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    Sophocles’ Oedipus the King tells the story of the Theban King Oedipus who finds out that he unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother. Upon learning this news‚ he is distraught and ashamed. Euripides’ Heracles tells the story of the famous hero who kills his wife and children after Hera makes him go mad. Both stories are tragedies‚ which are texts that present issues that are ethically serious and represent a series of actions in the plot that culminates in the

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    A man is the architecture of his own fate. This can be seen in Sophocles play “Oedipus rex” where the protagonist Oedipus chooses to be blind to the truth ‚ and choose to make impulsive decisions‚ which leads to his tragic fate . thus oedpipus is the architechure of his own fate. Oedipus blindness to the truth is a factor that affects his fate. This can be seen when odp tells Jocasta about the incident in python ‚ “I went to python; but came back disappointed of the answer to the question I asked

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    Mentuhotep II Nebhepetra Describe the most important features known from that king ’s reign and the surviving sources of evidence about them. Mentuhotep II Nebhepetra is considered to be most famous for reunifying Egypt under Theban rule‚ thus ending the turmoil of the First Intermediate period and establishing the far more stable Middle Kingdom. The beginning of his reign seems relatively peaceful until evidence suggests that 14 years in‚ the last phase of civil war between Herakleopolis

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    Oedipus Prompt: Modern Comparison/Contrast Oedipus the King‚ also known as Oedipus Rex‚ is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles‚ a famous and successful Athenian writer around 420 B.C. Oedipus the King/Oedipus Rex is the second of Sophocles’ three Theban plays produced‚ but it is first in the internal chronology‚ followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Today‚ Chris Brown is similar to Oedipus in that he was well-respected‚ but due to a tragic flaw‚ he experiences a downfall and an Oedipus-like

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    Imari Two Journeys Home When movies are made out of books there are many differences‚ but also many similarities. The director has a very difficult job; he or she has to make sure that parts of the film are recognizable as being in the book as well. The epic poem the Odyssey is a book about the Greek hero Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan War. So‚ it is hard to believe that a book so very old can be made into a modern

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    Burial at Thebes

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    Mia Britton Mrs. Baker DRA 110 4 March 2013 The Burial at Thebes The play Burial at Thebes is a modern translation of Antigone by Sophocles and Seamus Heaney is credited for this recent translation. The plot structure used in Heaney’s work can be described as episodic. This play stands out as episodic because of its early point of attack. For example‚ at the start of the opening scene Antigone approaches her sister Ismene with news that King Creon has issued a proclamation that their brothers

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    Sight in Oedipus the King

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    Cited: Fagles‚ Robert‚ trans. The Three Theban Plays. New York‚ NY: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.‚ 1982. 155-278. Helmbold‚ W.C. "The Paradox of the Oedipus." The American Journal of Philology Vol. 80‚ no. 3‚ 1951: 293-300.

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    Oedipus Rex

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    pihs): King of Thebes. Jocasta: Wife of Oedipus. Creon: Jocasta’s brother. Teiresias (ti RE se uhs): Blind prophet. Antigone(an TIG uh ne): Daughter of Oedipus. Ismene (iz ME ne):Daughter of Oedipus. Messenger Shepherd Chorus of Theban Elders Setting Ancient Greece in the city of Thebes‚ northwest of Athens. Theme .......Fate punishes the proud and the insolent with ironic outcomes terrible to behold. Oedipus as king of Thebes exhibits great pride (hubris) that blinds his

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    Molvi of Sheikhupura

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    Oedipus at Colonus‚ leading and caring for her old‚ blind father in his exile. But Antigone comes into her own in Antigone. As that play’s protagonist‚ she demonstrates a courage and clarity of sight unparalleled by any other character in the three Theban plays. Whereas other characters—Oedipus‚ Creon‚ Polynices—are reluctant to acknowledge the consequences of their actions‚ Antigone is unabashed in her conviction that she has done right. Read

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    Being the third‚ yet first written‚ of Sophocles’ Theban tragic myths‚ Antigone was written in or around 441 B.C. The setting of Antigone occurs in the palace of Thebes. Thebes is ruled by Creon‚ whose sister‚ Jocasta‚ was the wife and mother of infamous Oedipus Rex. Oedipus was King of Thebes until he expelled himself from the kingdom‚ leaving his children Polynices‚ Ismene‚ Eteocles‚ and Antigone‚ along with the throne‚ in Creon’s care. The two brothers Polynices and Eteocles die as opposing

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