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    to create interest in the audience William Shakespeare would write plays that connected with audience‚ using what they were surrounded by. With the memory of previous Kings and Queens‚ the audience can relate to the corruption and craziness of the monarch in the plays Shakespeare wrote. Considered one of Shakespeare’s best plays‚ he wrote Hamlet around 1600 with its various concepts of love‚ guilt and revenge throughout. Shorty after the death of Hamlet‚ the previous King of Denmark‚ his brother

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    Sophocles intentionally gives certain flaws in character type to Oedipus‚ he intends a downfall. That is the purpose of all ancient Greek drama: it is meant as a dramatic reminder of their mortality. Sophocles uses his plays in order to force people to learn at others mistakes. Oedipus tragic flaw brought about his demise. Three examples of this is his youthful pride‚ his argument with Tiresias and his argument with Creon. Oedipus acting with such pride in his accomplishments ended up being his

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    Reflection Statement for Myth/Story/Religion in Oedipus The worship of Gods was important in Greek culture. I knew the Gods played an important role in Greek stories‚ but through this presentation‚ I learned of the connection between the Gods and irony. Apollo gave prophecies to the Greeks through his oracle at Delphi. The Greeks do everything the Gods tell them through prophecy‚ so dramatic irony is caused through the Gods because the audience may know the prophecy while the characters may not

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    Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of how betrayal and the supernatural lead Hamlet‚ the prince of Denmark‚ down a path of self-destruction. Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ also plays an instrumental role in his decline. Her quick marriage to his uncle‚ Claudius‚ who kills his father‚ devastates Hamlet. He ponders adopting the Greco-Roman philosophy of revenge‚ but questions its morality because he respects the Judeo-Christian virtue that honors fathers‚ old or new. These elements lure Hamlet into a psychological

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    The Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles demonstrates the theme of free-will versus fate. Theme is the central or dominating idea of a work. Through the character‚ actions‚ and subsequent downfalls of Laius‚ Jocasta‚ and OedipusSophocles shows how free-will is limited. Firstly‚ as Oedipus is the tragic hero of this play‚ he must possess a characteristic that leads to his downfall and for Oedipus‚ that flaw is his hubris. When told by Teiresias‚ the blind prophet‚ that “those clear-seeing eyes

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    In the Action One of the most important characters in Sophocles’ Antigone is actually a group of individuals. The chorus consists of a group of Theban elders‚ and they serve as the voice of the people. These men are considered the wisest in all of Thebes. “Their attitude to what is going on is always shaped by their responsibilities and special interest of their position” (Kirkwood 3). The chorus is not attached to any one character specifically; it reacts to its own thoughts and emotions (3).

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    play was written made it difficult to interpret what Sophocles was trying to portray. Even though the presentation clarified most of my questions‚ I was still left pondering certain aspects of Oedipus Rex. In the book‚ the main question for me was if Oedipus really had control of his life or what he being controlled by the gods and fate. When Oedipus heard the prophecy for the first time‚ he tried to run away from it. That gives me inkling on Oedipus that tells me he believes in the prophecy and it

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    CANNOT be escaped. In Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King there are several major playing factors in the role of fate. Every action whether intentional or accidental‚ plays right into the hands of fate. It is absolutely unavoidable. No matter what is done to try to change one’s fate‚ once it is set in motion there is simply no changing it. The first of these characters to attempt to change their predetermined fate is Oedipus‚ the king himself. Every event that happens to Oedipus is meant to happen.

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    Some of the first forms of drama come from ancient Greece. “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles is a great example of ancient Greek tragedy‚ “Hamlet” by Shakespeare is the example of drama of Elizabethan period and Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot “ represents the drama of the 20th century and belongs to so called “Theatre of the Absurd”. Because all these dramas come from different period of time‚ it’s natural that they differ from each other in

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    Sophocles "Oedipus the King" is a tragic play which discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. The story of Oedipus was well known to the athenian ’s. Oedipus is the embodiement of the perfect Athenian. He is self-confident‚ intelligent‚ and strong willed. Ironically these are the very traits which bring about his tragic discovery. Oedipus gained the rule of Thebes by answering the riddle of Sphinx. Sophocles used the riddle of the sphinx

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