Despite being blinded and exiled and facing violence from Creon and his sons, in the end Oedipus is accepted and absolved by Zeus.

Oedipus — Despite mother being the parent who primarily gratifies the child ’ s desires, the child begins forming a discrete sexual identity — “ boy ”, “ girl ” — that alters the dynamics of the parent and child relationship ; the parents become the focus of infantile libidinal energy.

Despite suffering heavy defeats against the West Indies during the 1980s, England continued to do well in the Ashes.

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Despite Acorn themselves effectively shelving the Electron in 1985, games continued to be developed and released by professional software houses until 1991.

Despite display rules and guidances, accidents have continued to happen.

Despite his decision to decline the award, the Soviet Union of Writers continued to denounce Pasternak in the State owned press.

Despite their embrace of the principle of rectilinear inertia and the recognition of the kinematical relativity of apparent motion ( which underlies whether the Ptolemaic or the Copernican system is correct ), natural philosophers of the seventeenth century continued to consider true motion and rest as physically separate descriptors of an individual body.

Despite this campaign Chaplin was a favourite with the troops, and his popularity continued to grow worldwide.

Despite the progress in certain sectors, many social and political injustices continued.

Despite this turnover in the ownership, a powerhouse team composed of Feller, Doby, Minnie Miñoso, Luke Easter, Bobby Avila, Al Rosen, Early Wynn, Bob Lemon, and Mike Garcia continued to contend through the early 1950s.

Despite the ban on factionalism, the Workers ' Opposition continued its open agitation against the policies of the Central Committee, and before the 11th Party Congress ( March 1922 ) the Workers ' Opposition made an ill-conceived bid to win support for their position in the Comintern.

Despite the reorganization, money continued to be a problem for the institution.

Despite the Algiers Agreement, tense relations with Ethiopia have continued and led to regional instability.

Despite the advent of a regular television service in the Federal Republic in 1952, cinema attendances continued to grow through much of the 1950s, reaching a peak of 817. 5 million visits in 1956.

Despite this, however, the country continued to receive aid and investment from capitalist countries such as the U. S ..

Despite ceasing to record new material between 2002 and ( most of ) 2005, Brooks continued to chart with previously recorded material, including a top 30 placing for " Why Ain't I Running " in 2003.

Despite the advent of print however, hand-written grimoires remained highly valued, as they were believed to contain inherent magical powers within them, and they continued to be produced.

Despite the step up, his scoring exploits continued and he was runner-up only to Ian Rush in the goalscoring charts the following season and then went one better as he was the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 with 24 goals.

Despite receiving some criticism from his peers, he continued to front the BBC's coverage of the Masters and The Open, where he put his language skills to good use by giving an impromptu interview in Spanish with Argentinian Andrés Romero.

Despite the testimony, persecution against Quakers and other dissenters continued.

Despite the attempt to keep the show fresh, the changes alienated many of its longtime viewers while failing to gain the hoped-for younger viewers, and the ratings continued their decline.

Despite strong government measures, tension continued to grow, and Carías was ultimately forced to release some prisoners.

Despite his engagement in politics, Abeken never lost his interest in theology and continued to publish and speak in this sector during all of his life.

Despite widespread condemnation of her scholarship some minor aspects of her work continued to have supporters.

Despite warnings from local authorities, the group continued to meet privately and attract even more followers.

Despite these illnesses, construction of the new town continued.

Despite his aristocratic contempt for the Nazis, he continued to show deference to Hitler right to the end, as shown by his acceptance of the position of OB West in August 1944, when he knew he would be no more than a figurehead, and even more so by his visit to Hitler in March 1945, when the German people were already plunged into the catastrophe of defeat.

( Despite the Broons ' perpetual deference to their social ' betters '.

" Despite Gropius's protestations that as a war veteran and a patriot his work had no subversive political intent, the Berlin Bauhaus was pressured to close in April 1933.

Despite Orkney ’ s protestations, Cadogan insisted on compliance and, reluctantly, Orkney gave the word for his troops to fall back to their original positions on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.

Despite his protestations, the delegates drafted him, and he accepted the Democratic nomination with a speech that according to contemporaries, " electrified the nation :"

Despite the protestations of Shamash, Enkidu is marked for death.

Despite John's protestations, Howard started having a friendly discussion with the inexperienced prospector and ended up teaching Scrooge the secrets of the job, and helping him earn ten thousand dollars.

Despite the worried protestations of his foster-father, he set out for the fearful forests.

Despite initial protestations by the king, Sir Orfeo reminds him that he gave him his word and Sir Orfeo returns with Heurodis to Winchester:

Despite Callaghan's protestations that she should go back to university, she campaigned for his victory alongside Neil Kinnock, the future Glenys Kinnock and Rhodri Morgan, whom she would marry in 1967.

Despite their protestations, Jerome takes the children to the restaurant.

Despite Roy's protestations that the KPO did not constitute an independent political party, it was not long before it had entered the field with its own candidates for office.

Despite such protestations, the mainstream press of America echoed Green's hostile sentiments, with the Chicago Tribune accusing the Communists of attempting to " stir up race hatred and disorder " and the Philadelphia Record pooh-poohing the entire idea that American blacks could be " bolshevized " as " ridiculously childish.

Despite Theodoros Stamos protestations that he had done nothing wrong, the Tax Court also ruled against him for liability for various self-dealing excise taxes under IRS code section 4941 for the years 1970 through 1976 in the total amount of $ 19, 407, 500, and additions to tax under sections 6651 ( a )( 1 ) and 6684 for the same years in the respective total amounts of $ 724, 375 and $ 2, 957, 500.

Despite Li's own protestations, they overruled him, and put such claims in the published text.

Despite Deleon's earlier protestations of innocence, once his trial began, Deleon's attorney conceded that Deleon had indeed committed all three murders.

Despite Rose's gentle protestations that her grandfather is dead, Jackie insists that he has returned in some capacity and has been visiting her for some time.

Despite the protestations of fellow competitors, it won, though the final cost was to be in excess of £ 100, 000.