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A Comparison between Characters from Two Plays: Oedipus from Sophocles’s Oedipus the King and Torvald from Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (758 words, 1 pages)

In this essay I am comparing and contrasting Oedipus from Oedipus the King and Torvald from A dolls house. In the following paragraphs I will explain the roles that each of them played in the plots. Both of these stories are plays and are very similar yet very different.Oedipus is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Issues of Blindness and the Ignore of the Facts in Oedipus the King, a Play by Sophocles (281 words, 1 pages)

Blindness is defined as the inability to see but blindness can be overlooking details or ignoring the facts. These examples can be seen in the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles. There are many people throughout the play that demonstrate their blindness. One person is the Herdsman. Due to his ... Read More

The Irony in Oedipus the King by Sophocles (543 words, 1 pages)

Life is filled with series of irony.Therefore,it goes without saying that irony becomes the very structure of good Greek tragedies,which always reflect the reality of human life.Among those is Oedipus the King,written by Sophocles.Dramatic irony,the contrast between what a character knows and what the reader or audience knows,stnads out and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (1150 words, 2 pages)

The events in Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, show an underlying relationship of man's free will existing within the cosmic order or fate which the Greeks believed guided the universe in a harmonious purpose. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. Both ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus the King by Sophocles (1152 words, 2 pages)

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (683 words, 1 pages)

At one time in our lives there is a moment that we may think of ourselves as better than someone or something else. There may also be a point when making a decision leads to a great error in judgment. In the play Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, both of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (660 words, 1 pages)

Oedipus has a "tragic flaw" that leads to his demise, and efforts to attribute one to him to him seem forced . In his quest to uncover the truth and rid Thebes of the plague, he exhibits all the heroic qualities that made him the savior of Thebes during the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (1127 words, 2 pages)

Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he believes is the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (918 words, 2 pages)

In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus is a classic tragic hero. According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is a king whose life falls apart when he finds out his life story. There are a number of characteristics described by Aristotle that identify a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Tragic Hero, Oedipus (998 words, 2 pages)

According to Aristotle, the tragic hero is impeded by a distinguishable characteristic or character trait which leads to his ultimate demise. This trait is known as hamartia, or the "tragic flaw." This characteristic is said to not only lead to the hero's demise but may also enable the reader to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Significance of Irony, Metaphor, and Reversal of Situation in Oedipus Rex (1170 words, 2 pages)

The Signifigance of Irony, Metaphor, and Reverasal of Situation in Oedipus RexOedipus Rex is a tragedy of a man who attempts to flee a prophecy out of fear of what the future may hold for him, and in doing so blindly falls straight into his tragic fate. The use of ... Read More

An Analysis of Greek Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles (1603 words, 2 pages)

When Bad Things Happen to Good People The true Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles (496-406 B.C.), adheres to Aristotles (384-322 B.C.) definition of a tragedy. The first criterion of a Greek tragedy is that the protagonist be a good person doubly blessed with a good heart and ... Read More

The Role of Fate and Free Will in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (3234 words, 3 pages)

In Sophocless play Oedipus Rex Oedipus Even though "fate" seems to determine Oedipus' life, . he does infact have a free will. His choices brought the prophecy to life. Only his decisions (not influenced by anybody) he made. Of course those decisions were in side of the limits set by ... Read More

The Use of Irony in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (466 words, 1 pages)

Oedipus Rex a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles in the early days of antiquity is based upon an even more ancient story in Greek mythology. Sophocles, however, knowing that his audience is aware of the outcome of the play utilizes that foreknowledge to create various situations in which dramatic and ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex (756 words, 1 pages)

Many things can describe a tragedy. However, according to definition of a tragedy by Aristotle, there are only five. The play has to have a tragic hero, preferably of noble stature. Second, the tragic hero must have a tragic flaw. Because of that flaw, the hero falls from either power ... Read More

Relationship Struggles in Shakespeare’s Othello, A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, and The Glass Managerie by Tennessee Williams (1665 words, 3 pages)

In Othello, the Moor of Venice by Shakespeare, A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, and The Glass Managerie by Tennessee Williams involve relationships and the development of the characters through conflicts in their relationships. For Othello it was Iagos deception and Othellos jealousy, and for Nora ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting Oedipus and Macbeth in “Oedipus by Fate” and Macbeth” (881 words, 2 pages)

Oedipus was similar to Macbeth because both Oedipus and Macbeth were confronted and destroyed by a set of circumstances, Oedipus by fate and Macbeth by the witches and their prophecies. Oedipus the king is given the throne of Thebes because he answered the riddle of the sphinx correctly. Oedipus unknowingly ... Read More

Oedipus the King and Othello the MoorWhen you read the works of different authors you always seem to notice different similarities between them. Among those authors are Shakespeare and Sophocles who show many different similarities between their works. We will now use one of Shakespeares and Sophocles plays, Othello and ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus (644 words, 1 pages)

Attila Jozsef's Oedipus Complex Revealed Through His Escapes From RealityEscaping reality is needed to write freely and creatively. Jozsef constantly escapes reality and writes beautiful poems. In his escapes, he acts like a father figure. He writes about how he misses his mother's love and yearns for his mother sexually. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in the Play Oedipus the King by Sophocles (337 words, 1 pages)

Characters in the play Oedipus the King attempt to block the horrible outcome of the gods oracle. The first people to do so were Oedipus mother and father, Laius and Jocasta. After hearing the unmoral and disruptive prediction, they attempted to execute their own child. Their belief in the gods ... Read More

A Comparison of Five Dialogues by Plato and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (1252 words, 2 pages)

In Platos Five Dialogues and Sophocles Oedipus Rex, mans actions for the greater good of the city-state can lead to horrible consequences for the individual. Both Socrates and Oedipus carry out what they believe to be their duty for their city. Socrates believes that his actions are just and proper, ... Read More

An Overview of Oedipus the King, a Play by Sophocles (4738 words, 8 pages)

Oedipus the KingOedipus the King starts in the legend where Oedipus, king of Thebes, is trying get rid of the plague in his city. Oedipus sends Creon to the oracles at Delphi to get the answer to the city's problems. Creon is away for a long time, and he returns ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus the King, a Play by Sophocles (793 words, 1 pages)

In Oedipus the King it is made quite clear by Sophocles that trying to defy your fate is pointless and only results in your fate coming to pass whether you like it or not. The first example of the pointlessness of trying to defy your fate is that of Laius. ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus the King, a Play by Sophocles (816 words, 3 pages)

In Sopohocles' tragedy "Oedipus the King", Oedipus proclaims " it was I who have pronounced these curses on myself" (Madden 37). With this announcement, Oedipus is aware that his pursuit for order has led to a life of chaos. The central thesis is that the presumption of order establishes physical, ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex, a Play by Sophocles (1213 words, 2 pages)

Text-Based Argument 1 Sophocles' Oedipus TyrannusSophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus is a story in which a city (Thebes) and its people have a problem and ask their King (Oedipus) to solve the problems, which face them, and get life back to normal. The people in Thebes (like many people when they have ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex, a Play by Sophocles (921 words, 2 pages)

What exactly is a hero? Is it someone who rushes into a burning house to rescue a child? Or is it a monk who abstains from worldly pleasures and comforts in order to be closer to the Gods? Joseph Cambell, one of the foremost authorities of Greek mythology, defined the ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex, a Play by Sophocles (1213 words, 5 pages)

Even though Oedipus the King didnt detail all of Oedipus adventures, I thought itwas a good book. I think it was smart of Sophocles to pick out the mostsignificant, life altering phase in Oedipus life to bring to the stage. I also reallyrespect how Sophocles took the myth of Oedipus ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex, a Play by Sophocles (932 words, 2 pages)

Sophocles is perhaps one of the greatest tragedians ever. Sophocles said that a man should never consider himself fortunate unless he can look back on his life and remember that life without pain. For Oedipus Rex, looking back is impossible to do without pain. This pain stems from his prideful ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex, a Play by Sophocles (1004 words, 2 pages)

Was it that the gods were poking at him like a goldfish in a small glass jar? Was Oedipus's life actually foretold by a prophet before he was ever conceived? Or was it mere happenstance that Oedipus's life had fallen perfectly in place with the words of that prophet? Did ... Read More

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex, a Play by Sophocles (1396 words, 7 pages)

My lords look amazed to see your queen with wreaths and gifts of incense in her hands. I had a mind to visit the high shrines, for Oedipus is nervous, alarmed with various terrors. He will not use his past experience, like a man of sense, to judge the present ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013