Oedipus The King And Two Different Modes Of Contemplating The Cross

Emotions For A King; lyrical voices The two literary sources that were chosen to examine was the Greek tragedy by Sophocles Oedipus Rex; the other, a poem by Jacopone De Todi “Two Different Modes of Contemplating the Cross”. Oedipus Rex is a tragedy about a Greek king who is searching for the truth. The truth of who committed a murder of the king who reigned before him. Through the reading of Oedipus Rex, one can particularly see the character of Oedipus grow and develop. The other source that will be examined is “Two Different Modes of Contemplating the Cross” by Jacopone Da Todi. One can look at this poem through a few different methods – the method chosen for this examination is looking at it as a single person having an internal struggle
The play’s prologue begins with the priests of Thebes coming to Oedipus to try and solve the problems. Oedipus had already sent someone to talk to the oracle in Delphi and he also promised that the killer of Laius must be brought to justice and that they would find a way to end the plague. In the first episode, Oedipus still doesn’t have much information, despite this he pronounces his curse on whoever murdered Laius. Oedipus is claimed to be the murder by Teiresias. In the second episode, Oedipus and Creon argue over the accusations about Oedipus being the murderer. In the end, one learned about the suicide of Jocasta, his mother and wife. “Oedipus appears to lament his
In this, Oedipus appears as important, worthwhile, apathetic for the people, confident, perplexed, and responsive. Through this first episode, one can see that the scene opened with Oedipus feeling important and confident and after he is claimed to be the murder he is feeling provoked, frustrated, and furious. In this episode Oedipus is seen as infuriated, provoked, jealous and furious. The third episode shows Oedipus as frightened, overwhelmed, bewildered and embarrassed during the discovery of his true birth. The fourth and final episode shows that Oedipus is shocked, bewildered, confused, and in despair when he found out that he truly had murdered his father and fathered children with his mother. The play ends with Oedipus feeling self-loathing, agonizing and repugnant
From the play Oedipus, one can see that his dominant thought pattern changes over time. In the beginning the dominant thought pattern is that of importance, worth, apathy for the people, confidence, responsive, and perplexed. In the middle of the play one he starts to get frightened, overwhelmed, shocked, bewildered, embarrassed, and furious. Then in the end he grows, he changes, he realizes that he has self-loathing and repugnant. Even though these are the final emotions he grows through the