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    of fate and free will appears many times and is a key theme in his play Oedipus Rex. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles weighs in on his opinions on this topic. Sophocles utilizes fate as a key component of his play Oedipus rex to develop Oedipus and influence the reader to sympathize with him. With the cruel and inevitable fate of Oedipus‚ Sophocles can make Oedipus‚ a ruler and king more relatable to the reader. By humanizing Oedipus with sympathy the message of the play changes from an unlucky king who

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    In Oedipus‚ King Laios and Jocasta were warned by the oracle that if they were to get married they would have a son who would kill the king and marry the queen. They ignored these warning and got married and had a child. They both decided it was best to send him away to keep the prophesy from coming true. However‚ the baby was saved and taken to a nearby city. Oedipus comes back to Thebes and the prophesy comes true. This play is full of ironical twists that add to the drama and suspense of it all

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    Through Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero‚ it can be inferred that Oedipus is a tragic hero because of three main reasons: he discove his fate by his own actions‚ he falls from great esteem and his story arises fear and empathy. With all these attributes‚ Oedipus directly fits Aristotle’s definition. Oedipus discovers his fate not by things happening to him but instead by his own actions. Oedipus would have probably never learned that he was Laois’s murderer if he had not called on Teresias

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    often wrote about ancient myths that were common knowledge to the people who viewed his plays. “Oedipus The King” was written knowing that the audience is aware of the outcome of the play‚ and therefore utilizes that foreknowledge to create various situations in which irony plays a key role. More specifically‚ this dramatic irony is used to highlight the characters’ different flaws. Even though Oedipus was not a bad person‚ his lack of humility blurs his ability to see the truth of the prophecy‚

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    Oedipus Rex Persuasive Essay I believe the main point Sophocles was trying to convey in the story “Oedipus Rex” was that you have to be accountable for your actions. He shows this by the use of dramatic‚ situational‚ and many more different kinds of irony. Sophocles also uses foreshadowing to show how Oedipus needs to be accountable for his actions. Sophocles is teaching his audience an important life lesson. Sophocles shows his audience that you have to be accountable for your own actions. He

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    that is arrogant and too stubborn to understand reasoning‚ so to speak. In the plays Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles‚ similar scenarios are present in the way that there are those characters who live with pride and try to prevent the wills of the gods. The one difference in these two plays is that the main characters are of the opposite sex‚ which readers may conclude

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    there was no way that they were related to any Asians. As he walked into the kitchen door‚ his dad gave him a look that made him stop. “And where do you think you’re going? Rex‚ we have somewhere to go to tomorrow‚ early morning‚ and I don’t want you to end up coming home four in the morning again.” his dad said. Rex smiled and said‚ “Oh come on dad. That was just one night‚ and everyone was having fun. Besides‚ I won’t take long ‘cuz me and my friends will be going to this carnival or fair

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    Hamlet and Splendor In The Grass as Tragic Love Stories What often happens in a tragic love story? Not every story has a happy ending‚ some stories end in death or sadness. This is what happens in the book Hamlet and the movie Splendor In The Grass. Hamlet tells about the affection between Hamlet and Ophelia. The play is a tragedy‚ because both lovers die in the end of the story. The movie‚ Splendor In The Grass‚ also ends tragically. Because of the traditional views in the conservative society

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    Oedipus Rex “Fear? What should a man fear? It’s all chance‚ chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth can see a day ahead‚ groping through the dark. Better to live at random‚ best we can.” (lines 1068-1072) The themes of fate and light and darkness are prominent in Oedipus Rex‚ a play written in ancient Greece by the famous poet Sophocles. Oedipus was a powerful Greek king and was notable for his compassion‚ sense of justice and his swiftness of thought and action. Unfortunately for him‚ his life

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    causes the readers to be on the edge of their seats. In these twist and schemes of the play Macbeth‚ Hamlet and Death of a Salesman. Some of the characters became crazy. This essay will explain why and how some of the characters escalate into this psychotic state. Macbeth was a very charismatic play written by William Shakespeare. In this play Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis. The play begins on

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