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  • Killed His Father City Of Thebes
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    Beowulf and Oedipus the King: Two Different Heroes In both of these epics, Beowulf and Oedipus are seen as heroes and as saviors of the cities. Oedipus saves the city by solving the riddle of the sphinx, and Beowulf save the city by slaying Grendel and his mother. They both do possess characteristics that are very similar, but at the same time, they are two different men. Oedipus saves the city of Thebes by solving the riddle of the sphinx. The riddle, which had never been solved before and when...
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  • King Of Thebes Riddle Of The Sphinx
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    Oedipus 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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  • Kill His Father Killed His Father
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    In 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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  • Oedipus The King Riddle Of The Sphinx
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    Sophocles Oedipus the King and Homers Odyssey both deal on the topic of morality and divine intervention. In both works the character Tiresias, a blind prophet, participates in the different journeys by revealing various truths to the main characters. While the main importance of Tiresias in The Odyssey is to show that truth can be helpful, his importance in Oedipus the King is to attempt to discourage Oedipus on his journey to find the truth because he knows the truth can be negative as well. T...
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  • Morality And Divine Intervention
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    Morality and Divine Intervention Sophocles Oedipus the King and Homers Odyssey both deal on the topic of morality and divine intervention. In both works the character Tiresias, a blind prophet, participates in the different journeys by revealing various truths to the main characters. While the main importance of Tiresias in The Odyssey is to show that truth can be helpful, his importance in Oedipus the King is to attempt to discourage Oedipus on his journey to find the truth because he knows the...
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  • Oedipus The King Similarities And Differences
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    Lai, Erik October 5, 19984071 E 7 X- 01 Similarities and Differences Between The Odyssey and Oedipus the King In the world of literature, there are many similarities and differences between them. These similarities and differences are significant because the reader can learn and thoroughly comprehend them. Two examples of such literature are the epic poems Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles and The Odyssey, written by Homer who were both Greek poets. Oedipus the King and The Odyssey share ma...
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  • Riddle Of The Sphinx Oedipus The King
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    Heroic leaders come in many odd shapes and forms. As can be seen in the characters of Sophocles Oedipus the King and Antigone. Contained within these famous Greek tragedies one can see how leadership is fostered and the challenges encountered by the two characters of Oedipus and Antigone. Although they are tragic heroic leaders, they are able to maintain an integrity that is vital in a leader. In comparing Oedipus and Antigone there is a similarity between them in terms of the main characters le...
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  • Play Oedipus Rex King Of Thebes
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    The 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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