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 to wanton boys
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pain‚ heartache‚ and suffering. The events in the play‚ Oedipus The King‚ written by Sophocles portrays how life ends up for those who are bad-tempered‚ prideful‚ arrogant; showing no reverence to God. Therefore the flaw of character (not fate)‚ is responsible for the tragedy that occurs in Oedipus the King. Sophocles wanted his Greek audience to relate to Oedipus. He wanted to instill some type of flaws in the character. This made Oedipus
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hard to break free from their mothers. The tragic play‚ Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ has a complex and interesting set of events that revolves around Oedipus and his relationship to his parents. Oedipus is a young king who is facing many difficult challenges both mentally and physically. He has become aware that a terrible curse has fallen upon Thebes‚ that will only be lifted if the murderer of Laius‚ the former king‚ is prosecuted. Oedipus dedicates himself to the discovery and prosecution of
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definition of a tragic hero. Oedipus by Sophocles exemplifies Aristotle’s definition in four different aspects. The first aspect involves both Oedipus’ ignorance and knowledge of his life situations‚ the second involves his hamartia‚ the third involves the actual plot itself‚ and the fourth involves the characterization of
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2) Is Oedipus a Tragic Hero? Answer this question demonstrating specific understandings of the concepts of Tragedy and the Tragic Hero. In the Greek play‚ "King Oedipus" written by Sophocles‚ certain characteristics‚ which determine the traits of a tragic hero‚ reveal themselves as the play unfolds. These traits enable readers to enjoy a more enhanced reading of the play and also serve to evoke a particular response from the reader. Readers acknowledge that King Oedipus is a
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Oedipus the King takes place in the Ancient Greece city of Thebes. Oedipus is the protagonist. It is made clear at the beginning of the play that Oedipus is a man of high stature that is able to grab the audience’s attention. Oedipus proclaims‚ “I Oedipus whom all men call the Great.” (Sophocles 8) Oedipus is shown to be a man of great reputation‚ capable of solving many problems. When a plague strikes the city the king takes it upon himself to get rid of the outbreak. He is merely looking out for
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what they seem to be. In Sophocles’ play‚ Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus decides that to end the plague he must avenge the death of Laius‚ the former king of Thebes. Without any information about Laius’ death‚ Oedipus became angry and sent a curse down on the murderer. Tiresias‚ a prophet‚ soon revealed to Oedipus that the true identity of the murderer was Oedipus himself. Not only did Oedipus find out that one of the men he murdered years before was the king‚ but it was also revealed that Laius was his
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Sophocles’ Oedipus the king‚ Oedipus is first introduced to the truth of both his and his mother‚ turned wife’s prophesy by the prophet Teiresias. This news is not something Oedipus willingly accepts; the stichomythia dialogue that takes place in this extract not only shows a transformation in the tone and mood of the play but also highlights various themes that are not only widely prominent within the extract‚ but are relevant to the rest of the play also. Moreover‚ this extract shows Oedipus initially
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succumb to their own flaws until driven to the brink of insanity‚ as illustrated in Shakespeare’s play‚ King Lear. King Lear represents all qualities of a tragic hero and in the end is ruined by his own vice‚ by driving himself to the point of full-blown insanity as a result of his actions. As all tragic heroes‚ Lear is a man of nobility. He is the King of England; he has power and is held in high regard. As King‚ Lear is generally well liked and well respected. As a tragic hero‚ King Lear has the ability
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The main concentration of Oedipus was preventing his downfall in the story‚ but due to his inner blindness and the rest of his character flaws he was unsuccessful in this journey‚ which is the reason that Oedipus was a static character throughout the whole story. He has various flaws‚ which always started multiple conflicts in the story‚ all of which gradually directed him to his downfall in the plot of the play. All of the shortcomings of Oedipus are the reason for his quick‚ horrific downfall from
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