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Pity And Fear Oedipus Rex
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... Away! Out of the land, away! Banishment,
Banishment! Fatal Am I, accused, and the hate on
me as no man else, of the gods His misfortune was
so great from the fact that not only did he
discover that he had inadvertently murdered his
father and married his mother, but he also lost
Jocosta to suicide, lost his sight and his home as
he is banished from Thebes. Since Oedipus is not
an evil man he did not deserve his misfortunes and
thats why the reader feels pity for him. The
reader is also able ...
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High Social Status Married His Mother
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Over Tragedy Essay TRAGEDY ESSAY Over the course
of time, many things tend to change significantly.
Such is the case of tragic literature and the
cathartic effect it has on the reader, which has
deteriorated a great deal from Sophocles? writing
of the true tragedy, Oedipus. Hamlet exemplifies
partial decomposition of catharsis whereas Miss
Julie epitomizes an almost total collapse of the
cathartic effect. It is assumed that the higher
the status of the tragic hero, the easier for the
1990? s aud...
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