Wisdom is so often thought as a gift that many people overlook how it can also be a curse. Teiresias‚ a character in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ is an Oracle that is miserable with the wisdom he holds. Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes‚ solves the riddle of the Sphinx to obtain the throne. Now the king is trying to find out who is responsible for the plague. However‚ Teiresias knows that Oedipus is searching for himself. Teiresias believes that his wisdom does not profit him because he is miserable; I agree
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Analysis of an Ideologue Template Vanesssa Braswell Liberty University Introductory Information Ideologue’s Name Sigmund Freud Birth-Death Years Sigmund Freud was born on May 6‚ 1856 and died on September 23‚ 1939. Picture of Ideologue: Find a digital photo of the individual and paste it here. Most Noted For Sigmund Freud is one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers. He is widely known as the founder of psychoanalysis and his extensive research of dream analysis. Ideologue Profile
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New Criticism [pic]New Criticism is a name applied to a varied and extremely energetic effort among Anglo-American writers to focus critical attention on literature itself. Like Russian Formalism‚ following Boris Eikhenbaum and Victor Shklovskii‚ the New Critics developed speculative positions and techniques of reading that provide a vital complement to the literary and artistic emergence of modernism. Like many other movements in modern criticism‚ New Criticism was in part a reaction against the
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Unraveling the Riddle of Oedipus Study Guide PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER’S STUDY GUIDE Oedipus the King by Sophocles Translated by William Butler Yeats September 28 – October 29‚ 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS SOPHOCLES Sophocles’ Life 3 Works by Sophocles 4 THOUGHTS FROM THE DIRECTOR 5 OEDIPUS THE KING Synopsis 6 Characters 7 Glossary 8 The Translator 9 Themes 10 The Riddle of the Sphinx 11 ANCIENT GREECE Daily Life 12 Why Ancient
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Another flaw of Oedipus that leads to his self-destruction is his excessive self-pride. He made it his mission to find the killer of Laius in order to end the misery that the plague in Thebes caused. He was sure of himself that he will save the land‚ ironically not realizing that he is the one at fault. He sees himself as being all mighty since he presumably escaped his fate. He was able to save Thebes from the Sphinx so he thinks history can repeat itself and he can be a hero ones again for his
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Sigmund Freud was a psychologist‚ from Austria‚ in the nineteenth century. He is known today for his theories and his dedication to the field of psychology. Some of his theories are still accurate and are used today. Sigmund Freud was born on May 6‚ 1856‚ at Freiberg in Moravia. Moravia was a small town in what is known today as Czechoslovakia.. Sigmund and his family were Jewish. He spent a few years of his life in Moravia and then later moved to Vienna. Sigmund had lived in Vienna for a while
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Furthermore‚ Freud and Nietzsche differ in their beliefs of human potential. On the whole‚ Freud gages human happiness based on the state of civilization. Freud is cynical about the progress of humanity and even dares to suggest that even though he has no way to prove it‚ our entire society might be neurotic (Freud 147). He reasons that if neurosis cases can arise from unexplained feelings of guilty in individuals and development of the individual parallels the evolution of civilization‚ then it
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Crime and Punishment and Freud Hubris‚ or extreme pride‚ has been the downfall of heroes since the beginning of story-telling. In fact‚ pride is considered one of the seven deadly sins that can bring nothing but pain in the end and has been condemned by the church and the majority of the world. Psychology has named this excessive pride narcissism‚ a disorder that by definition‚ entitles that one feels extreme love and high regards for themself. Many serial killers have been diagnosed with
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‘Structuralism and Literary Criticism’ - Gerard Genette Structuralism is a way to examines a literary text to arrive at their meaning‚ rather than the actual meanings of the text themselves. It is a study of structure wherever they occur. In the essay Genette analyses content‚ logics‚ grammars and semiotics. He is considering structuralism as a method to study literary criticism. In the beginning of the essay Genette is establishing difference between Bricoleur and Engineer‚ Art critic and Literary
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The Purpose of Criticism: Literary criticism has at least three primary purposes. (1) To help us resolve a difficulty in the reading. The historical approach‚ for instance‚ might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators‚ despite the horrible‚ bloody details of their obviously brutish plan‚ portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time‚ we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish
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