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They want the king to provide a solution to the situation, and replies by telling them that he had sent his brother, creon, to the oracle to find out what was the problem (Grene 12). When Creon comes from the oracle, he conveys the message that the plague will terminate on condition that those involved in the murderer of the former King of the land receives punishment for his deeds. Read More…
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The play is regarded as a classic and most noteworthy among the ranks of Greek tragedies. Like many others within the same category, there is the underpinning theme of the inescapability of the destiny of the main characters of the play. But beyond this can be seen the conviction that is enveloped in the dramatic irony. Read More…
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The Greeks were attracted to the delicate balance between free will and submission to the gods. The time period demanded the development of tragic plays that explore fates and the incessant struggles between gods and mortals while emphasizing that mortals are powerless against their fates or the will of the gods. Read More…
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This heroism-tragedy complex is continuously developed in the three plays using the principal patterns of suffering. Therefore, the principal concern in this analytical paper is to examine literary aspects that make the protagonists in these plays tragic heroes. Based on different works of literature, the principal attribute. Read More…
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The ways in which we interpret dramatic works largely depend on our experience of theatre practices and on our familiarity with genre conventions. Our ability to laugh at antics of a stock character or watch with pity and compassion a tragic hero's downfall is defined by our awareness of certain cultural codes, norms and traditions. Read More…
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More specifically dramatic irony occurs when the audience or reader knows more about the lives of the characters than the characters themselves. This prior knowledge usually creates a sense of tragedy in the audience because they can see just how helpless the characters can be. Read More…
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The story mainly revolves around Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson and the king of Bohemia. In this allegory, there are several instances of ironical statements at the end of the tale. For example, Holmes once said to Dr. Watson that it was a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Read More…
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Marriage between two people can be a thing that binds them more closely together. It can also be a purely formal tie with no emotional content. Men in particular throughout history have used marriage as a political mechanism. This is true in both Oedipus the King and Capellanus Courtly Love. Read More…
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“The Epic of Gilgamesh,” “The Odyssey,” “Oedipus the King,” and “The Ramayana of Valmiki” have different definitions of fate. Some of these stories stress that fate comes from human will, while others emphasize that God has a plan, a plan that structures the essence of their fates. Read More…
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Pride in itself can be seen as a positive attribute, but when it is expressed in arrogance and defiance of fate and the gods, it becomes a fatal flaw that leads to their downfall. Aristotle stated, "the tragic hero falls into bad fortune because of some flaw in his character of the kind found in men of high reputation and good fortune such as Oedipus". Read More…
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Odysseus and Oedipus are both leaders of great kingdoms, but they have trudged on different paths, with Odysseus reaching redemption through returning to his homeland and reclaiming his throne and wife, while Oedipus meets a tragic destiny because of fate and hubris. Despite these differences in the protagonists’ endings, these characters have similarities in their characters and temperaments. Read More…
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However, it is a fact that tragic endings and grief affect us much more than usual endings, leaving a throbbing pain and a lasting impact on the readers. The fact that real life is never always rosy, we tend to look for reality in what we read too. Read More…
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The study aims to investigate the significance of the portrayal of the personality traits and characteristics of the speaker as well as the listeners presented by a skilled and learned author by creating a fabulous monologue. The paper also draws out the historical background and philosophical ideas described by the authors in their monologues. Read More…
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The tragedy is used for many reasons; to foreshadow the upcoming events, make conflict in the play, to show the reader the consequences of the different actions, to arouse the emotions of pity and fear, wonder and awe, to explore the questions of the ways of God to a Man, and to purify the emotions. Read More…
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In the same way, characters such as the merchant in Shahrazad’s story of the Merchant and the Donkey have to deceive and outwit the demon in order to save his friend, the merchant from the demon’s deathly hands. The donkey also deceives Read More…
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In fact, the examples taken from philosophical studies and literature of Ancient Greece, which is believed to be the cradle of civilization, show that it is free will, the acts of autonomy that Read More…
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Sophocles lived in the epoch of changing customs when old traditions were contradicted by the new ones. The author seems to be a follower of both sides. He tries to reconcile the opposite parts appealing to the common sense of the wrongdoer. Sophocles ‘Antigone’ reminds us much of the best dramatic plays by Shakespeare, such as “Romeo and Juliet” and “King Lear”.
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Oedipus by Sophocles fits perfectly to the ideal tragic hero by Aristotle. The character follows all rules, including an anagnorisis, a hamartia, and a peripeteia. Read More…
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According to the report ‘Oedipus the King’ by Sophocles is a famous tragedy which still continues to inspire modern playwrights and philosophers. Although written two thousand five hundred years ago, ‘Oedipus the King’ is capable of arousing all the emotions of pity and fear as it could when it was first staged. Read More…
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‘blindness’ of Oedipus in his inability to realize the true and accept his fate until the end of the play, as well as the physical blindness of Tiresias, the only character who has the wisdom to see and accept the true identity of Oedipus. Most importantly, sight is used Read More…
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In literature, the sudden and abrupt transformation in a character’s current ideological stance and, or, a mental disposition is attributed to the notion of an epiphany. Thus, this moment of epiphany is a “moment of seeing which is not reading” (Tigges 99). The nature of this moment of realization varies along with the circumstances that prescribe its development in the plot of a literary form. Read More…
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Generally, Aeneas, the son of Anchises and Venus, was a Trojan leader. The story gives a clear picture of Aeneas. As can be seen, he was supposed to take the Trojans to Italy and lay foundations there for the Roman Empire. He was an exceptional hero and had all the good qualities a hero should possess. Read More…
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The law of nature and the will of God (i.e., God’s will over man’s will) take precedence in the final consequences of the actions of the characters in this play. Creon the ruler of Thebes was warned by Tiresias to change his mind over executing Antigone and to give up his stubborn and irrational ways.
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Those who experienced democracy were ‘property owners’, ‘people of honor’, and ‘people of worth’. According to Aristotle, the term democracy was explained as an association of brothers. It is therefore imperative to note that there is no democracy in Antigone. All the people in Thebes, under the leadership of King Creon, are supposed to be loyal to him regardless of democracy.
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The ancient Greek play Antigone, written around 442 BC by the famous dramatist Sophocles, has become one of the world’s classics and has been widely published, performed and adapted in many languages and formats across the world. It is a memorable play, characterized by a background of death and destruction, and the strong figures of Antigone and Creon. Read More…
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Hamlet gets actually told his father’s ghost, and it nearly rescinds his mind, driving him to madness (Edwards 13). Once he gets these facts about the killing and incestuous relationship between his mother and uncle, he gets extremely mad. Is Hamlet an insane man or a revengeful, genius, scheming? Read More…
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Renowned critic, author and scholar of 18th century Samuel Johnson maintains that “Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature.” Hence, being a great critic, Johnson has presented a superb universal approach and everlasting criteria of assessing and judging the magnificence and universality of a piece of literature. Read More…
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Creon faces the consequences with a stone-cold face. He continues to run his kingdom without the slightest bit of wavering emotion, just as he feels a ruler should. Thus Creon is the tragic hero for all who should have died had died on the cause of Creon's actions and thus found Creon finally in the state of nothingness. Read More…
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The author states that the first thing that Sophocles is able to do with dramatic irony in Oedipus is create an intense sense of inevitability of Oedipus’s downfall. The very irony itself, by reminding the audience that a line has a double meaning, reinforces the fact that Oedipus is going to suffer his downfall.
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The paper aims at identifying that irony influences most of the dialogues and events involved in the story and the frequent use of irony succeeds in placing a greater emphasis on the sorrowful outcome of the tragedy. The ironic element used in the tragedy suggests that such facts are seen as holding great potential to drastically change the circumstances. Read More…
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The play King Oedipus consisted of eight dramatic personae and they were: Oedipus, Creon, Priest of Zeus, a chorus by Theban elder, Jocasta, Teiresias, herd of Laus and a messenger. Theaters in ancient Greeks included the use of chorus in plays; they were performed from the background concurrently with the play. Read More…
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Exploring facts surrounding the play, it is indisputable that Oedipus’s fate was already predetermined. The fateful endings that befall Oedipus are the demise of his wife. This is after she discovers that Oedipus was responsible for the death of his own father, and that she is his mother. Read More…
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Oedipus Rex illustrates the Greek concept that trying to circumvent a prophet’s predictions is futile. This play also addresses the concept of free will and determinism, despite the fact that Oedipus did not become the victim of fate. Although he kills the ex-king, this action was totally based on his intentions to get the throne.
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Oedipus the King has been translated by many well-known writers and translators in verse or prose form because of its popularity and excellent plot. Oedipus the King was translated by Robert Fagles in 1984 in verse form. The story of Oedipus the King has a protagonist named Oedipus. The actual storyline of the play is not at all new to the audience. Read More…
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There is tragic dramatic irony when Jocasta disapproves oracle. When the messenger arrives to inform Oedipus about the death of his ‘father’ king Polybus through natural death she gets overjoyed that the Oracle has been proved wrong and even cries triumphantly. “Where are you new, divine prognostications? Read More…
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Oedipus the King is a world-famous Athenian tragedy created by the ancient tragedian Sophocles. This literary analysis primarily focuses on the ironic element in the context of Oedipus Rex and is written in an attempt to critically assess the nature of this element, how frequently it is used in the story to win the attention of the readers, and what impact this style leaves on the audience. Read More…
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He quickly emerged as a playwright, winning competitions and acting in most of them, but he was also involved in the religious and political life of his community (Bloom). It would be unusual not to find some reflection of his political beliefs in plays such as Oedipus the King. Read More…
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The play also depicts the theme of prophecy and predestination. According to the play, the people of Thebes believed that their gods predetermined their future. On the other hand, Oedipus believed that an individual had the ability to control his future through positive thinking. Thus, the play depicts conflicts between reality and prophecies. Read More…
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In simplest terms, irony occurs in literature AND in life whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do. Just as there are countless ways of misunderstanding the world [sorry kids], there are many different kinds of irony. Read More…
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The author states that the small passage can be seen as a moral core of the play which reflects the nature of eternal laws and their importance. The passage tells readers that eternal laws were born in Heaven, Olympus alone is their father; they were not brought forth by the mortal nature of man, nor shall forgetfulness ever put them to sleep.
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The King is a character that can be described as a hippie and is reflective of differences in generations, between his family and his grandmother. The challenges in the generation are a theme that is explored through the lifestyle exhibited by the characters in the story. The trip that he takes is an act that shows a difference in perception. Read More…
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Oedipus the King Sophocles’s play. “Oedipus the King”, is a gripping tale of ill fate, blindness, tragedy, and a man’s downfall. Oedipus is the ruler of Thebes, a city now in ruins with deaths and suffering plaguing it day by day. The elders beseech Oedipus to make things right as he had once saved their city before by solving the Sphinx’s riddle. Read More…
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Renowned playwright Sophocles' play Oedipus the King is a brilliant piece of art, which continues to endure tidal waves of changes within the literal world. Individuals living in different eras appreciated this play making it one of the few works of Sophocles that people still read or dramatize in plays, in contemporary society. Read More…
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Polynices is the traitor and the enemy of the state as such Creon strongly believes that he deserves that treatment. Security of the state is the primary requirement for humankind, religion, family life, and for a proper and peaceful existence. According to Creon the good of the state is supreme and takes precedence over all other duties and values Read More…
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It was only through providing an underlying error, sin or omission on the part of the protagonist to explain his downfall so that the audience could understand and connect with the play instead of a situation where the hero was brought down by his own virtues which, as was observed by Plato, had the effect of corrupting the audience. Read More…
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Their downfalls come through entirely diverse channels to where they are accounted for their actions. On one hand, Othello’s downfall comes when he appears no longer able to handle the strength of his character hence depending on others. On the other hand, in his downfall, Oedipus is condensed to a blind, homeless beggar by the prophecy which was foretold before he was born. Read More…
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It generates strong emotions in the viewers. The author creates a perfect tragic hero and his imperfection and his errors in judgment are supposed to go in tandem with his fate. He strongly believes that he can challenge fate, without the realization that the latent force of the fate can outsmart him. Read More…
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The author states that Oedipus nobility is exhibited by him being a prince by birth as he was born to Laios and Jocasta, through adoption to Merope and Polybus thus becoming heir to the throne of Corinth and final accession as king of Thebes through a democratic election. Read More…
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In the second half of the play, he is found guilty of committing two crimes, though unintentionally, in his past. Since the concept of justice in Sophocles’ society emphasizes the act of crime, not on the motif, Oedipus has been held guilty. However, indeed Oedipus is not the victim of the Gods; rather he is the victim of his father’s injustice and partly his own obstinate character. Read More…
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Sophocles, the great Greek tragedy writer’s monumental work, ‘Oedipus the King’, tells the story of Oedipus, the king of Thebes, renowned all over Greece for his intellect and determination, which in the end prove to be the cause of his downfall– the tragic flaw – which, in spite of being a positive trait leads to his ultimate end, which is his death.
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Dove’s protagonist, Augustus, can be considered as the resurrected Oedipus who is fated to be deserted by his white mother and to marry her unwittingly. Like Sophocles’s Oedipus he also kills his father and her mother commits suicide in order to save him. Read More…
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1) Power. As a rule, power blinds people. The same situation occurs to the characters of Oedipus the King. He is afraid of everything and everyone who may pretend to deprive him of the power of a king. This person is suspicious and selfish. Read More…
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Oedipus Rex reflects dramatic irony in its dialogue. Dramatic irony is essentially the characters’ misunderstanding of the words’ real meanings and Read More…
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The two plays focus on two kings who have to leave behind their innocence as they are being led by the truth towards being enlightened before falling. This battle is between darkness and light: here light represents the truth while dark represents the lies. From the beginning to the end of the two plays, it can be seen that the two protagonists have been put in isolation, and they are living in their worlds. Read More…
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In Scene 1, Oedipus tells the head priest: “My zeal in your behalf ye cannot doubt; /Ruthless indeed were I and obdurate /If such petitioners as you I spurned”. He underlines that he has “zeal,” which means that he is passionately devoted to his people and that showing otherwise will make him a ruthless leader. He is devoted to helping his citizens escape their latest source of torment. Read More…
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Since the purpose of this current paper is to understand the meaning of a particular phrase of the prophet Teiresias in “Oedipus Rex” tragedy by Sophocles, the author of this particular paper analyzed the plot of the tragedy itself, its text, and the context of this dialogue between Teiresias and Oedipus. Read More…
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In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus is the central hero around which the whole play revolves. Even though he commits some of the most dreadful acts, yet there is no getting away from the fact that he is the one who saved the people of Thebes from ruin. Therefore, it is befitting to call him a hero, even though he had to pass through pain and devastation to achieve it. Read More…
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Aristotle praised Oedipus the King for its tragic arc and used the play as his model for a perfect tragedy in his Poetics. Oedipus is a perfect tragic hero because his situation Read More…
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In the Greed tragedy Oedipus, written by Sophocles, the main protagonist King Oedipus is beset by a plagued Thebes, a condition which can only be reversed by the prosecution of an unknown criminal who took the life of its previous king. The unraveling of the unknown criminal’s identity forms the crux of the story. Read More…
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The two plays, Oedipus and Othello, separated by a period of several centuries, shall form the subjects of study of this survey. This survey seeks to look at the aspects of tragedy within both these plays and how the period between these two plays has affected the way tragedies are played out. The survey shall argue about the basic changes. Read More…
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In his analysis of what makes a true tragedy, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle identified three major elements. These included a character with a fatal flaw, his realization of this flaw and a reversal of fortune because of this flaw. At one point, Aristotle even says, “the tragic hero falls into bad fortune because of some flaw in his character of the kind found in men of high reputation and good fortune such as Oedipus”. Read More…
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Through this approach, people will stop wasting their lives contemplating the reality of hell and heaven and, instead focus on their current life. At the end of the reading, the poem demonstrates that endless happiness and suffering can be achieved here on earth and it is dependent on our attitude toward life.
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Oedipus was cursed since birth and saw his downfall due to fate and his own rash actions. The fate of Oedipus was first brought before the audience by the wise Tiresias. It was this blind prophet who made veiled comments about Oedipus’ parentage and his misdeeds in the direction of his biological parents. In this sense, the meeting of Oedipus and Tiresias is vitally important.
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He is really scared of the truth and does not want to acknowledge it but the reality was that he killed his father and in addition to this he also slept with his mother, it was a clear case of incest Read More…
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Aristotle stated “the tragic hero falls into bad fortune because of some flaw in his character of the kind found in men of high reputation and good fortune such as Oedipus.” In this statement, he indicates Oedipus had a flaw that, because of his high station, would ultimately cause his demise. Read More…
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Oedipus, the king, is a proud person because he knows and he believes he has the qualities that make him a great leader. In fact, he is the savior of the kingdom of Thebes. His rise to fame started when he was able to answer correctly the riddle of the Sphinx and saved the kingdom from the Sphinx. Read More…
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The words of the priest of Zeus to Oedipus are the true description of the plague or the sufferings imposed on the people of Thebes. The priest, the representative of the people of Thebes, tells to Oedipus that the city is drowning and almost dead. The infertility of the soil, the burnt status of the cattle pastures, stillborn babies. Read More…
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Sophocles uses blindness as a symbol of truth. Both the characters Teiresias who is a blind prophet and Oedipus after he is blind seem to see the truth most clearly in spite of their blindness. Oedipus was famous for clear-sightedness but discovers that he had been blind to some truths for many years. Read More…
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As such, my argument will be undertaken in the context of the thematic elements present in a work of this type. Oedipus is a character who represents many things to many people. His story, however, does not take place within a vacuum, nor is it historical. Read More…
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On the other hand, pragmatism is defined as setting aside one idea to pursue a lesser, more achievable ideal, and involves pursuing practical approaches to problems. A pragmatist is said to be a person who is primarily concerned with the success or failure of his actions. Read More…
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Among the many dramatic devices, epiphany is a key device, which can be found or featured in many works, particularly tragedies. The one tragedy, in which epiphany was prominently featured was Oedipus, written by Sophocles. An epiphany can be explained as a moment that can take place in anyone’s life, during which they will discover truths that will enlighten or reveal an individual’s character. Read More…
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Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller having been written in 1949 is the latest followed by Hamlet written sometime between 1599 and 1601 A.D. with Oedipus the King going way back to the Greek era in 429 B.C. Arthur Miller consistently makes use of Willy’s past to engross the reader in his Death of a Salesman. Read More…
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Antigone is not ready even to tolerate the humiliation of her brother’s dead body; it is, therefore, she is determined to bury the corpse according to the prevailing norms and rituals of the Thebes city. Though she has an unabated attachment with his dead brother Polyneices, yet she does not perform it merely out of sheer love for him. Read More…
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The oracle reveals that the plague will only end when the murderer of the erstwhile king Laius is killed or banished for his misdeed. Oedipus also calls upon Tiresias who reluctantly divulges that it is Oedipus who killed Laius. Oedipus is angered because he has won against the Sphinx and has his pride. Read More…
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In this theory, Freud uses the play Oedipus Rex by the ancient Greek Sophocles to illustrate a natural human tendency that can develop into neurosis. After reading through Freud’s theory and reading the play, it seems clear that Freud is right in suggesting Oedipus suffers from the complex Freud named after him. Read More…
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Oedipus fits Aristotle’s concept of a tragic hero because he is a king who has virtually everything- power, wealth, and the love and respect of his family and his people- but in the end, he loses everything and becomes the vilest criminal. Oedipus falls from his high social stature because of his tragic flaws and because he cannot fight his fate. Read More…
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It is clear from Oedipus’s power as a political leader in the city of Thebes that he stands in stark contrast to the political and social ideologies of his brother-in-law, Creon. Other characters like Tiresias, Jocasta, and Choragos also possess abundant sociopolitical and spiritual power which will be scrutinized and contrasted against each other in the essay. Read More…
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One technique used by Sophocles in his work involves the explicit development of characters within the play. Character development facilitates the creation of a given trait desired by the writer (Kitto and Davy 23). In this case, Sophocles succeeds in the formulation and development of a sustained emotional environment throughout the play. Read More…
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Unlike the usual categorization of what a tragic play means, Sophocles did not have his own static and permanent “blueprint” for what tragedy must be on stage. Read More…
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This paper discusses the thesis that upon analyzing the drama, it becomes clear that Sophocles indeed exemplifies Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero through the key elements of Oedipus’ hamartia getting more than what is deserved and the plot epitomizes tragedy through imitation, arousal of pity and fear in the audience and finally the experience of catharsis. Read More…
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The author of the paper will begin with the statement that the deterministic prescription of gender structures and the socio-cultural environment’s role in shaping a vanquished society are evident in “Oedipus the King”, where Sophocles expansively typifies the misogyny and suffering that women were subjected to during his times.
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These pages are the first indicators that the future would be dark. Oedipus initially had thought that he was the son of the king and queen of Gorinth, as he was not informed that he was a foundling. The mutilation of his feet was not explained either. As a child, this unfortunate prince was exposed to death and remained alive due to the mercy of a servant. Read More…
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The gifts of the people of Thebes to the gods in the form of branches wrapped in wool do little to save them from poverty and eventual death. The Chorus and the priests try their hands at calling on the gods Athena, Apollo, and Artemis but still no answer. Thebes’ cries for help and the need for a savior reach the king, Oedipus, who dispatches his brother-in-law, Creon, to consult the Delphic oracle. Read More…
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What is fate? Fate is “an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end. In life, no matter what choices we make our fate will be the way it was always meant to end. In Oedipus the King we learn of Oedipus’ attempt to avoid what the gods have prophesied for him. He will sleep with his mother and kill his father. Read More…
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As Oedipus the King begins, in all of Thebes, Oedipus can only one man as an equal: Jocasta’s brother, Creon. Since Creon holds a position close to the king’s, he is the first person Oedipus becomes suspicious of when he hears the news he doesn’t want to believe. At the end of the play, Creon doesn’t hold a grudge but takes pity on Oedipus despite his past behavior and his present disgrace. Read More…
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The drama revolves around King Oedipus, fated to kill his father and marry his mother, a prophecy that could not be changed. Even after the father of Oedipus decides to kill his son to avoid this wrath, Oedipus survives and fulfills the prophecy of the oracle. In his capacity, when he learns that his foster parents are not his real parents, he decides to inquire from the oracle about his parents. Read More…
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Oedipus was born and bought up by royalty. Oedipus is quite intelligent and smart like any epic hero. He is able to solve the riddle of the Sphinx and establish himself as a hero in history. He enjoys a happy family life and has all the fortune a man can dream of. But, he was never peaceful throughout his life. Oedipus lived a life of agony. Read More…
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Sophocles had joined the army in his initial years of profession, and his service brought him several awards. Although his professional life was highly successful, his personal life was not satisfactory with sufferings from his children’s misconducts in regard to ownership of property. Read More…
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The author states that almost every character of Oedipus suffers from the same controversy: he or she knows the sad truth; as this truth is dangerous, the character refuses to share it with Oedipus; consequently, the king of Thebes has to add to this suffering from knowledge more suffering from different accusations. Read More…
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Oedipus the King is one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever produced. Composed by the distinguished philosopher and playwright of ancient Greece, Sophocles, the tragedy explores how destiny plays a principal role in human life. Humans are unable to escape the misfortunes that had been predetermined by Nature for them. Read More…
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These terms themselves require definition and thus will be illustrated with examples from the play itself. Understanding the lessons Oedipus learned through this play helps illuminate what the ancient Greeks were meant to understand from it and further highlights the value of these religious festivals in ensuring the peaceful operation of urban centers. Read More…
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The second of Sophocles’ three Theban plays, Oedipus the King can best be regarded as the Greek tragedy par excellence. It was, in fact, a wonderful experience for all of us, living in Ancient Athens in about 430 BC, and the play deals with the story of Oedipus, a stranger to Thebes, who kills King Laius and becomes the king of the city. Read More…
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In the character of Oedipus, for example, pride drives him, but stubbornness proves to be his downfall as he steadfastly refuses to listen to the council regarding this pursuit. Following in his footsteps, his daughter, Antigone, expresses her own stubborn inability to listen to the council which leads to her death as well. Read More…
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Much of Greek tragedy follows a consistent pattern that was once identified specifically by one eloquent orator. According to Aristotle, every tragedy is structured around three key events. These include hamartia, anagnorisis and peripeteia. The idea of excessive pride plays a monumental role in Greek tragedy appearing as hamartia and is thus the driving force for the rest of the action. Read More…
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Generally, the prophecies were passed even before Oedipus's birth to his mother and father who were royals. His father, king Laius of Thebes, and Jocasta his wife were cautioned through an oracle known as the Delphic oracle that should they give birth to a son, the son would kill Laius and marry Jocasta. Read More…
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Sophocles also reveals the theme of commitment to religion and God through the incorporation of Jocasta’s suicide ordeal. At the beginning of the play, Theban Queen Jocasta disrespects the gods by thwarting a horrible prophecy about her husband and her children. She compounds the issue by marrying her son Oedipus and bearing children with him. Read More…
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