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    Oedipus Tragic Hero

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    Oedipus the King‚ by Sophocles‚ contains a very prominent tragic hero: Oedipus. A tragic hero‚ by Aristotle’s definition of one‚ must possess six traits. One of them is that the tragic hero must be of noble stature. Another trait of a tragic hero is a tragic flaw. A third trait defined by Aristotle is that a tragic hero must have a period of recognition of his crimes. Oedipus strongly displays each of the three aforementioned‚ necessary traits; and he is‚ then‚ an obvious tragic hero. Oedipus’ noble

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    Oedipus Rex

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    Professor James Place October 15‚ 2012 Pham 1 In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (rpt. in James P. Place‚ Literature: A reader for Freshman Composition II‚ 1st ed. [Boston: Pearson‚ 2011] 122-168)‚ the oracles had prophesied that Oedipus would kill his father and beget children by his mother. Oedipus does not want to do the things that Apollo predicted; he is no puppet‚ but indeed the controller of his own fate. Oedipus was unwilling to have his fate come true; he was frightened that he

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    Aristotle Virtue Ethics

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    Aristotle had a few theories of ethics. Aristotle believed that one attains happiness by living a virtuous life and through the development of reason and the faculty of theoretical wisdom. He believed that moral virtue is a relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency and in general the moral life is one of moderation in all things except virtue. He believed that virtuous acts require conscious choice and moral purpose or motivation. Finally‚ he believed that moral virtue cannot be achieved

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    Archetypes In Oedipus Rex

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    ​An archetypical hero appears in every classical literature‚ as all characters share similar characteristics. The main character on Sophocles literature‚ Oedipus the king can be a considerable archetypical hero‚ as Aristotle once indicate that "A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall." Oedipus sets on several stages that omits him as a tragic hero. The first stage always begins with a special journey‚ where they commit a difficult task to overcome their maturity

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    Oedipus and Okonkwo

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    downfall‚ suffering‚ or defeat. Oedipus and Okonkwo are both fantastic examples of a tragic hero because they have it all in the beginning and then they both fall. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo is a man from the village Umofia; he has many wives‚ a famous wrestler‚ and a big yam plantation. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ Oedipus is a man from Corinth who runs away from his homeland in fear of a prophecy from Apollo that Oedipus will murder his father‚ and his

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    Regarding the idea that ‘virtue is the mean’ we must first distinguish the intellectual virtues from the moral virtues‚ as it is only the latter type of virtue to which the idea applies. Employing our rational functions appropriately will‚ according to Aristotle‚ result in the engendering of the various types of intellectual virtues: theoretical wisdom‚ science‚ intuitive understanding‚ practical wisdom‚ and craft expertise (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ 2001‚ Section 6). But as the doctrine of

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    Can Superior and Inferior People Become Complete Friends? This paper examines whether inferior and superior people can be friends based on complete friendship according to Aristotle. First‚ I will clarify the definition of a complete friendship and what it entails. Secondly‚ I will explain the different types of equal and unequal friendships in accordance with complete friendship. Then I will show how different levels of affection follow the forms of inequality and how a sort of equality can

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    Antigone and Oedipus

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    Antigone‚ from the play Antigone‚ is like her father Oedipus‚ from the play Oedipus Rex‚ through the two classical values‚ justice and courage. Antigone showed justice by doing what she believed was right. Her brothers body‚ he was killed in war‚ was cast from the city with no rights and without a proper burial‚ and no one was allowed to bury it. Antigone‚ seeing this as an injustice decided to make it right by burying her brother anyway at the expense of herself. This shows justice because to do

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    Oedipus Rex

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    point in the story.  "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles is one such story.  In the story Oedipus has such a misconception where he thinks he has a good life‚ but really his life is morally wrong.  This contributes to the theme or themes of the play when they serve as the defining climax of the story.  When the misconception is stopped Oedipus sees that you cannot escape or change your past‚ but you can still do great things even if you have been evil or immoral in your life. When Oedipus was born it was prophesied

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    Elements of Argument

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    by Aristotle‚ Carl Rogers‚ and Stephen Toulmin. Each has their own effective way to get to the point of the argument. The Aristotelian and Toulmin Models are good forms of argument. Though with the Rogerian method the way he uses his empathetic ways is the one for me. For hundreds of years‚ only one way of argument was ever accepted. Nobody ever had thought of any other ways until the past hundred years. The first rhetoric we will go over is the Aristotelian Rhetoric by Aristotle. Aristotle was

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