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Reader Feels Final Decision
717 wordsWhen a play-write creates a tragedy, two of the main aspects that need to be included are feelings of pity and fear on the readers part. In Sophocles Antigone, the presence of fear and pity are very obvious. The people who suffer cause the reader to feel the need to comfort them. It is an example of a very strong tragedy. The main idea or theme behind Antigone, is that one should listen to other peoples opinions or advice and consider it before making any final decision or actions. This theme ca...
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Bury Her Brother Concept Of Fate
444 wordsSophocles Antigone concerns the struggle of a young woman battling for justice at all costs. The idea of fate is a staple throughout Greek Literature, and Sophocles uses the concept of fate to dictate the actions of a character. Antigone's destiny is one of predestination, a mission of the gods which begins with her ill-fated family and Creons decree, and ends with her own actions. The Ancient Greek plays contain a concept of fate that dictates every action taken by, and every word spoken by a c...
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Oedipus A Tragic Hero
1,149 wordsAccording to Aristotle Oedipus from the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is the ideal model of a classic tragic hero. A tragic hero is unable to escape his misfortune of destruction and downfall that is destined to happen. As seen, no one can outrun his or her own fate. Looking at Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero, Oedipus is a hero because he causes his own downfall because of his blindness and anger; his life falls apart when he finds out his life story. Oedipus fate is not deserved. The pl...
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Law And Order Moral Beliefs
987 wordsPeople with different views of the way humanity and its laws function reach certain stages of moral development. Kohlbergs presents us with these stages of moral development. The individual is categorized under his or her moral priority and the way he or she would handle unexpected situations. In Sophocles play, Antigone, characters illustrate Kohlberg's moral development principles. Ismene embodies Kohlberg's pre-conventional stage throughout Sophocles play Antigone. In Kohlberg's first level o...
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Kill His Father Killed His Father
1,637 wordsIn Sophocles play Oedipus Rex Oedipus Even though "fate" seems to determine Oedipus' life, . he does infact have a free will. His choices brought the prophecy to life. Only his decisions (not influenced by anybody) he made. Of course those decisions were in side of the limits set by fate. When Oedipus heard a prophesy that his going to kill his father and sleep with his mother he ran away, even when he new there were suspicions of him being the real son of his parents. There some lines from the ...
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Laius And Jocasta King And Queen
1,457 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 under different circumstances, and not for the same purpose, there is a universal theme connecting them: mans liability to sin. One of the more specific themes of both plays is the negative effect that parents sins have upon subsequent g...
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5 Th Century Bc 4 Th Century
1,186 wordsORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA Theater was born in Attica, an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy, the great tragic poets Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Men andros, in t...
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Oedipus At Colonus 5 Th Century
1,183 words... cles was born about 496 BC in Colonus Hippius (now part of Athens), the son of Sophillus, reportedly a wealthy armor-maker. Sophocles was provided with the best traditional aristocratic education. As a young man, he was chosen to lead the chorus of youths who celebrated the naval victory at Salamis in 480 BC. In 468 BC, at the age of 28, he defeated Aeschylus, whose preeminence as a tragic poet had long been undisputed, in a dramatic competition. The date of the first contest with Euripides ...
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Oedipus The King A Story That Transcends Generations
2,208 words"Oedipus The King" - A Story That Transcends Generations There is an abyss of millenniums between the story of Oedipus the King which took place in Ancient Greece and the Matrix which should never take place in reality unless the humanity stops existing as the society of Homo sapiens. The story of Oedipus the King narrated by the ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles and the threatening warning the Matrix though being parted by millenniums show that the problems which are vitally important for the m...
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Martin Luther King Hannah Arendt
1,510 wordsReligion or Justice? Chicken or Fish? Could religion mean justice or do they contradict one another? Are religion and justice compatible with the violence? People have been trying to find the answers to these complicated questions since the ancient times. The relations of religion with the human laws were the subject of study of writers, philosophers and theological scholars. Nobody was able to prove the adequacy of religion to justice. A history of mankind shows that religion was the main reaso...
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Oedipus Rex Heroic Qualities
963 wordsSophocles is perhaps one of the greatest tragedians ever. Sophocles said that a man should never consider himself fortunate unless he can look back on his life and remember that life without pain. For Oedipus Rex, looking back is impossible to do without pain. This pain stems from his prideful life. Oedipus is aware that he alone is responsible for his actions. Oedipus freely chooses to pursue and accept his own lifes destruction. Even though fate victimizes Oedipus, he is a tragic figure since ...
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Oedipus Rex Tragic Flaw
2,326 wordsThe History of Greek Theater Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5 th century BC, with Sophocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious, and his life would climax in a great and noble death. (Reinhold 168) Originally, the hero s recognition was created by selfish behaviors and little thought ...
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Oedipus Rex Tragic Flaw
2,245 wordsTheater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5 th century BCE, with the Sophocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious and his life would climax in a great and noble death. Originally, the hero s recognition was created by selfish behaviors and little thought of service to others. As the Greeks grew...
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Oedipus Rex Mind Set
531 wordsDuring the classical age, there lived three principal Greek tragedians: Aristophanes, Sophocles, and Euripides. Although Thespis was the creator of the tragedy, these three were the main tragedians. Consequently, when many people within the society have the same thoughts, a mind set occurs. These mind sets are revealed through the literature and art of the society during that time. The one concept that ancient Athenians strongly believed in was religion and the respect to the gods. Such a mindse...
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Oedipus Rex Greek Tragedy
2,514 wordsThe History of Greek Theater Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5 th century BCE, with the Sophocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious and his life would climax in a great and noble death. Originally, the hero? s recognition was created by selfish behaviors and little thought of service...
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Father Cousin Cousin Electra
379 wordsBorn in 495 B. C. about a mile northwest of Athens, Sophocles was to become one of the great playwrights of the golden age. The son of s wealthy merchant, he would enjoy all the comforts of thriving Greek empire. He studied all of the arts. At the age of twenty-eight, his studies complete, he was ready to compete in the City Dionysia. In the first competition, Sophocles took first prize. Sophocles wrote many more plays, and he went on winning eighteen first prizes and he would never fail to take...
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Oedipus The King Pity And Fear
879 wordsThe genre of drama is wide and contains works of varied forms and subjects. The first drama, on which all later works are based, developed in Greece and dealt with religious and social issues. According to Aristotle? s The Poetics, a Greek Tragedy must deal with a serious purpose, arousing a sense of pity or fear in the audience. The emphasis must be on plot over character development and the playwright must utilize suspense and unity of time, place and action. Aristotle writes that a tragic her...
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Oedipus Short Temper Accuses Creon Tireseas
480 wordsAdvanced English 10 3 rd hour September 28, 1997 Oedipus Inextinguishable Flaws Flaws plague every man and woman on this planet. Flaws are what we have in common with each other, and all characteristics that make us human. Sophocles Oedipus, shows that sometimes the combination of certain flaws and other human characteristics can have a tragic outcome. The caring King Oedipus was paranoid and short tempered, and these characteristics brought him to his downfall. From the beginning of the story O...
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Killed His Father King Of Thebes
1,497 wordsUse of Irony in Oedipus Rex Many sources tell us that Sophocles wrote more then one hundred plays, but only seven of them have survived the centuries in their entirety. Certainly the best known of his surviving plays is Oedipus Rex. The plot of the play hinges on the element of irony. Irony can be defined as a combination of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of what is or might be expected or considered appropriate, (Guralnik, Websters, 1968, p. 745). Irony is one of the prevailing ...
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Concealing His Identity Mother And Her Lover Orestes
580 wordsEuripides and Sophocles wrote their own versions of the Electra story. The basic plot is as follows: Agamemnon is killed by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus after he returns from the Trojan war to reclaim his sister-in-law Helen from the Trojans. Electra and her brother Orestes plot to kill their mother and her lover to revenge his death. Both authors wrote about the same plot, but the built the story very differently. Sophocles focused on Orestes, and Euripides focused more on the life of E...
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