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Tells The Audience Choral Ode
2,357 words... eon be put to death as a "symbol" of what treason means. As his anger mounts Oedipus says that Creon is "evil incarnate, " and should pay for his treason with his life. Surprisingly, Creon remains calm throughout this outburst. He doesn't interrupt again to protest his innocence. His only reaction is to say to the audience that Oedipus is a "fool. " His self-control throws Oedipus' irrational reaction into a bad light. Mercifully, the heated argument is broken off when the Chorus announces t...
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Choral Ode Tells Oedipus
4,698 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 citys problems. Creon is away for a long time, and he returns with Teiresias, the blind prophet. They repeat the oracles statement: 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 he ...
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Town Of Vec Men Of God Brom
1,396 wordsThe ill-begotten town of Vec is in shambles. The churches have all been burned, and Satan's reign has spread to the top-land through the desire and meddling of five young men. The men call themselves the Satanic Cult of the Spirit. They, alone, are Satan's army brought from the bowels of the Nether regions to take arms against goodness and all that is holy in the world that exists today. The cult ritually performs seances to conjure the demon for further instructions. The body of lead clansmen B...
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End Of The Play Oedipus Rex
6,099 wordsTragedy was performed in Athens at the annual festival of Dionysus, the Great, or the City, Dionysia in late March. Competition was held on three successive mornings of the festival. Three tragic poets, who had been selected earlier in the year, each presented a tetralogy, consisting of three tragedies and a satyr play. Additional festivities included comic and dithyrambic contests, religious processions and rituals of various kinds. At the close of the festival ten judges chosen by lot determin...
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