.2.135-137)." ... Near the end of the act, Ophelia drowns which leaves Laertes without a sister and father. ...

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He sets out to repay Hrothgar for helping his father, showing Beowulf's loyalty and faith. ... He has no idea of the arts of war, or shield or sword-play, although he does possess a wild strength. ... When night falls after the feast, Grendel's mother comes to exact revenge. ... Because of this, Beowulf eagerly accepts Hrothgar's proposal to attack Grendel's mother. Although he had already done what he pledged to do, Beowulf is loyal to Hrothgar, and sets out to kill the other demon. ...

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As far back as history goes, there is a hero associated with it, whether it be Abraham Lincoln for freeing the slaves, Albert Einstein for being a genius, or someone as simple as a mother or father. ... Upon her son's death, Grendel's mother comes to Herot with one thing in mind, revenge. ... Normal humans do not possess the stamina or athletic ability to swim to the bottom of the ocean, but to Beowulf, it's as normal as anything. ... This persistence allows him to eventually kill the dragon, but lose his life in the process, also gaining the elite status of an epic hero. ... E...

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To kill his father and marry his mother is his fate, and fate cannot be fought or avoided. ... Once Oedipus learns of the prophesy that he ill kill his father and marry his mother, he is determined to do everything inn his power to avoid it. ... Oedipus encounters Laius on the road and kills him, thinking that he has saved himself from a potential robber. ... Oedipus also possesses a classical tragic flaw of leaders, which causes them to believe that they cannot be harmed. ...

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Before he was born he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. ... Throughout the play Oedipus is searching for the killer of Laius, who is actually his father, and ironically it turns out that it was him all along. ... This shows the power and popularity that Oedipus possesses which gives him the proper status to be a tragic hero. ...

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