Oedipus the King by Sophocles is about Oedipus‚ a man doomed by his fate. Like most tragedies‚ “Oedipus the King” contains a tragic hero‚ a heroic figure unable to escape his/her own doom. This tragic hero usually has a hamartia or a tragic flaw which causes his/hers’ downfall. The tragic flaw that Sophocles gives Oedipus is hubris (exaggerated pride or self-confidence)‚ which is what caused Oedipus to walk right into the fate he sought to escape. Pride like that of Oedipus had
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Pride with+- Dramatic Irony Dramatic irony is when the audience of a play knows something that the characters do not. In the play Oedipus Rex‚ the author Sophocles illustrates Oedipus becoming king of Thebes and then his ultimate downfall‚ destruction‚ and physical blindness. All of this resulted from Oedipus’ tragic flaw of pride. Sophocles shows Oedipus’ downfall by using dramatic irony. He accomplishes this to show Oedipus’ flaw by illustrating how mentally blind Oedipus truly is about the murderer
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Socrates believed very strongly in the presence of a universal truth and it is mirrored very clearly in these works of Sophocles. With the many Greeks who would come to the theatre to watch these famous plays‚ it would seem illogical that none of the audience would be affected by the deeper message in the play. Although many people supported the views of people such as Socrates and Sophocles‚ the culture as a whole could have benefitted from the views being the most popular. Maybe‚ but just maybe‚ Greece
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going to marry his mother and killing his father. He ran away from his house because of the oracle so he does not have a proper kid life growing up. Oedipus thinks he has all of the power because he think he beat the oracle and sphinx riddle. In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus and others suffer because of his self-centeredness and his irreverence. Oedipus thinks that he is caring about everyone in the city‚ but he is only caring about himself‚ in reality. Oedipus has an act of only thinking about
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tragedy writer in Greek history. Sophocles is most famous for writing Oedipus Rex. He also wrote several other plays including Antigone‚ Ajax‚ and Trachiniae. Sophocles is said to have written over 125 tragedies but only seven of them have survived. He grew up in Colonus‚ a little town outside of Athens. Coincidentally‚ Colonus is the setting for the story of Oedipus. His father sent him to Athens in hope that Sophocles would get a good education. During his life‚ Sophocles received numerous awards for
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London: Yale UP‚ 1959. 25- 43. Print. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Perrine ’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense. 7th ed. Ed. Thomas R. Arp. Fort Worth: Harcourt‚ 1998. 948-953. Print. Sutton‚ Brian. "Sophocles ’s Oedipus the King and Spielberg ’s Minority Report." The Explicator 63.4 (Summer 2005): 194(4). Academic OneFile. Gale. Web. 14 Sept. 2008 . Vernant‚ J. P. “Ambiguity and Reversal: On the Enigmatic Structure of Oedipus Rex.” Sophocles’
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The ancient Greeks evidently seemed to be fascinated by the concept of tragic heroes as seen by the Sophocles plays Oedipus Rex and Antigone. The latter is a play that expands upon the tragic hero Oedipus’ children‚ specifically his daughter Antigone. Antigone apprises the reader of the hostility of the two sons of Oedipus‚ Polyneices and Eteocles; the sons that fought for control of Thebes eventually murdered one another‚ leaving Antigone and her sister Ismene the only surviving offspring. The
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The play Oedipus the King by Sophocles is a drama of a heroic archetype struggling to find answers which creates conflicts of man vs. man‚ man vs. himself‚ and man vs. supernatural and in the end reveals his real identity thus fulfilling his prophecy. Man vs. Man The entire man to man confrontation comes down to friendship and trust. Oedipus does not trust Creon even though Creon tries to help Oedipus in finding the murder of King Laois. Oedipus does not trust Creon and retaliates against
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Harding 1 Clayton Harding 9/20/12 Mr. Hokit Period 3 Aristole says that the best example of tragedy is Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Focusing on the “imitation of an action” and the fall of an eminently good hero which creates catharsis of pity‚ anagnorisis‚ and recognition‚ Sophocles composes a prime example of tragedy. Sophocles shows the reader that tragedy is a big deal in Oedipus Rex. Through evaluating the elements of catharsis‚ anagnorisis‚ and peripeteia in Oedipus Rex‚ there is clear evidence
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way they think‚ move or change the story. Women have always been subordinate to men all through history‚ but in plays‚ novels‚ short stories‚ etc‚ they have been given large enforcing roles‚ showing the power within women. William Shakespeare and Sophocles use guilt‚ pride‚ and influence to demonstrate the importance of the women’s role to support the main characters in both the plays of Macbeth and Antigone. In Macbeth and Antigone the authors created guilt for the women to use against the main characters
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