PROLOGUE OEDIPUS My children‚ scions of the ancient Cadmean line‚ what is the meaning of this thronging round my feet‚ this holding out of olive boughs all wreathed in woe? The city droops with elegaic sound and hymns with pails of incense hang. I come to see it with my eyes‚ no messenger’s. Yes‚ I whom men call Oedipus the Great. [He turns to the PRIEST] Speak‚ Elder‚ you are senior here. Say what this pleading means‚ what frightens you‚ what you beseech. Coldblooded would I be‚ to be unmoved
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obtain power and the authority he so desperately wants to rule by. {there is no exact place in the play‚ its part of the exposition of the Three Theban Plays} When Creon contradicts Tiresias‚ who was believed to be one of the smartest men of his time‚ he insists that he himself is correct in his justification and Tiresias is incorrect--although he is one of the smartest men in Greece. Creon’s arrogant pride dismisses even the wisest of advice‚ as he falsely believes he own reasoning is greater. [998-1170}
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see only what he wants to see out of life and hear only what he wants to hear. Because he is quick to judge‚ he often judges irrationally and incorrectly‚ which ultimately causes him many problems. Oedipus is unwilling to believe both Creon and Tiresias because of this pride he possesses. They both come to him bearing the truth‚ telling him that
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The play that is going to be analyzed in this paper is entitled Oedipus The King. The playwright who wrote the play is Sophocles. It was first performed c. 429 BC. Sophocles was born in 497/496 BCE at Colonus. Moreover‚ he wrote 123 plays during the course of his life‚ but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax‚ Antigone‚ The Women of Trachis‚ Oedipus the King‚ Electra‚ Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus the king was the story that already known by people as a real story in
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always in favor of the side of maddness‚ showing that maddness will always win in the end. In the Baccae‚ the seer Tiresias chastises Pentheus for not honoring Dionysus. Pentheus has been arguing that all the new god’s rituals are crazy‚ and he does not want them allowed in his city‚ to which Tiresias responds; "There is no cure for madness when the cure itself is mad." (22). Tiresias is trying to tell Pentheus that him that denying the madness that Dionysus brings is itself a crazy idea. Pentheus
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this issue being especially serious and of high importance. For instance‚ the play Oedipus the King is based solely around one conflict: who murdered King Laius. In trying to figure this out‚ many truths are revealed about both Oedipus and Jocasta. Tiresias‚ the blind prophet‚ is the first to tell Oedipus that it was he who killed Laius‚ his real father‚ and married Jocasta‚ his real mother. Of course‚ neither Oedipus nor Jocasta believe this‚ until more pieces start to fall into place. First‚ Jocasta’s
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Aristotle‚ an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his enduring influence on modern literature‚ built the basic foundation for the construction of a tragic hero in his most recognized work‚ Poetics. In Poetics‚ he often mentions Oedipus‚ the protagonist in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ as the most fitting example of a tragic hero. The plot of Oedipus the King begins with a terrible plague in the city of Thebes‚ where Oedipus rules as king. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to the Oracle of Apollo
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prophecy his way. Also‚ he taunted the blind prophet who saw through the eyes of Apollo‚ Tiresias‚ because Tiresias informed him that the Prophecy has already came true‚ but Oedipus argues that it had not. In this event‚ Oedipus uses his own free will and judgement to not listen to the Gods. Oedipus blames Jocasta brother Creon for his encounter with the Prophecy‚ because Creon recommended Oedipus to Tiresias to determine the unknown murder man. Next‚ a Shepard comes to speak to Oedipus to try to
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In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus travels to the Underworld and meets with Tiresias‚ who tells Odysseus what he will undergo on his journey: a series of long and difficult tasks. Everett and his companions come across a blind prophet
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fate play such a large part of the play is certainly an insight into the Greek ’s idea that fate controls us no matter how hard we struggle against it. In the play the dominance of the gods is shown again and again. In the second stasimon after Tiresias leaves the chorus chants "Zeus and Apollo know‚ they know‚ the great masters of all the dark and depth of human life"‚ reasserting the belief in the god ’s power. At the very opening of the play‚ the priest who converses with Oedipus says ". . .
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