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    Oedipus Rex

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    Prof McGee November 23‚ 2013 Proper Punishment and Justice in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex Within Sophocles’ play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus’ destiny was to marry his biological mother and murder his biological father. Oedipus pointlessly tries to change his fate‚ but was powerless in changing anything. With no control over his destined fate‚ unaware of his family history‚ and unconscious of who his birth parents were‚ Oedipus is guiltless in killing his father and marrying his very own mother. Justice

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    Perspective On Oedipus

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    on older works of art as well‚ including the Oedipus trilogy written by Sophocles.

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    Suffering and Oedipus

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    1. Is Oedipus a strong ruler/leader? Oedipus displays confidence and he is a strong ruler. Not necessarily a great leader because his own hubris takes him down later on. The people of Thebes were worried about the plague and Oedipus had a plan to mitigate the issues. His intelligence is shown when he solves the Sphinx’s riddle in a short amount of time. 2. Is Oedipus the “worst of men” as he calls himself? He asks “was I not born evil? Am I not utterly unclean? is he evil? Unclean? Oedipus

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    said in haste? In Sophacles ’ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus longed to retract the curse that he brought upon himself but what he did could not be undone. Oedipus ’ pride blinded him to himself and everything around him. He had eyes that could see physically but could not recognize any faults within himself. Ironically‚ a blind man was able to perceive the truth and even then Oedipus did not believe. Sophacles ’ Oedipus Rex is the epiphany of dramatic irony. Oedipus is a proud man. He thinks of himself

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    The Robert Fagles translation of the last part of Oedipus Rex is the best translation compared to the others. The meaning of this excerpt is very rich and ties up the entire story. It also includes the main theme‚ which is one that still applies today. This translation is the best because it has some elements of poetry that makes it stand out from the others. In this section‚ the chorus is talking about the life of Oedipus. They are explaining of how he was the greatest of men‚ and how he solved

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    cause a sort of hamartia; it truly is a fatal flaw. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ the hubris and hamartia of Oedipus and Jocasta lead them to their drastic fate. Excessive pride and confidence of outsmarting the gods made their tragic prophecy come true. When a prophet comes to Oedipus to tell him who the murderer of Laius is and accuses Oedipus of the crime‚ Jocasta looks at the prophet as ignorant and explains to Oedipus that she had outsmarted the gods‚ saying “A prophet? In that

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    Wampler World Lit 9-7 April 23 2012 Oedipus the King Blind and hopeless‚ Oedipus the King suffered a lifelong punishment from the gods‚ because of a terrible curse he had cast upon his family. The destiny of Oedipus is formed from a sequence of events and occurrences that happened throughout his lifetime. Sophocles‚ who wrote the story Oedipus the King‚ made it very clear to the audience that poetic justice was portrayed by Oedipus himself in the story. King Oedipus shows this in many ways throughout

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    Oedipus Identity

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    The ultimate tragedy where a man named Oedipus marries his own mother and kills his own father. Oedipus is a man born to king Laius with a prophecy that he will kill his own father. In a desperate attempt to avoid this they abandon him on a mountain. Oedipus and his real father will cross paths once again and have a fight that will leave the king of Laius dead. Oedipus will go to thebes and defeat the sphinx and become the king. Peace doesn’t last long when a plague devastated the city until the

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    Oedipus' Destiny

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    doomed for failure. In the noteworthy Greek play‚ Oedipus the King‚ the essential character’s inability to accept the divine will results in a perpetual shifting of motives that amount to his ultimate demise. Upon learning his dismal fate‚ Oedipus initially disregards the validity of it and‚ subsequently‚ attempts to flee from the physical "setting" in which his prophecy is associated. According to an oracle revealed to him by Apollo‚ King Oedipus is burdened to be the murderer of his father and

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    Oedipus Rex

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    Oedipus: An Exceptional Man In all the passages that have been written through history on how an excellent man should behave‚ one writing stands out from all of them. Aristotle’s‚ The High-Minded Man. This manuscript explains that for any play to be truly considered a tragedy‚ its hero must meet Aristotle’s standards for a high-minded man. In the tragedy of Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophacles‚ Oedipus clearly meets the requirements to be called a high-minded man. Oedipus is expressive about his thoughts

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