behaves through the entire storyline. Initially‚ Pentheus refuses to believe and respect that Dionysis is indeed a god. His remarks are immediately backlashed by the Chorus and is advised by Tiresias and Cadmus to show respect‚ “Even were this god no god‚ as you insist‚ tell yourself he is… (page 90)” Tiresias warns how Dionysis has the ability to possess people. However‚ Pentheus is too suborn to listen and rejects the advice of these wise men. “I don’t want your foolishness wiped off on me.”‚ Pentheus
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In Antigone and in Oedipus Rex‚ there are a lot of different themes and lessons that are developed throughout both stories. These themes are everything from simple life lessons to complex events that happen that shape the plot of the story. Both stories are very similar because they are centered off one big event‚ and the rest of the story involves the characters dealing with that event. In Oedipus Rex‚ that event is who Oedipus real parents are and who killed king Laius and in Antigone‚ it is Creon
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Does Oedipus Rex possess a tragic flaw? Oedipus‚ the King of Thebes‚ perceives himself to have complete control of his predestined crimes. Additionally‚ Oedipus was foretold about the events that would occur in his life‚ but he possesses the flaw of ignorance and pride. His downfall was his own unraveling makes the whole work more suspenseful and makes the audience want more. Oedipus Rex had an abundance flaws‚ not just one‚ but the two that stand out the most are his pride and ignorance. For example
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various times throughout the play. As Tiresias prophesies‚ “I say without knowing it you are living in shameful intimacy with your nearest and dearest. You do not see the evil in which you live. [...] You have mocked at my blindness‚ but you‚ who have eyes‚ cannot see the living‚ nor with whom you share your house. [...] Without knowing it‚ you are the enemy of your own flesh and blood‚ the dead below and living here above.” (Oedipus pg. 25) Tiresias tells Oedipus of the history he will soon
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Introduction The selected text that will be examined in this essay is Oedipus the King and Plato ‘Crito’. Oedipus and Socrates play a major role in their own lives when it comes to their intelligence in resolving issues that are given to them. In contrast‚ there is a difference between our world and the Greek culture‚ which seems to be very alienating. The following discussion examines that Oedipus and Socrates stage mythical knowledge and autonomy in their presentation of themselves to the audience
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Biography of Oedipus: A tragic hero. Birth: Oedipus was child of King Laius and Jacosta‚ the ruling couple of Thebs. Laius was eager to know the future for his personal knowledge‚ but the new he received were quite unwelcoming. He was told that his newborn son‚ Oedipus would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Disturbed by the new he was given‚ Laius gave the new born to a herdsman and ordered him to kill the child. A spike was driven through the baby’s ankles and was left on Mt.
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The Blind Life of Oedipus The King “Oedipus the King” is a drama that portrays misfortune that dwells among mankind. The tragic sequence of events first starts with the birth of Oedipus. His biological parents are stricken with grief when they discover a secret that causes them to banish their son from the city of Thebes. Little did they know that‚ despite their actions‚ fate would still play out which would‚ in turn‚ cause the society of Thebes to be stricken by the plague. Although many people
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Both characters disrespect a form of law and both are punished by a higher power‚ Antigone sacrifices her life and Creon loses his son. The defining lines of gender are blurred. The characters of Tiresias‚ the seer‚ and Antigone possess feminine and masculine traits. According to mythology‚ Tiresias was at one point transformed into a woman before once again becoming a man. His ability to cross over the gender boundary is typical of women’s boundaries being “pliant‚ porous‚ [and] mutable” (Carson
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ATHENA RESEARCH PAPER Athena is the goddess of wisdom and warfare. She is the favorite daughter of Zeus. There are many different versions of how Athena came to be. The most accepted version is that Athena was born a child of Zeus by his first wife‚ Metis‚ a goddess of wisdom. Zeus feared that Metis might bear him a son who was mightier than himself‚ so he swallowed her. According to some stories‚ Zeus had every right to fear this because Mother Earth had prophesied that Metis ’ first child
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The Cicones After Odyseus left Troy he came first to the island of the Cicones. At the island of the Cicones Odysseus and his men stormed the beach but didn’t press any attack on the people there. The Cicones rallied back up and prepared for an attack on Odysseus and his men‚ from horse back. In a large battle that Odysseus inevitably lost‚ six rows of Odysseus’s men were killed and Odysseus had to flee the island The Lotus-Eaters When Odysseus and his men landed on the island of the Lotus-Eaters
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