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    friendship in his plays. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ he portrays two friends with opposite personalities but completes each other’s lacking qualities. Hamlet and Horatio are good friends. From being childhood friends to becoming an adult‚ they remained loyal to each other. Although with almost similar upbringing‚ Hamlet and Horatio are both intelligent and loyal to each other‚ they have their own views and attitudes that contrast to one another. Such as‚ Hamlet tends to be more emotional while Horatio

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    Everything in the universe is subjected to the law of conservation of energy. In other words‚ all the energy is conserved; it can neither be destroyed nor formed. I believe that this principle also applies to relationships between people‚ whether it be among friends‚ lovers‚ families‚ or enemies. When one exerts malice‚ someday the hostility would return to torment the wrongdoer. Ever since I was a baby‚ my mother would remind me that nature’s absolute law was karma. She emphasized that I do not

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    Free Will In Oedipus Rex

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    Oedipus later finds out that even though he escaped his fate when he was born (when he was spared from death and crowned prince of Corinth)‚ the boundaries of his free will led him back to the inevitable fate that the gods had in store for him. When Oedipus discovers this‚ he cries out and says‚ “Apollo‚ he ordained my agonies‚ these‚ my pains… I did it myself! What good were eyes to me? Nothing I could see could bring me joy.” (Sophocles‚ Ln. 1467-1473) Here‚ Oedipus is blaming Apollo for his troubles

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    Archetypes In Oedipus Rex

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    ​An archetypical hero appears in every classical literature‚ as all characters share similar characteristics. The main character on Sophocles literature‚ Oedipus the king can be a considerable archetypical hero‚ as Aristotle once indicate that "A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall." Oedipus sets on several stages that omits him as a tragic hero. The first stage always begins with a special journey‚ where they commit a difficult task to overcome their maturity

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    Nobility Of Oedipus Rex

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    Oedipus has three nobilities that make him to be very noble; by his birth to Jocasta and Laios he is a prince thus an heir to the Thebes throne‚ by adoption to Polybus and Merope he is a prince and the heir to the throne of Corinth and by election he becomes the king of Thebes. Oedipus example is used by Aristotle as an example of what a hero should be. He said that a hero should be someone like Oedipus or other men of such greatness‚ who are highly prosperous and renowned (Eden‚ 2014). It is seen

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    Oedipus Rex Vs Creon

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    the stories of Oedipus Rex and Antigone‚ there are many similarities between the rules of Thebes. Oedipus Rex is about a man who tries to escape his fate by running away from his supposed mother and father‚ just to end up fulfilling his destiny by killing his father and marrying his mother. Antigone is about a woman who has buried her brother against her king’s orders. Imprisoned in a cave as punishment‚ she proceeds to kill herself. Two of the rulers of the city of Thebes were Oedipus and Creon. In

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    Differences between Hamlet and Horatio. Hamlet and Horatio might have some different perspectives‚ but in some ways they might end up having similar personalities or traits. Hamlet acts more passionate than Horatio does. While Horatio tries to counterbalance things out by thinking about them with more logic. Hamlet says to Horatio “thou hast been as one‚ in suffering all that suffers nothing‚ a man that Fortune’s buffets and rewards hast ta’en with equal thanks; and blest are those whose blood

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    tradition‚ and William Shakespeare‚ a veritable exponent of drama. Sophocles’ work “Oedipus the King” or “Antigone” and Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” contain the themes of tragedy‚ pride‚ tyranny‚ death‚ and both faces family relationship problems.

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    Pride In Oedipus Rex

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    Oedipus the King The people believed at the time of Sophocles that an individual achieves his destiny as a result of his own fate. This is true in the case of Oedipus the king‚ whose anger; pride and blindness towards the truth bring his tragic downfall. At the start of the play‚ Oedipus is depicted as a confident ruler‚ who saved Thebes from the curse of Sphinx‚ furthermore‚ he becomes the king overnight. He declares his name gladly just as it were itself a recuperating charm:  “Here I am myself—

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    Oedipus Rex Essay

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    Oedipus has a "tragic flaw" that leads to his demise‚ and efforts to attribute one to him to him seem forced . In his quest to uncover the truth and rid Thebes of the plague‚ he exhibits all the heroic qualities that made him the savior of Thebes during the Sphinx’s reign of terror. Oedipus as a victim of a fate he could not control. He had enormous control over the events of his "destiny" through the numerous decisions he makes. He chooses to believe the oracle and leave Corinth. (The play is in

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