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    Perspective On Oedipus

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    on older works of art as well‚ including the Oedipus trilogy written by Sophocles.

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    Aristotle’s Tragic Hero: Oedipus Rex The Athenian tragedy Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ yields a rare quality of emotional and character depth that is unparalleled and has withstood the arduous test of time. Much of the stimulation derived from Oedipus Rex is in the unraveling of the protagonist’s fate. By the hands of the gods‚ almighty King Oedipus is prophesized to take his own father’s life and marry his mother. Never has a man stood so tall and fallen so hard. In Poetics‚ Aristotle describes

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    Nora and Oedipus

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    a tragic hero. By exemplifying the flaws of each character Sophocles and Isben create characters that seem detached‚ yet somehow relatable. In each play‚ “A Doll’s House” and “Oedipus the King”‚ the authors detach the characters by time or situation. Another way the authors do this is by adding a point where the readers begin to feel pity for the characters due to their personal dilemmas. Although separated by time‚ the plays share many similarities; both characters possess a flaw that creates a

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    Lit and Composition 10/12/10 Death and heartbreak‚ both two very tragic things that could happen in your life‚ but what makes these things tragic? According to Aristotle there are many elements to a tragic tale. Oedipus Rex lives up to all of them. The reader knows how serious Oedipus’s actions are‚ how complete they are‚ and how high his fall is. A tragedy by definition is a drama which imitates an important and casually related series of events in the life of a significant

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    Journal Project for Oedipus Rex 1. What is the effect of Oedipus’ insistence and promises regarding the hunting down and punishing of the murderer of Laius? What does this suggest concerning his character as well as the meaning of Sophocles’ play? Sophocles – a Greek poet and a writer – was famous for his tragedies. All of his plays and tragedies consisted of a very distinctive style called dramatic irony - a situation of drama which is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters

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    Oedipus Rex

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    Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of Greek literatures classic tragedies. It supports and demonstrates Aristotle’s view on tragedy in the story‚ and ultimately defines how this drama is a tragedy. He talks about tragedy being “an imitation of a noble and complete action” (Witt‚ 165) along with being artistically enhanced with fearful incidents. Important parts of tragedies also include plot‚ character‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and melody. Tragedies are imitations of human action

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    11/2/10 Oedipus "Book Report" Title: Oedipus The King Author and Date: Sophocles Main Characters * Oedipus- Oedipus is the son of Laius and Jocasta. He is the husband of Jocasta‚ his mother. Oedipus is the well liked king of Thebes. He is smart‚ acts fast‚ and has many great achievements. One of those achievements is the solving of the sphinx’s riddle that liberated the people of Thebes. Throughout the play Oedipus acts fast when his kingdom is sick‚ when he is attempting to put the blame

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    The Downfall of Oedipus

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    tragedies. Alternatively‚ in Oedipus the King‚ there is no apparent reason why the Oracle involves Oedipus and leads him on a trail of misfortunes. Some say it is to illustrate that the Gods had superiority over the mortals; others might argue that Oedipus somehow offended the Gods‚ and this was their “payback” on him. This leads to the ongoing argument about Oedipus living a life of fate‚ or in due course dooming himself. Even though the Oracle warned Oedipus of his inevitable fate

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    The downfall of Oedipus or tragic flaw was when his father sent Oedipus to be killed by shepherd as a infant since the prophecy foretold that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. Unfortunately the shepherd did not killed Oedipus but gave it away to a king and queen who cannot conceive a child of their own. As Oedipus gets older he is told he is adopted. Oedipus travels to Delphi to speak with the Oracle in order to learn the truth about his parents. The Oracle response to his question

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    Oedipus Rex Prompt: Modern Comparison/Contrast Everyone makes mistakes and has flaws – not even famous celebrities are perfect. With all of the social networking‚ growth of the internet‚ and all other media sources‚ these mistakes by the people we adore are blown out of proportion and shared with the world. In the Ancient Greek Tragic play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ the reader learns about the tragic flaw and downfall of Oedipus. While reading‚ he/she begins to think about all of the celebrities

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