to figure and control everything‚ even if it’s out of their boundaries. The story of Oedipus clearly shows a hypothetical situation in which specific people are able to predict the future‚ by the use of the oracle of Delphi and through the prophet Tiresias. According to this principle‚ all actions are already predestined‚ even if there is the opportunity to see the future‚ which takes us to the point of believing that our fate has actually more power than our free will. The fact that both father (Laius)
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Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did‚ it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence‚ loyalty toward their views‚ cruelty and arrogance
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Emotions and Free Will in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King Sophocles’ play brings up the complex issues about the relationship between human’s free will and fate predestined by the Gods. It examines the nature of human confidence to defy fate as well as human’s limited ability against the unknown force that they do not completely understand (p. 609). Several remarks were made in the play to question the authority of the divine powers. If the prophecies are wrong‚ however‚ how could the play
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ANTIGONE KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING This tragedy is set against the background of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus‚ founder of Thebes‚ and the father of Laius‚ whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother‚ Jocasta‚ as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore‚ Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes‚ a powerful city-state north of Athens
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Oedipus Study Guide 3 1. When does Jocasta realize that Oedipus is her son? A.when she finds out that king polybus is not the father of Oedipus 2. Describe how Oedipus and Creon are foils. A.Creon is not prideful and has a main focus on the city while oedipus is hubris and care about personal conflicts. 3. How is Oedipus humbled at the end of the play? He realized that he is not the man he believed himself to be and realized what he has he actually has a cursed life 4. Why is Oedipus
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Oedipus is very much an angry person. Oedipus‚ at first‚ is kind to the prophet Tiresias. When Tiresias does not immediately fulfill Oedipus’ desire for knowledge regarding the death and killer of Laisu‚ however‚ Oedipus quickly changes. He says to Tiresias‚ "What‚ nothing? You miserable old man! You’d drive a stone to fury. Do you still refuse? Your flinty heart set in hopeless stubbornness" (19)? This is the beginning
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knows that this is in fact the starting point of his downfall. Furthermore‚ an example is present in the stichomythia between Tiresias and Oedipus. The dialogue of Oedipus‚ “It has … because you are blind in mind and ears as well as in your eyes” has the ironic meaning that Oedipus is the blindest even when he calls Tiresias‚ the seer blind (430). This is because although Tiresias has no eyes‚ his prophetic eyes give him insight into Oedipus’s tragic past. The impact on the reader is that he/she begins
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will be banished from Thebes. If any man comes forward with the murderer he will be rewarded and if any guilty man is found and has not confessed‚ the murderer will be banished from all aspects of society. Tiresias‚ an aged‚ blind prophet is brought to Oedipus to reveal the murderer. Tiresias says that
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Valencia Williams 10/23/2024 ENGL-2311-03-OL Oedipus Response. Sophocles play Oedipus Rex delves into timeless themes such‚ as destiny choice and the essence of pain‚ through the character of Oedipus himself who embarks on a quest to uncover his origins only to be ensnared in a prophetic web he tried to escape from all along His journey of self discovery and the ensuing pain he endures serve as poignant reflections of the plays overarching moral and philosophical teachings. Throughout history‚ there
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only follow from those of Antigone‚ so he cannot be the traditional protagonist like Oedipus. Creon leads the action and he is the central conflicting character. He has conflicts with nearly every character in the play: Antigone‚ his son‚ his wife‚ Tiresias‚ and the Chorus. By the conclusion‚ these conflicts are all resolved in one way or another‚ especially if death of the opposition is considered resolution. The answer to the old age question of "who is the protagonist in Antigone”‚ is that their
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