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    Oedipus The King

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    The story of Oedipus is a tragic story. The story starts out with Oedipus being cursed by Apollo with a prophecy. The prophecy said that Oedipus will kill his father and sleep with his mother. Later‚ Oedipus leaves his parents and heads for Thebes. Along his way‚ comes a man in the center of a three way road way. Oedipus tells him to move and he refuses and Oedipus kills Laius‚ the king of Thebes and Oedipus real father. Then later on Oedipus becomes the King of Thebes and marries Jocasta‚ the Queen

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    Creon And Oedipus

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    Creon and Oedipus Emely Maiden 4-21-14 Byrd Pd: 3rd Oedipus the King‚ the tragic hero is most certainly Oedipus. Oedipus‚ first of all‚ is a good man. When he declares‚ “My spirit grieves for the city” (l 75-76)‚ he shows a deep passion. His sympathy for his people and his desire to be their savior‚ he earns the respect and love of the people.The respect of the people is crucial in creating the tragic effect that comes with a tragic hero’s downfall‚ and Sophocles utilizes this by means of giving

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    Oedipus the King

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    must be smiling at Oedipus Blindness In the play written by Sophocles “Oedipus the King‚” is depicted as one who is blind to his own ego‚ pride stubbornness‚ anger and lack of knowledge. First written in Greek mythology this play is about a King of Thebes whose ego overshadowed his ability to focus on his the necessary things to stabilize his kingdom; his anger and pride eventually led to his down fall. Having solved the riddle of the Sphinx‚ (an evil creature) King Oedipus was able to succeed

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    oedipus

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    difficult road to walk. In Antigone‚ identify the difficult choices the characters make and analyze the effects that these choices have on the characters’ lives. Option #3 - Tragic Hero Aristotle identifies the tragic hero as a character who falls from a lofty position because of a tragic flaw (hamartia)--normally that flaw is pride (hubris). Identify the tragic hero in Antigone. Analyze the scenes in which the character displays pride and identify the effects that this pride has on the character’s

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    Oedipus Rex

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    Aristotle said “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles is the best Greek play ever written. The audiences might agree with Aristotle depending upon their understanding of the “healthy confusion” of both pleasure and perplexity portrayed. “Oedipus Rex” is one immense riddle that lifts the audience’s minds’ to a higher understanding of the human life. Greek culture would call this: Catharsis‚ which is purification of the mind. Thematic ideas in the play are derived from the axial age‚ which concentrated on logos

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    Oedipus Arrogance Essay

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    work that explores an exuberant amount of pride is Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. In this play‚ Thebes is stricken with a plague and Oedipus‚ the King‚ will sacrifice anyone to save it. In the process of finding a solution‚ Oedipus realizes that he fulfills the prophecies that say he will kill his father and marry his mother. In the play‚ Sophocles shows Oedipus’ hubris by using irony. Characterization is also used to enhance the effects of pride on Oedipus’ ability to see logistically. Both characterization

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    oedipus rex

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    In Sophocles’ play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ there are many themes that are woven through the life of King Oedipus‚ and revealed through the key points of the plot. One of the most important themes is the inevitability of ones’ fate. Although fate is considered the usual genre of the Greeks in playwriting there‚ are specifics that Oedipus conducts unusual to our own way of thinking of a king during the Ancient Greek times. For example: Oedipus’s ignorance of believing what is said from his wife‚ Iocaste and

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    Hubris In Oedipus

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    Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex Sophocles in Oedipus Rex introduces the horrors of veracity through the journey the tragic hero Oedipus takes on. This tragedy encompasses all the concepts of Aristotle’s Poetics in regards to a complex plot. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy is an event that has to arouse pity and fear to the readers; Oedipus contains all the features of this demand. In terms of Oedipus’ tragedy‚ he’s seen as the cursed one who consequently has to suffer the tragic repercussions of fate

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    The poetry was a fun activity‚ for it made me use my imagination to create titles and come up with a poem that would go with it. I must say some of the poems were a lot easier to write than the others. The transformation‚ welcome‚ acrostic‚ bio‚ ode‚ change‚ list‚ concrete‚ parody‚ and my favorite place poem were the easiest while the rest‚ not so much. The narrative poem was one of the hardest to write because I had a hard time following a certain foot and meter. The hokku was difficult was difficult

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    Oedipus and the Gods

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    In Ancient Greece the existence of gods and fate prevailed. In the Greek tragedy King Oedipus by the playwright Sophocles these topics are heavily involved. We receive a clear insight into their roles in the play such as they both control man ’s actions and that challenging their authority leads to a fall. The concepts of the gods and fate were created to explain things. In Ancient Greece there was a lot that was not understood; science was in its infancy and everything that happened could be

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