crime to ultimately save the people of Thebes from the plague we have to wonder if he was aware that he was the murderer would he have been so engulfed with making sure the “stranger” got what he deserved. During a conversation between Oedipus and Jocasta it is now coming clear to Oedipus that he made a mistake in casting the curse: “oh no no‚ I think I’ve just called down a dreadful curse upon myself - I simply didn’t know!” (203). Almost as if to say the horrible curse might have been avoided had
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prophet accuses Oedipus himself of the murders. Jocasta‚ the queen‚ tells him to ignore the prophecies. She then stated that once she was told that her son would kill Laius‚ which could never come true because they abandoned their child to die. This news begins to haunt Oedipus‚ who was told by an oracle when he was a boy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. By the end of the play Oedipus learns the truth that he is in fact the son of Jocasta and Laius‚ and that he had killed his father
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Daniel Nierenberg Comparative Essay 11-20-01 "Oedipus Rex" & "Antigone" It is only natural that an author use similar vessels of literature‚ such as figurative language‚ literary devices‚ and elements in his/her work. It is even more apparent between works that are connected by character‚ time‚ and theme. Sophocles did this when he wrote "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone". When comparing the two pieces‚ it becomes evident that very similar vessels connected these very different plays. Sophocles uses a
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you are the vile polluter of this land!” (pg. 1314) Of course‚ Oedipus does not fully realize the power and significance of these words while readers begin to unravel a new mystery‚ Oedipus’ role in Laius’ murder. When Oedipus is speaking with Jocasta after becoming irrationally angry with Creon and Tiresias‚ she begins to speak about her disbelief in prophecies and Oedipus begins to put a few pieces of the puzzle together. She talks about the details of Lauis’ death while he begins to add up
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by a new family. Additionally‚ Jocasta‚ Oedipus’s wife‚ realizes that she is Oedipus’s true mother and in horror‚ kills herself. Consequently‚ Oedipus gouges his eyes out and
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appear as having been victimized by the prophecy stricken upon him at birth. Oedipus‚ being born into such a horrible predicament‚ had no choice but to live his life as he did always afraid of the horrible outcome of his fate. His parents Laius and Jocasta chose to selfishly bind there son’s feet together and abandon him as a way of making sure they would never see him again and never be vulnerable to the day that Oedipus’ prophecy would come true. Therefore‚ the emotion of pity arises in the audience
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He first learns about the atrocities he committed after he speaks with Tiresias. Oedipus is not satisfied with the answers Tiresias gave him‚ so to answer them he goes to his wife‚ Jocasta. After each question Oedipus remembers more and more‚ and eventually he realizes what he has done‚ this is shown when he says‚ “I think I’ve just called down a dreadful curse upon myself” (820-821). This statement is Oedipus’ start to realizing when
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Antigone (Summary and Reflection) A member of the Theban royal family‚ Antigone was a woman who was born out of her mother—Jocasta—and her father‚ and brother—Oedipus. Thebes has always been a peaceful place for its people until curses start to ravage the entire place. A curse starting from Oedipus’ sin for mating with her own mother and killing his own father started to wreck Thebes under his tyrannical rule. When Oedipus’ rule ended‚ Creon‚ who was Jocasta’s brother‚ ascended to the throne
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Oedipus The King: Fate Vs. Free Will The ancient Greek writer‚ Sophocles suggests that while there are factors beyond mankind’s control that we have the power to make choices that affect our destiny. In his play‚ Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles makes it quite clear that although everyone is born with a fate‚ you have the ability to alter its direction and toll. The main character of the play‚ Oedipus‚ is based on the way Sophocles portrays the equilibrium between fate and freewill‚ and shows the
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’Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage‚ For he was likely‚ had he been put on‚ To have proved most royal’. At the end of Hamlet‚Fortinbras claims that had Hamlet been alive to rule as King of Denmark‚ he would have been a good king. Oedipus is King of Thebes in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannas‚ and Hamlet is (for most of the play heir to the Danish throne in Hamlet. With reference to their royal positions in Thebes and Denmark‚ compare and contrast the characters of Hamlet and
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