Aeschylus Oedipus At Colon
The two tragedians provided several characteristics in their writing that provide a distinction in their creative process and story deliverance.
In Oedipus At Colonus, Sophocles transformed the tragic story of Oedipus into a story of redemption with strong morale message. The story feels a little more fabled than tragic, a bedtime story that a mother would tell their kids to project the message that one should always be kind to their parents (Eteocles curse) and to the unfortunate ones (the hero, Theseus aiding Oedipus in Colonus).
Sophocles also tried to define a certain norms in the society through his characters. For example, Sophocles tried to put Antigone into an inferior position despite of her being one of the key character in line …show more content…
The poetic/ritualistic style of lines that were used by Sophocles for the chorus are found in almost every single line. Specially in the long introduction of the seven warriors that will fight for Eteocles that alternates between him, the messenger, and the chorus’ prayer and hope that Thebes will be safe. The main distinction that can be easily contrasted is the use of chorus in the story. One of Aeschylus’ characteristics is to introduce the Chorus more into the plot instead of just having them around as the ensemble. This note of individuality of the Chorus can be seen on line 444, where there are two Chorus members that exchange dialogues and several dialogues where the Chorus go against Eteocles’ battle plan. Oedipus, however, still provides a similar use of Chorus in Oedipus At Colonus, by using them as the ensemble to add aesthetic to the story. As the elderly citizen of Colonus (Colonus is about one kilometer away from Athens), the Chorus often provided lines to build spectacles from the Athenian audience. With the Chorus’ lines, Sophocles mentioned that the people of Colonus are deemed as kind and favored by the gods with a wise king of Athens (Theseus) that has a golden heart. I can almost imagine, the audience would spectate and cheer every time something good about Athens are being mentioned in the
In Oedipus At Colonus, Sophocles transformed the tragic story of Oedipus into a story of redemption with strong morale message. The story feels a little more fabled than tragic, a bedtime story that a mother would tell their kids to project the message that one should always be kind to their parents (Eteocles curse) and to the unfortunate ones (the hero, Theseus aiding Oedipus in Colonus).
Sophocles also tried to define a certain norms in the society through his characters. For example, Sophocles tried to put Antigone into an inferior position despite of her being one of the key character in line …show more content…
The poetic/ritualistic style of lines that were used by Sophocles for the chorus are found in almost every single line. Specially in the long introduction of the seven warriors that will fight for Eteocles that alternates between him, the messenger, and the chorus’ prayer and hope that Thebes will be safe. The main distinction that can be easily contrasted is the use of chorus in the story. One of Aeschylus’ characteristics is to introduce the Chorus more into the plot instead of just having them around as the ensemble. This note of individuality of the Chorus can be seen on line 444, where there are two Chorus members that exchange dialogues and several dialogues where the Chorus go against Eteocles’ battle plan. Oedipus, however, still provides a similar use of Chorus in Oedipus At Colonus, by using them as the ensemble to add aesthetic to the story. As the elderly citizen of Colonus (Colonus is about one kilometer away from Athens), the Chorus often provided lines to build spectacles from the Athenian audience. With the Chorus’ lines, Sophocles mentioned that the people of Colonus are deemed as kind and favored by the gods with a wise king of Athens (Theseus) that has a golden heart. I can almost imagine, the audience would spectate and cheer every time something good about Athens are being mentioned in the