Professor Slattery English L202 October 10‚ 2012 Upholding Jocasta as the Tragic Hero What makes a tragic hero? Aristotle lays down groundwork of a tragic hero as being essentially good. They are neither villain nor saint because they have flaws. Several elememts are nevcesary to have a tragic hero‚ they are the tragic flaw‚ the reversal‚ recognition‚ and hubris. These generally make up the story of the tragic hero‚ and in the case of Jocasta‚ the wife and mother of Oedipus in Sophocles’ Oedipus the
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Salman’s Script Thesis: Although some may consider Jocasta to be a perfectly evil woman‚ she is merely misunderstood in her attitude towards the gods‚ her role in Oedipus’s suffering‚ and the treatment of those she loved. Attesting to the fact she fits the Nurturer/ The Good Wife/ The Martyr archetype. Treatment of Those She Loved: Jocasta treated those she loved better than she treated herself throughout the play‚ one example of this is her decision to abandon Oedipus. Would you abandon your baby
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and killed his father (www.britannica.com/topic/Oedipus-complex). Laius and Jocasta were king and queen of Thebes. After suffering many years of being childless‚ Laius visited the Oracle of Apollo‚ who prophesied that if he were to have children‚ the child would kill Laius. Later‚ Jocasta gave birth to Oedipus and Laius pierced his ankles and attached them together with rope‚ so that he couldn’t crawl. Soon after‚ Jocasta gave baby Oedipus to a servant to abandon on a mountain. Rather than leave Oedipus
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In the play Oedipus the King‚ by Sophocles‚ Jocasta becomes the victim of Oedipus’s fate. Despite Jocasta’s loving disposition‚ incredulous thoughts regarding the prophecies‚ and her protective nature towards Oedipus‚ Jocasta’s tragic fate is inevitable. Jocasta clearly displays her loving character trait repeatedly throughout the play. Immediately after making her
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at the Feminist point of view on Education and also‚ the Functionalist point of view on Education. Feminism There are many different types of feminists‚ there are Radical Feminists who are the most extreme in voicing their opinion about gender and the rights of women. There are Conservative Feminists‚ who adopt and appreciate the male need for a career and public achievement as female goals‚ thereby denying women ’s need for intimacy‚ family‚ and children. There are Liberal Feminists‚ they see
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Character analysis on Jocasta and Oedipus In Oedipus the king‚ Sophocles begins the story line with the city of Thebes grieving. Oedipus true identity is starting to become question‚ when he is told by a blind prophet that he is what plaguing the city. His wife‚ Jocasta is immediately skeptical about the prophecy‚ and tells him a story about an oracle that she had once received and never became fulfilled. However‚ this did not help Oedipus uncertainty‚ and only to cause more confusion to his soul
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Did Jocasta really not know that the prophecy was fulfilled or did she just decide to turn a blind eye to be with her son? To Jocasta’s defense‚ she really did believe her son had been killed as an infant. However towards the end of the play she also says "And as for this marriage with your mother- have no fear. Many a man before you‚ in his dreams‚ has shared his mother’s bed (pg 171 1073-1075)." So was she just playing dumb to the idea that the prophecy had been fulfilled in order to wed her son
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Sophocles in the fifth century. The Theban legend is about King Laius and Queen Jocasta. After their son was born‚ an oracle came forth and told them that their son was destined to kill his father and marry his mother. The King and Queen then decided that this baby boy should not live any longer. They would abandon this baby on a mountainside with his feet cruelly pierced so that he could not crawl to safety. Laius and Jocasta thought that they were able to overcome their fate. However‚ a Shepard found
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Gender Role Stereotypes in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” The purpose of this work is to analyse how gender role stereotypes are portrayed in the plays: “Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”‚ both written by Tennessee Williams in 1947 and 1955 correspondently. First of all‚ I will define gender role stereotyping and identify some traditional gender role stereotypes. Then‚ I will share the author’s biography in connection to the topic. Last but not
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The hot seller Fifty Shades of Grey is a descriptive novel of a man fulfilling his dirty fantasy. It starts off clean talking about a man meeting a women‚ Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele‚ then leads to talking over coffee‚ and advancing to a friends with benefits. The friends with benefits is more than just hooking up with another‚ it becomes a submissive and dominant relationship. Christian is the dominant and exercises his sexual fantasies on Anastasia Steele who is the submissive. Throughout
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