the writer’s message. Two examples of such literature are the notorious epic poems “Oedipus the King” and “The Odyssey”. These famous works were written by Sophocles and Homer. Both Sophocles and Homer were both Greek poets who modernly have become extremely honored for their work. “Oedipus the King” and “The Odyssey” share many common themes that are essential through the course of the plot. “Oedipus the King” and “The Odyssey” share many similarities. The most significant similarity
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nature‚ which coincides with their audience’s previously held perceptions of the myths they are dealing with. Homer’s Odyssey suggests that humans need not search for meaning in their lives‚ as it is administered and controlled by the gods; Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex offers a completely different standpoint‚ in which humans‚ for all their worldly knowledge‚ can still be held blind to the truth of their existence and origins. Odyssey primarily deals with a world of immanent meaning; that is to say‚ divine
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Antigone and Oedipus Rex are two plays written by the famous Greek playwright‚ Sophocles. Oedipus Rex is about a man who unknowingly fulfills the prophecy of killing his father‚ marrying his own mother‚ and having children with her‚ he seeks out this killer only to find out it’s him‚ resulting in him blinding himself‚ being exiled‚ and having his wife and mother kill herself. In Antigone‚ the daughter of Oedipus decides to bury her brother despite Creon’s statement that anyone who does will die‚
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In the Name of Allah‚ Most Gracious‚ Most Merciful. OEDIPUS REX: A TRAGEDY OF FATE OR CHARACTER The dilemma of human sufferings is a very perplexing one. The question that always agitates our minds is why man suffers. Is he responsible for his sufferings‚ calamities‚ and misfortunes for his innate defects: Tragic Flaw; or these are the result of enmity of heavenly forces. We also find this enigma in almost all great tragedies of Shakespeare. In King Lear‚ he says: As flies
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results in the tragic hero’s gain of self awareness. A tragic hero is a king or a prince. Oedipus said “I Oedipus‚ your world-renowned king.” (Sophocles2) In Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus was the son of the kings of Thebes‚he has the
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Imagery of Oedipus the King All good works of writing use imagery to give the reader a sense of realness and reality to their stories. Imagery in literature is defined as the formation of mental pictures or images in likeness of things. Oedipus the King uses the imagery of light and darkness throughout the entire play. Generally‚ we perceive light as goodness and truth and darkness and bad and evil. Oedipus the King is a play full of imagery based on light and darkness. When Oedipus dedicates
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Jont’e Davis Elizabeth Perkins English 1102 13 September 2013 Family and Love: Oedipus the King Family and love is important‚ it’s something that is very hard to live without. These are two things everyone has in their life. At times people may feel like they cannot make it far without either‚ because it plays a huge part in their daily life or success. It has been this way for ages. In Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus recognizes that there is no difference between his current situation and the one that
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How does Sophocles explore the use of contrast in his play King Oedipus? ¬The use of contrast by Sophocles in his play King Oedipus allows the audience the ability to see into the multifaceted layers that possess his characters. Being both physically and metaphorically blind is a motif that is both ironic and somewhat cruel in nature‚ due to the circumstances to which this physical blindness is acquired‚ and the latter is bygone. The contrast between the piety and god fearing nature of Creon and
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Sophocles‚ illustrates the conflicts between man’s actions against the power of unwritten law‚ the willingness to ignore the truth‚ the misused limits of free will‚ and the false notion of beating the ways of fate. The fathers‚ chronologically Lauis‚ Oedipus‚ and Creon all show people who acted in ways to avoid the predestined fates set up on them for their own happiness. The first father‚ Lauis the king of Thebes is portrayed as a person who lets his hubris and ego attempt to rewrite his fate by not
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Teiresias’s speech at the end of scene one of Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex is fairly short but it is in this encounter between Oedipus and Teiresias where the main conflict of the story begins to unfold. This is a pivotal speech in the play as it helps to develop some of the major themes in the play as well as begin to build up the tragic irony at the center of the story. When this speech is analyzed using either Aristotelian or Formalist theory key elements can be found that are effective in
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