and unusual emotion in every person to create an effect. In this case‚ it is more about what the audience receives from this play and how they construe the act themselves. All of this applies to the tragic play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. I would like to focus on audience viewing Oedipus as a powerless man when it comes to handling the tragic fate he has been prescribed from a young age and a malediction that is waiting to come true.
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Written 442 B.C.E Translated by R. C. Jebb Dramatis Personae daughters of Oedipus: ANTIGONE ISMENE CREON‚ King of Thebes EURYDICE‚ his wife HAEMON‚ his son TEIRESIAS‚ the blind prophet GUARD‚ set to watch the corpse of Polyneices FIRST MESSENGER SECOND MESSENGER‚ from the house CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS Scene The same as in Oedipus the King‚ an open space before the royal palace‚ once that of Oedipus‚ at Thebes. The backscene represents the front of the palace‚ with three doors
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Though Oedipus’ decisions are often driven by self-interest‚ he ultimately is devoted to the people of Thebes and values their well being more than his own. His commitment to his citizens can be seen in various instances. The first is during a series of unfortunate events that torments the city‚ the root of it being a plague. Seeking help from their king‚ the Thebans turn to Oedipus for help. In hopes of eliminating the plague‚ he attempts to fulfill Apollo’s commands for the murderer of Laios to
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Plautus‚ A Haunted House In the play‚ “Plautus‚ A Haunted House” starts off with a young man‚ Philolaches‚ whose his father has been away from town‚ has been partying and has been wasting his family fortune on his mistress. While the son is in no condition to talk to his father due to being intoxicated‚ his slave‚ Tranio comes up with a scheme to deceive the old man from catching his son from partying. Tranio‚ redefined his role as a trickster in the play and along with all his charisma made
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fulfilling to commitment. In Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus‚ the setting was several years after Oedipus declared himself in exile. He proclaimed to King Theseus that he desired to be buried in Colonus and that this burial location would bring protection to the city of Athens. Theseus not only ensured Oedipus that no harm would come to him‚ but also granted him full citizenship‚ despite of the risk of war with Thebes (323). When Creon arrived to take Oedipus and his daughters back to Thebes‚ Theseus
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ignorance‚ and that is if you are forced to walk along the path of enlightenment to escape this state of ignorance. Oedipus and Neo are two people who were forced to escape ignorance because they were needed for something bigger than themselves. It is important for people to break away from this state of ignorance so they can understand
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Tragedy […] is an imitation of an action that is serious […] with incidents arousing pity and fear. (Aristotles‚ Poetics IV‚ 1449a 10-15) Tragedy follows the rise and the fall of its protagonist who is overcome by the antagonist. Aristotle’s Oedipus Rex and Shakespeare’s Macbeth capture the timeless nature of human experience; they display powerful central characters whose course of action demonstrates the different attributes and sides of human nature. Through the vicissitudes of protagonists’ fates
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Sydne Weber AP Lit/comp Period 5 Frank O’Connor’s “My Oedipus Complex” Is a piece of literature concerning the generalization of competition within male family members‚ the lack of affection within them‚ and the shift of relationship between family members. The medium of “My Oedipus Complex” is short story‚ with the generic constraint being prose. The author uses evidence to show the volatile relationship the protagonist‚ Larry‚ and his father share. These two members persistently try to
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“My Oedipus Complex” In “My Oedipus Complex” Frank O’Connor uses the interesting theory that infamous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud create to tell a clever story about a young boy‚ Larry‚ who grows up in his own safe world with just himself and his mother. However‚ when his father‚ which Larry often refers to as Santa Claus‚ returns from World War I it is a constant battle between the two for the mother’s love and attention.Father was in the army all through the war—the first war‚ I mean–so up
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brother Polyneices fought to take his place. To no avail they both die. Eteocles was giving a proper burial for a king where Polyneices was just left to rot on the battlefield. Antigone is a woman living in a family of many leaders. Her father (Oedipus) once the king is dead. Now her brothers are waging a war against each other in a battle for the throne of Thebes. Antigone and her sister Ismene race to the city of Thebes to salvage what they can of their family and see who will be taking over as
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