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    In this Greek Tragedy Essay‚ I will compare and contrast the two tragedy Antigone and Oedipus Rex. During the essay I will be describing their Tragic flaws‚ Tragic hero‚ and the overall tragic downfalls. In Antigone‚ the main character is Antigone. The first tragic flaw of Antigone is she described as stubborn. In one of the scene she was captured and sentenced to be put to death because she broke the law. The reason why she was caught is because she was burying her brother. I honestly give Antigone

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    Fate and Free-Will in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King     In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ the themes of fate and free will are very strong throughout the play. Only one‚ however‚ brought about Oedipus’ downfall and death. Both points could be argued to great effect. In ancient Greece‚ fate was considered to be a rudimentary part of daily life. Every aspect of life depended and was based upon fate (Nagle 100). It is common belief to assume that mankind does indeed have free will and each individual

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    Oedipus the King: Is it Free will or Fate? The play Oedipus the King written by Sophocles‚ tells a great story about a king‚ prophecies‚ and fate vs. free will. Oedipus is a noble king‚ who treats his followers with respect and has immense loyalty to them‚ but he is not perfect and has weaknesses as well. Throughout‚ the play it seems as though it is fate leading Oedipus through his trials and tribulations but is it really? In the beginning‚ Oedipus learns that the man who killed King Laios was

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    look. However‚ every man has a little something from the other. Although Oedipus and Gilgamesh are entirely different people‚ they are still very similar. Each one‚ in their own way‚ is exceptionally brave‚ heroically tragic‚ and both encompass diverse strengths and weaknesses. One is strictly a victim of fate and the other is entirely responsible for his own plight. Out of the two men‚ Gilgamesh was far braver than Oedipus. He risked his life a number of times when he was in the company of his

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    theme here‚ so do Hamlet and Ophelia from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They are depicted as a couple in the play‚ but are they truly in love? Hamlet is a prince driven mad by the murder of his father‚ is swallowed up by avenging him by killing his uncle. In this exploit he murders Polonius‚ Ophelia and Laertes’s father‚ and advisor to the king. The loss of her father leads to Ophelia’s own madness‚ and eventual death. Laertes

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    The three men do share many similarities in both the thought process on what they do during the events they are put in‚ and in their personal life whether it be their short back story or current life. For Young Fortinbras and Hamlet‚ they are both noble princes that has had their uncles take over their separate kingdoms after both of their fathers being murdered. “To Norway‚ uncle of Young Fortinbras Who‚ impotent and bedrid‚ scarcely hears Of this his nephew’s purpose…” (1.2.28-30) Along with

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    The critical applications of the famous theory of the Oedipus complex to the tragedy of Hamlet are innumerable. It was Freud himself who‚ in an essay published in 1905‚ was the first to try and resolve in psychoanalytical terms the enigma offered by Hamlet’s behavior. According to Freud‚ the personal crisis undergone by Hamlet awakens his repressed incestuous and parricidal desires. The disgust which the remarriage of his mother arouses in him‚ as well as the violent behaviour during their confrontation

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    doesn’t. Another major difference is that the modern ballad‚ "There You’ll Be" is much longer than the older ballad. There are many words and phrases in S. Foster’s ballad that we don’t usually use in our common literature. For example‚ "many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er‚" to translate this to the people that don’t speak with these different words; it says‚ "many were the cheerful birds that chirped them over." As you can see so far‚ there are many differences in the way that these

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    unsuccessfully to change that. Oedipus easily falls into this definition. Oedipus is also a hero that goes through a heroic journey. Therefore‚ Oedipus proves that a tragic hero can exist in the structure of a monomyth. Oedipus is a tragic hero for many reasons. First being his tragic flaw: Hubris. For example‚ while Teiresias‚ Creon‚ and the Choragos all try to reason with Oedipus he continues to be stubborn and ignore everything they tell him. As king‚ Oedipus is greatly fond of his position

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    Oedipus often uses personification in his dialogs to make them more emotional. “stab of memory taking me insane” (pg. 240‚ lines 1455-1456) In this quote‚ Oedipus talks about his true feelings. He personifies his thoughts and describes how they stab him with bits if his memories. He continues by saying that these stabs are driving him insane and what he has done is all on him‚ therefore‚ he should be “cast” away. A theme found in Oedipus The King is - We are our own worst enemy. Oedipus clearly

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