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High Social Status Marry His Mother
1,943 wordsOver 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 audience to identify the characters tr...
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Day Of My Manhood Feeling Of Restlessness Man
1,009 wordsToday is like any another dreary day. My name is the lonesome expression of anxiety, Carsinigensian. So alone in my abyss of despair, prayer is the only escape from this pain. Across the many rolling hills lay the decadence that is Thebes. The city is baron; it is but a wasteland of poverty and angst. Many years have past since the day the great king was brought to his knees by the very city he had salvaged. It was the very day of my birth that the deeds of the tyrant Oedipus were revealed. It w...
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King Of Thebes Riddle Of The Sphinx
2,354 wordsOedipus the King Oedipus the King starts in the legend where Oedipus, king of Thebes, is trying get rid of the plague in his city. Oedipus sends Creon to the oracles at Delphi to get the answer to the city's problems. Creon is away for a long time, and he returns with Teiresias, the blind prophet. They repeat the oracles's tenement: the plague will end only when Laios' murderer is discovered. Sophocles tells the events in order and finally unmask Oedipus as the murderer. That Oedipus acted like ...
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City Of Thebes Fork In The Road
792 wordsIn Oedipus the King it is made quite clear by Sophocles that trying to defy your fate is pointless and only results in your fate coming to pass whether you like it or not. The first example of the pointlessness of trying to defy your fate is that of Laius. One day Laius, Oedipus' true father, was confronted by an oracle of Apollo. This oracle said that "doom would strike him down at the hands of a son." When Jocasta, his wife, gave birth to a son, Laius, believing he could defy the prediction of...
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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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Burying Her Brother People Of Thebes
809 wordsConflicting Values in Antigone In the play "Antigone" by Sophocles, Creon and Antigone have distinct and conflicting values. Creon's regard for the laws of the city causes him to abandon all other beliefs. He feels that all should obey the laws set forth by him, even if other beliefs, moral or religious, state otherwise. Antigone, on the other hand, holds the beliefs of the gods in high reverence. She feels that the laws of the gods should be obeyed above all others, especially when in respect t...
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Made A Mistake Abuse Of Power
522 wordsIn the play Antigone I choose Creon to be the tragic hero because he is the King of Thebes and he looses everything he has. Creon being King makes the audience believe that something like that can happen to the King then what can happen to us. Antigone the niece of Creon, The sister of Polyneices was punished by Creon for burying Polyneices after his death, Creon has forbidden anybody to do so. Once Creon punished Antigone the blind prophet Teiresias told him that the Gods will take revenge for ...
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Marry His Mother Kill His Father
1,488 wordsWhen a friend starts telling you something and then close to the end of her story she realizes that she shouldnt tell you because it might hurt you. Wouldnt you nag, bother her until she tells you? When Oedipus finds out from the Oracle that he needs to find the killer of Laius for his kingdom could be in peace. As king tries to investigate who the killer is, so when he finds out that there is a secret that his friends know about, but do not want to tell him he starts getting curious, also his h...
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Oedipus Rex By Sophocles People Feel
913 wordsSir William Blackstone once said, That the King can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of [the government]. In the novel Oedipus Rex by Sophocles this statement still remains true. The people of Thebes must think of Oedipus as perfect for complete order to be obtained. But, Oedipus has been known to be short-tempered, and he seems to be overly proud of himself. Also, He makes rash decisions as king. That is why; Oedipus is not a suitable king. Oedipus is quick to anger. His ang...
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Burying Her Brother Bury Her Brother
1,756 wordsIt takes a lot of courage to stand up and defend an action or idea that is forbidden by society. This is what Antigone does in Sophocles's tory Antigone. She clearly disobeys King Creon's order that no person should bury Antigone's brother, Polynices, which is punishable by penalty of death. In this case, though, is Antigone's decision the correct one? Her actions affect many of her other countrymen negatively; they cause problems within the royal family, disagreement among the people and direct...
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King Of Thebes King And Queen
1,201 wordsOedipus was a good ruler: just, compassionate and sympathetic. When the priests of Thebes approached him, pleading for help on behalf of the people of Thebes who were suffering from death and famine. Oedipus immediately agreed and promised them that he would do his best in solving the problems, saying that his heart bore 'the weight of his own' and 'all of his people's sorrows'. He promised to 'bring everything to light'. Oedipus was also a filial son. When he first learnt about the prophecy in ...
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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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Marry His Mother Kill His Father
936 wordsThe Tragic Hero Writing About Drama in the book, Literature for Composition, describes the worlds greatest plays written before the 20 th century as either tragedy or comedy. In a tragic play, the tragic hero usually does some fearful deed which ultimately destroys him. The main character of a tragic play does a good deed which in turn makes him a hero. This hero reaches his prime, and in the end a fearful deed which he had committed earlier, ultimately destroys this man once called hero. Oedipu...
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Marry His Mother King Of Thebes
1,410 wordsMany Greek myths and legends have a valuable point or lesson which is revealed when told. Each individual who hears it obtains a different meaning from what the author tries to throw out to the audience or reader. In Oedipus Rex, one part of The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles, there is a lesson of allowing life to take its course instead of steering it to your own advantage or trying to prevent it from coming true as Oedipus and parents have attempted to do so. The Gods have predicted what shall hap...
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High Social Status Married His Mother
4,009 wordsOver 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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Son Of Zeus Olive Tree
3,896 wordsAndromeda is a herm pillar St. George defeats a dragon = paganism is replaced by Christianity Perseus travels to the axis mundi (which is always a narrow passageway) He attends Hippodameia's marriage where he uses the gorgon head (transmutation of Athena) and changes the dinner guests into stone (herm pillars) He changes the whole nature of Mycenae of the Old Minoan tradition into the age of Zeus The meaning of Mycenae is changed to mushroom, from what it had once been named after the sisterhood...
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King Of Thebes City Of Thebes
912 wordsSophocles Oedipus Tyrannus is a tragic play that discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. In Greek mythology, oracles or gods are rarely wrong in their predictions of the future. Yet Oedipus still tries to fight the predictions. Is Oedipus downfall due to an error in judgement or his lack of control over his destiny? I believe that Oedipus never really has any control over his destiny. Oedipus is a shrewd man furnished with wit and intellect...
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Oxford English Dictionary Haven Yale University
2,162 wordsFate Versus Free Will Fate, as described in the Oxford English Dictionary, is The principle, power, or agency by which, according to certain philosophical and popular systems of belief, all events, or some events in particular, are unalterably predetermined from eternity. To the western world, fate is perceived as a sentence or doom of the gods (Oxford). They often sought prophecies of the gods, especially from Apollo, the god of knowledge. The Greeks would seek prophecies usually when they had ...
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Story Of Oedipus Oedipus Rex
1,157 wordsSummary for Oedipus Rex The storytelling method that is employed in most classical writing, i. e. the Iliad and the Odyssey as well as Greek tragedy, allows for the development of two stories. One is the story of the now. The now is told through the actions and events of the play or story. The other story that is told is the past. The past is composed of stories that are told by characters and gives needed background information about the main characters and events. In Oedipus Rex, the realizati...
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Play Oedipus Rex King Of Thebes
1,210 wordsThe Signifigance Of Irony, Metaphor, And Reverasal The Signifigance Of Irony, Metaphor, And Reverasal Of Situation In Oedipus Rex The Signifigance of Irony, Metaphor, and Reverasal of Situation in Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex is a tragedy of a man who attempts to flee a prophecy out of fear of what the future may hold for him, and in doing so blindly falls straight into his tragic fate. The use of literary devices in this play such as irony, metaphor, and reversal of situation in this play help to we...
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