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End Of The Play Blind Man
988 wordsJocasta is an integral part of the play, Oedipus The King, by Sophocles. Her actions and thoughts are important to the reader as well as the characters within the play. In this passage there are several themes and significant items that she is addressing. Jocasta is trying to help relieve Oedipus of his fears that come from the oracles. Jocasta states at the beginning of her speech to Oedipus (977 - 984), that since chance is against him there is no need to worry; he can not know what will occur...
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Emotions Of Oedipus Rex
876 wordsIn the play, Oedipus Rex, Sophocles carefully gives each character their own personality, so they will react differently to their problems as they come about. The way each character deal with his or her feelings is what makes this play so powerful. Through out the play we know for a fact the main character, Oedipus Rex, had indeed killed his father in a confrontation, and went on to marry his mother, Iocaste. As Oedipus learns this, he goes through a great deal of emotions throughout the story, ...
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Wife And Children Absolute Power
1,006 words... ing, and he actively ignores many warnings that he shouldnt continue to pursue the murderer. Tieresias warns him, Jocasta warns him, and the old shepherd warns him, but he brashly ignores them all. It is not that he is a bad man; his motive is both self-less and selfish. He wants to save his city, but he also wants glory and vindication. He believes that he, one man, can be everything. Sophocles is pointing out that this isnt true. No king, no matter how hard he tries, can be a perfect ruler...
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Oedipus Rex By Sophocles Robert Fitzgerald
1,143 wordsOedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he believes is the truth, but the audience (fore-armed with knowledge of the truth) knows that it is not. Conscious irony is evident when a character knows the truth but is reluctant to reveal it: thus, he...
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Oedipus Fate Vs Free Will
646 wordsOedipus the King, was written by Sophocles between C. A. 496 - 406 B. C. In this play, Oedipus is a great example of Sophocles belief that fate will control a mans life no matter how much free will exists. Oedipus is a man of unflagging determination and perseverance, but one who must learn through the working out of a terrible prophecy that there are forces beyond any mans conceptualization or control. Oedipus actions were determined before his birth, yet Oedipus actions are entirely determined...
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Value Judgement Gender Issues Creon
1,058 wordster> Defending Creon: a monarch within his rights to rule In Antigone, especially with the feminist movement now holding the title character, as prototypical downtrodden woman, the king Creon is often vilified. While accepting the fact that Creon has misogynist tendencies, the gender issues can cause the pure argument of validity of actions, to fall by the wayside. So supposing for a moment, that Antigone's rebellion had been undertaken by a male, would Creon's choices have been differ...
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Laius And Jocasta King And Queen
1,418 wordsSophocles' play Oedipus the King was written for a Greek audience as a religious right and lesson around two thousand years ago, while Ibsen's play Ghosts was written as a criticism of the Norwegian society during the 1890 's. Although these plays were written for very different reasons and under different circumstances, the universal theme connecting them is mankind's liability to sin because the results affect a greater whole. One of the more specific themes of these plays is the negative effe...
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Antigone Pride And Conflict Of Law
970 wordsSophocles Antigone, in its later phases is no longer about the conflict of law; It is about stubbornness and self will, about the sin of refusing to listen; about a man who has never been told. Conflict of law, presents the initial disturbance within Thebes. Creon, King of Thebes, refuses to bury the body of Polynices, for in his eyes Polynices is his countrys enemy Antigone pg. 131. Thus, despite breaking the laws of the gods, Creon holds his power higher than that of God and heavens and enforc...
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Birthmark And Rappaccini Daughter Birthmark And Rappaccini Irony
538 wordsSophocles once said that The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves. That is to say that the source of most human turmoil lies within the beholder. This concept is true and is clearly proven in Nathaniel Hawthornes short stories The Birthmark and Rappaccini's Daughter. Hawthorne's works both support Sophocles quotation by using irony and characterization to show that men are the source of their own turmoil. Hawthorne uses irony to show that The Birthmark supports the idea that the source o...
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Rock Solid Principals Total Control His Character Creon
1,141 wordsIn the story Antigone, the King of Thebes, Creon, showed that too much power will corrupt anyone. As Creon became the one with total control, his character, judgment, and his principals deteriorated. Antigone was written by Sophocles. He did an excellent job of showing how absolute power will corrupt absolutely. Using Creon's utmost authority, Sophocles told of how everything he once stood for had crumbled. Antigone begins by telling of a Theban royal family which is in much turmoil. There are m...
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A Tale Of Fate In Oedipus Rex
1,138 wordsSophocles Oedipus the King is one of the most peculiar and intriguing works in of the ancient Greek era. Undoubtedly, the title character Oedipus is faced with an unbelievably harsh situation. He leaves his kingdom behind in order to avoid the fate that was foretold to him, only to end up enduring it anyway. Oedipus is dealt with a debilitating fate, and the reader of Sophocles epic must realize that it is not Oedipus own choices or desires that lead to his demise, but rather the cruel fate that...
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Proper Burial Character Flaws
728 wordsThere are many critical mistakes that one can make that have the potential to ruin your life, or possibly take your life. Both William Shakespeare and Sophocles both portray their protagonists character flaws through the critical mistakes they make in their plays Othello and Antigone. In Shakespeare's play, Othello is a noble general who is well-respected by everyone around him. He is happily married to Desdemona. In Sophocles play, Creon is also in a position of nobility, being the king of Theb...
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Divine Laws Driving Force
1,820 wordsIn the play Antigone, Sophocles poses many different themes and moral lessons. The specific component I would like to focus on is selfishness and its effects. Through the characters various actions and ultimate fates, Sophocles teaches us that selfish, self-serving motives lead to destruction, loneliness and loss. Two characters that exemplify the consequences of selfishness are Creon, the King, and Ismene, Antigone's sister. Antigone, of course, being the heroin of the story reinforces this les...
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Late King Divine Law
996 wordsThe struggle between right and wrong, the demands between family and that of the government, and the ultimate struggle between divine law and those made by man is the center of Sophocles' Antigone. Through this expression of Greek drama, a sense of what life must have been like in the time of Sophocles comes across. In his world, women are subjugated and supposed to be silent spectators to the world around them as men's search for power leads to incredible acts against both human and divine law....
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Fascination With Death Father In Law
1,502 wordsSophocles is very concise in laying out the issues of the play and the values most cherished by his characters. In the argument between Antigone and Ismene, Ismene seems doubly powerless. She provides a contrast to her stronger sister throughout the play. Though she is saddened by the fate of Polyneices' body, she does not believe that there is anything she can do. She reminds Antigone that they are only women and are relatively helpless. Though she is sorry to be unable to help her brother, she...
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Winters Tale Tragic Flaw
998 wordsThe Winters Tale: A Pagan Perspective. Shakespeare's The Winters Tale depicts a family torn apart as a result of the jealous actions of Leontes, the King of Sicilia. The actions and personality of Leontes can also be observed in Greek Tragedies by Homer and Sophocles. The relationship between the members of the royal family portray direct and subtle parallels to the Classical works before it. Louis Martz comments on the parallels between The Winters Tale and Greek tragedies in his article: Shake...
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Lot Of Money Ancient Greek
756 wordsWhat role does the chorus play in the play? In ancient Greek plays, the role of the chorus was to sing lyrical passages. The lyrical passages were set up by the writer and the chorus would then perform dance movements to compliment those lyrics. In todays day and age, it is the cast members in many musicals who depict the role as the chorus. However, in some cases, the chorus also helps assist the modern reader in interpreting ancient terminology used during that period. I believe that the choru...
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Sophocles And Euripides Aeschylus Sophocles
398 wordsThe Greek Tragedy The tragedy was a large part of peoples lives in ancient Greece. Tragedies became prominent long before Christ was born. A tragedy, or goat-song, usually were seen during festivals in ancient Greek times. Tragedies gradually increased in seriousness until they were given utmost importance. Greek tragedies began at a festival in honor of a god, there were three great tragic authors, and all tragedies include a tragic situation. Greek tragedies began at a festival in honor of Dio...
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Oedipus The King Righteous Man
698 wordsThe tragedy of tragedies We seek the truth in things because knowledge serves us. We also seek the truth because we believe it to go hand in hand with righteousness. Hence, man has sought to live in righteousness by seeking the truth in all things. However, Sophocles raises a moral dilemma in which a man, who religiously seeks the truth, falls victim to perhaps the greatest tragedy of all time. More specifically, Oedipus searches for the truth concerning his birth. Although Oedipus seeks the tru...
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Wife And Mother Oedipus The King
1,088 wordsStuck in the Present A theme that appears often is that there is one and only one timeline. Ancients explored this idea through prophecy. In the Bible, when something is prophesied it occurs, no matter how much those it affects try to alter their predicted futures. In Greek literature, as shown in Oedipus, the King, one cannot circumvent the future presented by prophecy. Modern scientists and theorists have also concluded that trying to change the course of history by altering the timeline is im...
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