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    Oedipus Rex

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    characters or to the audience. The tragedy ’Oedipus Rex’ is filled with dramatic suspense which is largely due to the effective use of dramatic irony by Sophocles. Except for Teiresias‚ all the characters in the play such as Oedipus‚ Iokastȇ‚ Creon‚ the messenger and the chorus know nothing about the proceedings of the story‚ so their speeches contain dramatic irony. Most dramatic ironies are found in the speeches of Oedipus. Almost every word uttered by Oedipus from the exposition of the play to the

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    Journal Project for Oedipus Rex 1. What is the effect of Oedipus’ insistence and promises regarding the hunting down and punishing of the murderer of Laius? What does this suggest concerning his character as well as the meaning of Sophocles’ play? Sophocles – a Greek poet and a writer – was famous for his tragedies. All of his plays and tragedies consisted of a very distinctive style called dramatic irony - a situation of drama which is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters

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    characterization allow us to see not only each character’s obvious side‚ but their hidden side too‚ that is not always as easily seen. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ the three main characters Oedipus‚ Teiresias‚ and Iokaste are introduced to us through direct and indirect characterization‚ where we learn about each character’s positive as well as negative traits. Oedipus‚ the main character in the story‚ and the King of Thebes‚ has many different traits. His positive qualities are shown to the reader by both

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    The theme of sight vs. blindness is a very prevalent theme in Oedipus the King. The two most affected characters by this main theme are Oedipus‚ the king‚ and Tiresias‚ the blind seer. Oedipus is affected because while he is not literally blind‚ he is blinded by ambition to find the killer of Laius‚ and blind to what is happening around him. Tiresias‚ who is actually blind‚ is a prophet and understands what is happening around him. Oedipus does not understand what is happening around him‚ but can

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    Love and Fate

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    and the way that the gods control them. Virgil treats love as an outside force that affects humans‚ rather than an internal function of free will. Love is at odds with fate as it distracts the victims from their responsibilities. Because of this‚ it suffers at the hands of the gods. However‚ it is through this tragedy that fate will ultimately prevail. A major element regarding the tragedy of Dido is derived from her fidelity to her late husband and the guilt that stems from loving another man

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    adding major personal flaws each author illustrates their character as a tragic hero. By exemplifying the flaws of each character Sophocles and Isben create characters that seem detached‚ yet somehow relatable. In each play‚ “A Doll’s House” and “Oedipus the King”‚ the authors detach the characters by time or situation. Another way the authors do this is by adding a point where the readers begin to feel pity for the characters due to their personal dilemmas. Although separated by time‚ the plays share

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    The Exile of Oedipus

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    The Exile of Oedipus As Oedipus began to walk his long journey into an empty road of solitude‚ he suddenly stopped to think about the aftermath of all the chaos that had just taken place in Thebes. He soon came to realize that he would never again return to the city of Thebes after discovering the truth about himself and Laius’ killer. Absent minded of his inability to see‚ he turned his head as if looking back at the city of Thebes from afar. As he proceeded to walk‚ he sensed the company

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    Sophocles’’ Oedipus the King because Oedipus seeks the truth and suffers greatly when it is found. Plato’s four stages of awareness are necessary for the final form of the good‚ which is the truth‚ to be found. In both the Allegory of the Cave and Oedipus the King‚ these four stages of awareness; Imagination‚ Belief‚ Reason‚ and Understanding‚ take a vital role in explaining Oedipus’ suffering. To begin with‚ Plato would argue that Oedipus’ imagination shadows him from the real truth. Oedipus has not

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    Character is Fate – Essay “A man’s character is his fate” once said the Greek philosopher Heraclites. By this he meant that our personalities and actions shape the outcomes of our lives and therefore our destiny. This statement opposes the traditional view that man’s fate is determined by an external force (name it god or even chance). This argument is basically one of faith: do you believe we shape our own futures by how we act‚ or are our lives programmed in a certain unchangeable way? In other

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    Oedipus Rex Prompt: Modern Comparison/Contrast Everyone makes mistakes and has flaws – not even famous celebrities are perfect. With all of the social networking‚ growth of the internet‚ and all other media sources‚ these mistakes by the people we adore are blown out of proportion and shared with the world. In the Ancient Greek Tragic play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ the reader learns about the tragic flaw and downfall of Oedipus. While reading‚ he/she begins to think about all of the celebrities

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