Antigone: Views and Values Essay In Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’‚ set in the city of Argos in Ancient Greece‚ Antigone lives through the momentous providence from defying law for the sake of her family. Through Creon‚ who rules as a tyrannical misogynist‚ Sophocles symbolizes the concepts of autocracy and the solidity of fate which is inevitable and the prime religion of the Ancient Greeks and gods would have no plod in it. This expounds that Sophocles‚ is a man of authority‚ power and conviction. Sophocles
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Aristotle once said that “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” An Aristotelian tragic hero must possess specific characteristics‚ such as hamartia‚ anagnorisis‚ and the fate is greater than deserved. The hero inspires the audience to feel pity and fear‚ pity because the hero does not deserve his fate‚ and fear because anyone could have the hero’s fate. Consequently‚ in Sophocles’s Oedipus The King‚ Aristotle’s definition of tragedy applies to Oedipus. Oedipus’s
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negative changes in the person’s life‚ and often their ruin or death. In the myths Ovid presents in his Metamorphoses‚ the wrong-doing is brought about in one of three ways. The first of these ways is by an act of the gods‚ seen in the myths of Io and Tiresias. The second way is through bad luck‚ as we see in the myth of Actaeon. The third and final of the ways the wrong-doing comes about is through intentional wrong-doing‚ in which the humans choose an action that they know is offensive to the gods‚ as
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At first‚ Tiresias was refusing to speak with Oedipus because he didn’t want him to reveal the horrible truth of his identity for fear of all hell breaking loose in the kingdom. "I can see where your ill-fated words will take you and I do not want to be your companion on that journey." Tiresias told him on page 6. But he eventually grew angry and outright told him the consequences of looking into his
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When telling his prophecy to Creon‚ Tiresias asks‚ “Oh god‚ is there a man alive who knows‚ who actually believes … just how much a sense of judgement‚ wisdom is the greatest gift we have?” (1165). Tiresias believes that the ability to make wise decisions or actions is the most important trait to have‚ in which case Creon does not posses. To be able to make the right decision‚ one must have the ability to listen to others and not just themselves. Tiresias also says‚ “All men make mistakes‚ it
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good leader possesses. When Oedipus learned that the plague had spread through the town he immediately took action. Oedipus is sympathetic to the needs and concerns of his townspeople that he already sent his brother-in-law to gain information from Tiresias. The news from the oracle suggested that the only way to end the plague was to remove the source of Laius’s death‚ either by banishment or murder. Oedipus immediately seeks out to uncover the murderer of the former king. These qualities are those
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so he attempts to achieve many goals based on just sole purpose. 3. Who is to blame for the mess of the play? Oedipus? Jocasta? Laius? Tiresias? The gods? The person responsible for the main conflict of the play is Tiresias. When Tiresias is asked about the murder regarding Laius‚ he flat out rejects any wrong doing. When the initial plague occurred Tiresias did absolutely nothing at all to mitigate any issues. 4. Are fate and the will of the gods synonymous in Oedipus‚ or are they independent
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to me.? (255-6) This leads to summoning of the prophet Tiresias. Tiresias goes on to tell Oedipus that‚ ?you?re blind to the corruption of your life.? (471) Oedipus is slowly being revealed the truth of his true identity‚ but is still not able to grasp the whole truth. Angered by the prophet?s remarks‚ Oedipus demands Tiresias to speak up and tell what he knows‚ but as Tiresias continues to speak Oedipus becomes confused and enraged. Tiresias blames Oedipus for the ruin of the city and finally states
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since he is the murder. Oedipus as well is the cause of his blindness. When he went to Tiresias to find out the truth Tiresias told him that he was the murder. Due to his pride he didn’t believe him and was very rude to the blind prophet a mocked his blindness. Tiresias says‚ “True‚ it is no fate to all at my hands. Apollo is quite enough‚ and he will take some pains to work this out” (line 428-430). Tiresias curses Oedipus with blindness because he was insulting him. At the end of the book when
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Tiresias‚ who has knowledge of both the feminine and masculine psyche‚ was consulted in an argument between Jove and Juno regarding which sex receives more pleasure in sex. Tiresias is punished by Juno for taking Jove’s side and is cursed with blindness‚ yet again‚ continuing the theme of the Theban doomed to be punished by a feminine God. His story is the only‚ however‚ to have the pity of a masculine God occur in how Jove grants Tiresias the gift of foresight- most
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